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Anon Bermontio is an Indonesian film maker known for turning a critical lens on his own Muslim faith. There are a lot of Muslim fundamentalists. They refuse [ INAUDIBLE ], they refuse [ INAUDIBLE ]. I don't know why. So I have a responsibility as a Muslim to counter this. His latest film, The Question Mark, is no doubt his boldest attempt yet to challenge the conservative ideologies of Islam. It has also drawn the harshest criticism. For, among other things, portraying Muslims in a bad light. [ MUSIC ] Like in this scene, where an angry mob raids a Chinese restaurant for opening on an Islamic holy day. Even my sister condemned me as a bad brother, a bad Muslim also. My sister. Aside from religious intolerance the film touches on issues like conversion. [ FOREIGN ] Racism. [ FOREIGN ] And terrorism. I think the film is very brave in the sense that it tries to address very sensitive issues. But it's about time that someone makes that kind of movie. Yenny Wahid is the daughter of former president Abdurrahman Wahid. And granddaughter of the founder of the NU, the largest Islamic organization in the country. She says the film spreads a message of moderation and tolerance. Something that is more important now than ever. Especially for Indonesia's youth. There is a growing alarm about the spread of radical ideology on university campuses here. At the University of Indonesia in South Jakarta, Hanung's latest film is a common topic of conversation. In the cinema, [ INAUDIBLE ]. That is really, controversial film, so everyone want to see what's going on because it describe about the respect to the other, a religions. The question marks plea for tolerance might resonate with some college kids. But a growing number of others are following a different message. A radical Muslim group called the Negara Islam Indonesia. Or NII, has been increasing its activity on campus. These are the planned packets for them, because, you know, they are at impressionable age in which they want to feel useful, but they don't really know what to fight for. So someone came and gave them a reason to feel worthy. About themselves. Some of the university student in, in, in this university, they leave the college for two week or three weeks and they disappear we, we don't know where, where they go and then they come back we know that he has to be an influence by an NII. Students here say it's becoming more and more common to hear about a friend or classmate who is asked to attend a religious study group that inevitably turned to topics like jihad, an Islamic state, and the necessity for Sharia law. They will come to your house, they will keep calling you. They will keep texting you, and they will, telling you that you have to stay away from the world. You have to come with me. To counter the NII influence, the faculty here has begun a series of orientations on how to identify and reject a radical recruiter. [ SOUND ] A short drive down the road, at the Syarif Hidayatullah National Islamic University, known as UIN, a much more aggressive approach is being taken. The school has recently implemented mandatory curfews and plastered the walls with banners and pamphlets that warn students, beware the early signs of the NII and terrorism movements. This institution has always prided itself on its moderate approach to Islamic teachings, something clearly illustrated on the Thursday afternoon, when Professor Alif. [ FOREIGN ] Islam and politics class. [ FOREIGN ] [ CROSSTALK ] Today, the students are discussing a role of a secular government in a predominantly Muslim Indonesia. [ FOREIGN ] [ FOREIGN ] But last March, this reputation was tarnished after nineteen young men were arrested for allegedly sending bombs inside books to a government official, an activist and a musician. Five of the students were graduates from this school and recruited by the NII within it's walls. No one can't believe that, you know, you, I am, spot of religious institution, become the target of a group, am, among the radicalist group. And it works. [ CROSSTALK ] 22 year old Kafe Dotu Mila was recruited in her Freshman year by a classmate who claimed to have the same major and come from the same hometown as her. [ FOREIGN ] After a few months of meeting which mainly focused on interpreting the Quran, Mila's parents discovered the group was a front for the NII, and forced her to quit before she got too involved. [ FOREIGN ] Professor Mohanef says that parents, teachers, music, and films can all play a part in teaching tolerance to young people. But, he says, the bulk of the responsibility lies with the Indonesian government. To prove itself as a respectable alternative to an Islamic state, Indonesia's 12 year old democracy, precluded by decades of dictatorship. Has had a bumpy road. The central government's anti- corruption task force has successfully prosecuted over 100 officials. Money politics there. Corruption is there. The law enforcement is so bad, so bad outcome of democracy become [ INAUDIBLE ] support for radical politics. [ FOREIGN ] Whose films criticize the government, as much as they do radical Islam, agrees. [ FOREIGN ] Yeah, next, next. Anung's latest film is taking on a [ SOUND ] slightly lighter subject matter. [ FOREIGN ] Football. [ CROSSTALK ] [ FOREIGN ] He admits he needed to step away from the religious controversy for now but plans to return to making films that preach tolerance and continue to guide the thinking of what it means to be a Muslim in Indonesia. 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