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With a POD after 1600, what is the largest possible religious diversity we can get in what became Malaysia/Singapore/Indonesia by 2015?

The main diversity in our timeline came from Indian and Chinese migrants, but this was mostly limited to Singapore, Malacca and northern Java. How can we get more in our timeline? How can we get Sumatra and Sulawesi more developed to attract them?

The other main avenue is more conversion to Christianity by colonial powers. The Dutch, Portuguese and British didn't really bother in our timeline, but is it possible to get a more avowedly pro-Christian foreign policy? Or get other colonial powers more supportive of conversion? What sort of rates of conversion are possible from Islam?

The other thing that occurred to me is more syncretism with folk religion and local nationalists defining the syncretism as a national religion that is outside Islam. How possible is this?

What is the total minority religion possible?
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