October 9, 2006 2:13PM 

# Rock Against Intolerance 

By [Tom G. Palmer](https://www.cato.org/people/tom-g-palmer) 

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The *Washington Post* recently ran an inspiring article, “[Rock Star Rattles Radical Islam](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/06/AR2006100601282.html),” about Ahmad Dhani and the Indonesian popular music group Dewa. Their popular song “[Warriors for Love](http://www.libforall.org/popculture-republic-of-love.html#Warriors_of_Love)” is a counter to radical political Islamism and a call for peace and social harmony.

Dewa work closely with an outstanding group based in Indonesia, [LibForAll](http://www.libforall.org/index.html). They have published in Bahasa Indonesia a book on [*Islam, the State, and Civil Society*](http://www.libforall.org/programs-islam-state-civilsociety.html). My colleagues at the [Lamp of Liberty](http://www.misbahalhurriyya.org/) are working with LibForAll to produce a full edition in Arabic, thus taking an Islamic message of toleration and freedom from Indonesia to the Arab world.

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