Polygamy in Indonesia is not just practiced by Muslims, but also customarily done by non-Muslim minorities, such as the Balinese and the Papuans.
As allowed by Islam, a man may take more than one wife as long as he treats them equally and can financially support them all.
Despite such religious legality, polygamy has faced some of the most intense opposition in Indonesia of any Muslim majority nation.
Recent restrictions have brought about harsher penalties for unlawfully contracted polygamous unions and polygamy is said to be on the decline.
[5] Polygamy under Balinese Hinduism is sanctioned and unrestricted, but the marriage is regulated by adat (traditional customs).