Nowhere is the clash between capitalism and Islam more apparent than on the steamy streets of Jakarta, Indonesia’s chaotic capital. While the city sports the trimmings of a Muslim nation, mosques and minarets dotted haphazardly across the concrete sprawl, at street level, Jakarta throbs with the familiar trappings of other poor Asian cities.
Choking traffic crawls along crumbling highways as nearly 10 million people hustle for a living any way they can. There is no end to the capitalist zeal.
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