▁are ▁generally ▁more ▁religious ▁than ▁those ▁in ▁other ▁parts ▁of ▁Indones ia , ▁and ▁are ▁proud ▁of ▁their ▁Islam ic ▁her itage , ▁ear ning ▁the ▁province ▁the ▁nick name ▁of ▁" Ver and ah ▁of ▁Me cca " ▁( ). ▁More ▁than ▁ 9 8 % ▁of ▁A ce h ' s ▁population ▁identify ▁as ▁Muslim . ▁ ▁As ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁post - Su h arto ▁re forms , ▁Indones ia ▁granted ▁more ▁power ▁to ▁local ▁govern ments . ▁This ▁decent ral ization ▁of ▁power ▁was ▁largely ▁govern ed ▁by ▁two ▁laws ▁passed ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁These ▁laws ▁author ized ▁the ▁local ▁govern ments ▁and ▁legisl atures ▁to ▁pass ▁regional ▁reg ulations ▁( per atur an ▁da er ah ▁or ▁per da ) ▁that ▁carry ▁the ▁force ▁of ▁law , ▁as ▁long ▁as ▁they ▁do ▁not ▁conflict ▁with ▁laws ▁or ▁reg ulations ▁that ▁are ▁higher ▁in ▁the ▁hierarchy ▁of ▁laws . ▁A ce h ' s ▁regional ▁reg ulations ▁are ▁known ▁as ▁q an un ▁( from ▁an ▁Arab ic ▁word ▁meaning ▁" law " ▁or ▁" rules ") ▁instead ▁of ▁per da . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁this , ▁A ce h ▁was ▁given ▁special ▁aut onomy , ▁partly ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 6 2 0 0 5 ▁ins ur gency ▁in ▁the ▁province . ▁Indones ian ▁Law ▁No . 1 8 ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁on ▁Special ▁Aut onomy ▁in ▁A ce h