Study on Indonesia and factors for appearance and expansion of Islam in Indonesia

Indonesia is an Islamic country with the largest Muslim population. The country has a special climate and geography and consists of small and large islands extending in a line in south east of Asia. The Shafe’i Muslims living in these islands used to be colonized by Netherlands, Portugal and other countries. Great waves of Islam seeking and Islamic awakening encouraged Indonesians’ Muslims to stand against and fight with the foreigners and they made several revolutionary movements to achieve independence. They finally succeeded and introduced to the world their independent country on August 1945. After learning a short introduction about Indonesia’s Geography, culture, economy and religion, this paper attempts to briefly explain the history of Indonesia in the pre-Islam era and discuss the factors causing expansion of Islam in Indonesia so that this Islamic country is better recognized.