Indonesia's Islamic groups must reverse out of mining industry

Jokowi's awarding of concessions to religious organizations highlights a troubling shift

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An excavator loads raw nickel ore into a dump truck at a mining site in Sorowako, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, on March 29, 2023. © Reuters

Imam Saffet Catovic is director of the United Nations operations of nongovernmental organization Justice for All. Hajj Fazlun Khalid is founder of the Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences.

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