Articles tagged ‘dewa agung’

Islam wasn’t sharp enough to convert the Balinese

By Nick | October 9th, 2006 | Add a Comment »

Bali is a Hindu island in the middle of a predominately Muslim country. At one stage much of Indonesia was Hindu and the Majapahit empire, was eventually taken over , in 1515, by the Muslim Mataram empire. Why was Bali not taken over and how did it stay Hindu, when islands to the east, including [...]