Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama is taking one of the most powerful political jobs in the predominantly Muslim country.
Religious hardliners have taken to streets to oppose him taking the role because he's Christian.
Thousands of police have been deployed to prevent any violence in the country which has the world's largest Muslim population.
In the last decade there's been a significant increase in attacks against religious minorities in Indonesia.
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