Tens of thousands of people have turned out for what was billed as a unity rally in Indonesia's capital Jakarta, held to counter demonstrations against the city's governor.
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, better known as "Ahok", is accused of insulting Islam during election campaigning.
Two protests against him, the last bringing together 200,000 conservative Muslims, have been held in the city.
Indonesia is the world's largest Muslim-majority nation.
Mr Purnama is Christian and ethnic Chinese - a double minority in Indonesia, where ethnic Chinese are about 1% of the population.
Sunday's counter-rally was pitched as a "parade of Indonesian culture".
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