PADANG, Indonesia -- A move to oblige all students in every high school in Padang, western Indonesia, to wear "Muslim attire" has drawn criticism from Christians.
Fr. Florianus Sarno said Feb. 21 that Padang's Prayoga Foundation, which runs the five Catholic junior and senior high schools in the city, opposes the local government's plan and would not comply with it. "Our conviction is that moral degradation cannot be checked by wearing uniforms, but rather by advancing morality ...