Arab Indonesians are citizens of Indonesia of Arab mainly Hadrami descent. Restricted under Dutch East Indies’ law until 1919 the community elites later gained economic power through real estate investment and trading. Currently found mainly in Java and South Sumatra they are almost all (generally orthodox) Muslims.
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