A Powerful Handshake

      Tifatul Sembiring made a small religious boo-boo by touching the First Lady Michelle Obama's hand. He called the incident forced contact by Mrs. Obama. The devout conservative Muslim politician is said not to touch women who are not family members based on his religious beliefs. The handshake doesn't appear to be accidental, but could be seen as forced in the moment.
   The vast majority of Indonesia are moderate Muslims, so I wouldn't think this would be that big of a deal there. It does hinder Mr. Sembiring with the conservative Muslim community though. He later tweeted   "I tried to prevent [being touched] with my hands, but Mrs. Michelle held her hands too far toward me [so] we touched." Hopefully for Mr. Sembiring this will not cause a bad stir in the Muslim community.