Being the country that contains the largest Muslim population in the world, Islamic principles do play an important role in the nation's political decision making, but Indonesia is not a Muslim or Islamic state. Political decentralization in the post-Suharto era has brought more power to the regional governments and this development implied that regional decision-making has been more affected by the regional religious context. In strict Muslim areas, implemented policies can include the regional banning of pork business or the obligation for women to wear the headscarf, while in Christian regions (located mostly in eastern Indonesia) such policies seem impossible to be implemented. However, given the nation's clear Muslim majority and the dominance of (Muslim) Java in national politics, Indonesia - as a whole - is far more Islam oriented. To have a president that is non-Muslim, therefore, seems impossible. On the other hand, Indonesian Islam can generally be labelled 'moderate' as the majority of Indonesian Muslims consist of nominal Muslims. For example, when Megawati Soekarnoputri became the first female Indonesian president in 2001, only a small minority rejected her based on certain Islamic doctrine that women cannot take leading positions.