Chinese Indonesians make up less than 5% of the 260 million people in Indonesia.
But the 49-year-old Purnama, who uses one name, is unlike most of his ethnic Chinese family: he is a Muslim.
Ethnic Chinese Muslims like Purnama, who converted in 1994, have a peculiar identity in Indonesia: a minority within a minority. "But we've seen cases of assimilation, while the Chinese embrace of Islam has also has a long history," she said."They're heterogeneous, their motivations vary."Chinese Indonesians have been the targets of ethnic violence in the past, and Chinese cultural expressions were heavily restricted during the presidency of the late strongman Suharto, said Malagina.
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