US Centers for Disease Control plans to study Indonesian tourist island’s mysterious success in eluding the pandemic By JOHN MCBETHJUNE 19, 2020 A Balinese Hindu wears a face mask while presenting offerings during the Penebusan Gering Lara Malaradan ceremony amid the spread of coronavirus outbreak at Dalem Kahyangan Temple in Denpasar, […]
I have the pleasure to live (some of the time) in North West Lombok, Indonesia. This part of Lombok is most developed in the tourist industry. For the last four years – pre-Corona – we never heard of any crime here. We did hear of some robberies […]
Largest contingent of worshippers will not be doing the annual trip to Saudi Arabia. Source: Al Jazeerah Indonesia has cancelled plans to attend the Islamic Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia […]
By Rebecca Henschke and Endang Nurdin BBC World Service 28 May 2020 Ali Fauzi is now helping others turn their backs on extremism and intolerance “I am an expert bomb […]
May 26, 2020 – swissinfo.ch By Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s military ordered the deployment of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and police on Monday to […]
World NewsMay 22, 2020 Wahyuwidi Cinthya, Johan Purnomo BANDUNG, Indonesia (Reuters) – A zoo in Indonesia may slaughter some of its animals to feed others, such as a Sumatran […]
May 21, 2020 – swissinfo.ch Passengers stand in line to have documents checked at a Soekarno Hatta Airport amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 21, 2020. […]
BY :HERU ANDRIYANTO APRIL 23, 2020 Jakarta. The Indonesian government bans its citizens in areas severely affected by the coronavirus outbreak from leaving for other cities and limits travels in […]
April 22, 2020 Ahmad Pathoni DEPOK, Indonesia (RNS) — During the fasting month of Ramadan, which begins this week, Muslims in this mostly Muslim country are accustomed to spending […]
CJ Werleman TRT WORLD 6 days ago In countries like India and Israel Muslims are being scapegoated for the spread of Covid-19. When the Black Plague ravaged Europe in the middle of the 14th Century, killing roughly 50 percent of those infected and one-third of the continent’s […]
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The world’s largest Muslim-majority country was long considered a tolerant place. But thanks to Saudi money and influence, it has taken a sharply conservative turn. By Krithika Varagur Half a […]
Apr 13, 2020 – swissinfo.ch By Stanley Widianto and Tom Allard Source: Swiss Info JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian researchers have warned the government that plans to allow millions of people […]
Source: amnesty.id Responding to authorities in West Java issuing a decree banning a local Ahmadiyya community from using their mosque, Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid said: “The decision […]
Authorities in Tasikmalaya, West Java, have banned the renovation of a mosque in Cipakat vilage, Singaparna district, that belongs to a local Ahmadiyah congregation, a minority Muslim group that has […]
Kusumasari Ayuningtyas The Jakarta Post Sleman, Yogyakarta / Thu, March 12, 2020 / Dutch King Willem-Alexander (left) and Queen Maxima arrive at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in Jakarta on March […]
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Apr 10, 2020 – swissinfo.ch FILE PHOTO: Ratih Purwarini, a doctor who passed away due to coronavirus disease, is pictured at Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park in Pasuruan, East Java […]
Source: WIRED Japan Is Racing to Test a Drug to Treat Covid-19 Based on a compound discovered in 1998, the antiviral favipiravir is already being used in Japan and Turkey. […]
Apriza Pinandita The Jakarta Post Jakarta / Sat, April 11, 2020 / The Religious Affairs Ministry has urged Indonesian Muslims not to hold bukber, short for buka puasa bersama (breaking-of-the-fast gathering) activities during the upcoming Ramadan, as COVID-19 has spread to every province across the country. The ministry also […]