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Islam, Democracy and Human Rights in Contemporary Indonesia127President Prabowo:Roads to a Peaceful PapuaPeace in Papua will grow when every community sees itsdignity protected, its voice respected, and its future shared.True harmony is built when we recognize that our diversity isnot a burden, but a blessing.%u2014Kofi AnnanOn October 21, 2024, after General (Ret.) PrabowoSubianto was inaugurated as the 8th President of theRepublic of Indonesia. He formed the Ministry ofHuman Rights and appointed Natalius Pigai, the son of Papua,as Minister in his Red and White Cabinet. Such a policy reminds me of a similar historic decision madeby President KH Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur), shortly afterhe was elected the 4th President of the Republic of Indonesiaon October 21, 1999, he also formed the Ministry of HumanRights and appointed Hasballah Saad, the son of Aceh, asMinister in his National Unity Cabinet.6