[dcolkitt]

> "Religion" where one must choose one of six possible religions: Islam, Protestantism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Confucianism. If one is without religion or follows another religion he must still pick one of those 6.

It always felt, to me, like the Dutch colonizers culturally transferred their concept of pillarisation[1] to Indonesian society.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillarisation

[novok]

The reason why religion is probably Mandatory(tm) is because Indonesia is an islamic country. You see similar behavior in other islamic countries in the middle east and their documents.