Correspondents Report

Changing nation: Moderate Islam promoted in an increasingly conservative Indonesia


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At an all Muslim beauty pageant in the Indonesian capital Jakarta earlier this year, the contestants faced a question about the brutal gang rape of a 14-year-old girl and without hesitation they all concluded the young girl should be held responsible because she was not wearing a head scarf. Yenny Wahid, the daughter of a former President and Islamic activist was one of the judges. She told our correspondent Samantha Hawley she wasn't surprised by the answer, but sees it her duty to try and change the mindset of young women in her home nation.
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