Template:Did you know nominations/Eastern salient of Java

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:06, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

Eastern salient of Java

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  • ... that the ruling Dutch East India Company drove the Islamization of the eastern salient of Java in the eighteenth century?
    Source: "It is one of the curiosities of VOC history that in the Eastern Salient, where it faced the threat of Hindu Balinese intervention, the VOC encouraged the spread of Islam, which elsewhere in Indonesia it greatly feared" (Ricklefs p.123) and "Consequently, the Company became a driving force in Islamizing the people of Blambangan and simultaneously in the concomitant steady erosion of Hindu-Balinese beliefs and culture." (Margana pp. 240-241)"

Created by HaEr48 (talk). Self-nominated at 06:44, 21 November 2016 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: Yes
QPQ: Done.
Overall: Made a couple of minor copyedits, including photo attribution. An interesting article. Euryalus (talk) 23:04, 12 December 2016 (UTC)