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Islam, Democracy and Human Rights in Contemporary Indonesia133The Helsinki Peace Accord,an ASEAN Asset%u201cA government is not functional unless the economy isrunning well. Political designs automatically follow the levelof (a nation%u2019s) prosperity, meaning that if thepeople are getting poorer, then there will be agreater demand for political change.%u201d%u2014M. Jusuf KallaIt is indeed a historic coincidence that the commemorationof a decade of the Helsinki peace accord for Aceh takesplace just two days before the commemoration of the 70thyear of Indonesian independence and a week after the 48thcommemoration of ASEAN. The three commemorations have a common historicalbackground of uplifting human dignity. Their universal spiritshould inspire us to explore more greatness for the future. Ten years ago, Aceh was in a dark era of 30 years of conflictwith the government%u2019s military. Decades of exploitation of its7