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This study examines how a minority Muslim community has developed an identity that differs from the hegemonic version practical by the majority in Indonesia. The Dani Muslim Community in the highland of Papua affirm their Islamic identity through the label buku Islam being applied to marriage documents, but in dress, food and other daily habits their lives still same those of their non-Muslim Neighbours. In this presentation I explain this distinct identity by pointing to the recentness of Dani Conversion to Islam, the political context of conversion and recent political changes.