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Jakarta — The country’s peak Islamic body the Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI) and the leaders of Islamic ormas (social or mass organisations) have agreed to ask President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and the House of Representatives (DPR) to include Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) practices as (...)
The condemnation in Indonesia of the anti-religious nature of this latest terrorist attack is stronger and broader than before.
On 28 March, the Christian holy day of Palm Sunday, a married couple detonated a suicide bomb outside a Catholic Church in Makassar, killing themselves and injuring (...)
Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim majority country and has substantial Christian, Hindu and Buddhist minorities, but has seen a recent trend towards deeper religious piety and conservative Islamic activism.
The new criminal code is due to be adopted in the next week after parliament (...)
Haris Prabowo — A book raid by a group of people calling themselves the Indonesian Muslim Brigade (BMI) in the South Sulawesi provincial capital of Makassar has caused an uproar on social media. The group confiscated books which they claim contain “communist and leftist ideas”.
This time however, (...)
Jakarta — The current religious discourse among student groups at a number of state tertiary institutions (PTN) is largely dominated by Islamic study groups (tarbiyah) and former members of the radical Islamic organisation Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) which after being banned by the government (...)
The Supreme Court has upheld a blasphemy verdict against a Buddhist woman convicted for complaining about the volume of adzan (call to prayer).
In a ruling dated March 27 and posted on the court’s website on Monday, the panel of justices rejected the appeal by Meiliana, a women of Chinese (...)
The Surakarta administration in Central Java has finally decided to cover a cross-shaped road mosaic in front of the City Hall with paint following complaints from conservative Muslim groups.
A cross-shaped road mosaic in front of the Surakarta City Hall in Central Java is partly covered with (...)
Fears grow over app to police minorities
The launch of a mobile application that allows members of the public to report beliefs they consider to be misguided or heretical has sparked fears that it could lead to increased persecution of minority groups in the country.
The app, called Smart (...)
A man is punished with a public caning for violating Aceh’s Islamic bylaws, known locally as ’Qanun’ in Banda Aceh on March 2, 2016. The man was one of 18 people punished for gambling, consuming liquor or dating. (Antara/Irwansyah Putra)
Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) chairman Grace Natalie’s (...)
Islamic Aceh district rules only married or related couples can eat out at the same table.
A district in Indonesia’s deeply Islamic Aceh province has banned men and women from dining together unless they are married or related, according to an official who said it would help women be “more well (...)
This 17 August, Indonesia was shocked by an unusual – and deeply troubling – celebration of Indonesian Independence Day. A video circulated widely on Facebook showing kindergarten students from Probolinggo, East Java, participating in an Independence Day parade wearing black robes typically (...)
As a university student, Luna Atmowijoyo prayed five times a day, refused to shake hands with men who weren’t relatives and was “more fundamentalist” than her pious Muslim parents.
But a decade later, Atmowijoyo has turned her back on Islam and is among a small number of atheists in Indonesia who (...)
Basuki ’Ahok’ Purnama withdraws appeal, his family says, but challenge Basuki ’Ahok’ Purnama withdraws appeal, his family says, but challenge filed by prosecutors is still going ahead..
The former Christian governor of Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, has withdrawn an appeal against a two-year jail (...)
Sharia lawyers in Aceh province say pair ‘confessed’ to being in a gay relationship after they were filmed by vigilantes
Sharia prosecutors in Indonesia’s Aceh province say two men on trial for gay sex should each be punished with 80 lashes, in another blow to the country’s moderate image after a (...)
Religious tolerance under scrutiny as court sentences Basuki Tjahaja Purnama – nicknamed Ahok – to two years in prison.
The jailing of Jakarta’s Christian governor on blasphemy charges has sparked outrage from his supporters in Indonesia, rights organisations and the EU.
On Tuesday, a court in (...)
By jailing the Jakarta governor Ahok for blasphemy, judges have sent a chilling message to moderates and non-Muslims.
The Jakarta court that sentenced governor Basuki “Ahok” Purnama to two years’ imprisonment for blasphemy against Islam has sent a chilling message to non-Muslims in Indonesia. How (...)
Christian governor Ahok used to enjoy a 70% approval rating but then came his blasphemy trial for allegedly insulting Islam. Now the vote is too close to call
It was in 2004, as a PhD student in political science at Northern Illinois University, that Anies Baswedan would ponder the future (...)
Crowds gather in Jakarta in response to protests against city’s Christian governor who is accused of blasphemy.
Tens of thousands of Indonesians have rallied in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, calling for tolerance and unity after massive protests were held against the city’s Christian (...)
Tens of thousands of Muslims gather in capital demanding Basuki Tjahaja Purnama be jailed for insulting the Quran.
Tens of thousands of Muslims are rallying in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, against the city’s Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, who is accused of insulting the Quran.
Protesters (...)
Jakarta — The chairperson of the country’s top religious body the Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI), KH Ma’ruf Amin is calling on all parties to be on guard against the reemergence of the Indonesian communist movement.
“Communism is indeed dead but their ideas and ideology live on”, said Amin during (...)
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