Young Southeast Asian Muslim women are more cosmopolitan and global and yet more religiously observant compared with the older generation of female Muslims, according to a recent study. Some 1,000 Indonesian and Malaysian Muslim women were surveyed. For starters, these findings reflect the emergence of a crop of unconventional Southeast Asian Muslim women who are more progressive and career-driven. Southeast Asia’s Muslim population accounts for 240 million, or about 40%, of the region’s population. In Indonesia, 87.2% of the population identify as Muslim, making it the country with the largest Muslim population in the world.

Source: Forbes November 27, 2017 22:04 UTC