WI Netherlands heavily spreads calvinism

This is the religious % in indonesia:

87.18% of Indonesians identified themselves as Muslim, 6.96% Protestant, 2.91% Catholic, 1.69% Hindu, 0.72% Buddhist, 0.05% Confucianism, 0.13% other, and 0.38% unstated or not asked.

This is the % in Taiwan:

35% of the population is composed of Buddhists, 33% of Taoists (including local religion), 3.9% of Christians, 18.7% of people who identify as not religious, and approximately 10% of adherents to religious movements of Taoist or Confucian origin (among them 3.5% adhere to Yiguandao).

and this is the religious % in Suriname:

48.4 percent of the population is Christian, 22.3 percent is Hindu, 13.9 percent is Muslim, 1.8 percent follows Winti, and 0.8 percent is Javanist

Summing up, Netherlands was way more interested in commerce than religion (something that we all know), well, this WI scenario is about one question: What if Netherlands embarked on a protestant crusade in their colonies like spain did? What if they heavily converted the population in their colonies, and how this would affect them today, especially Indonesia, know for it's gigantic muslim population
 
This is the religious % in indonesia:

87.18% of Indonesians identified themselves as Muslim, 6.96% Protestant, 2.91% Catholic, 1.69% Hindu, 0.72% Buddhist, 0.05% Confucianism, 0.13% other, and 0.38% unstated or not asked.

This is the % in Taiwan:

35% of the population is composed of Buddhists, 33% of Taoists (including local religion), 3.9% of Christians, 18.7% of people who identify as not religious, and approximately 10% of adherents to religious movements of Taoist or Confucian origin (among them 3.5% adhere to Yiguandao).

and this is the religious % in Suriname:

48.4 percent of the population is Christian, 22.3 percent is Hindu, 13.9 percent is Muslim, 1.8 percent follows Winti, and 0.8 percent is Javanist

Summing up, Netherlands was way more interested in commerce than religion (something that we all know), well, this WI scenario is about one question: What if Netherlands embarked on a protestant crusade in their colonies like spain did? What if they heavily converted the population in their colonies, and how this would affect them today, especially Indonesia, know for it's gigantic muslim population

Good luck trying to convert Indonesia.
 
Summing up, Netherlands was way more interested in commerce than religion (something that we all know), well, this WI scenario is about one question: What if Netherlands embarked on a protestant crusade in their colonies like spain did? What if they heavily converted the population in their colonies, and how this would affect them today, especially Indonesia, know for it's gigantic muslim population
What would have happened? They would be far less succesful trade and colonial wise, since they would meet far more resistance among the local population. The Netherlands would befar far less rich and powerful and I suppose a large part of Indonesia would be colonised be less fanatical colonisers, like Britain.
 
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