Indonesian provincial vote suggests religion card weakening

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia's most populous province has re-elected its conservative Muslim governor, but via the sort of slender margin that it suggests the spiritual card is also dropping its energy to win votes on the planet's greatest Islamic society. Final week's West Java election, the consequences of that have been introduced this week, comes amid criticism that while President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's government has generally tamed Islamic militants, it is standing apart as spiritual hardliners muscle into the mainstream political debate beforehand of subsequent 12 months's presidential and basic election. …