JakartaIndonesia

Jakarta is the capital of the largest Muslim country in the world. Indonesian apostasy is not federally criminalized, but the blasphemy law (used most famously in the prosecution of Ahok) makes public criticism of religion legally dangerous, and the official ID card system requires identification with one of six recognized religions, which makes a publicly non-religious identity administratively difficult.

There is also a substantial Indonesian Christian Pentecostal scene in Jakarta with its own active deconstructions. The pillar page on Islam (for ex-Muslims) and the page on Pentecostalism (for ex-Christians) cover the two main exit categories. The PIMO experience is very common among Jakartan ex-Muslims and the corresponding sections of the Islam pillar are written with this in mind.

If you are in Jakarta and you are navigating this carefully — privately deconstructed, publicly compliant, not sure who is safe to tell — Elder X understands that specific, high-stakes version of leaving. His own exit was not safe or simple. He does not push. He does not publish. He just reads and responds.