JAKARTA: Indonesian police stood guard outside churches on Wednesday after a wave of religious hate crimes swept across the mainly Muslim country, shocking civil society and sparking international concern.

President Susilo Bambang Yud­hoyono, who has been criticized for failing to stem the violence, ordered the police and military to go “all-out” against extremists behind the unrest.

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