Economic impact of the ‘shut-downs’
JUST SOME SMALL PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS: Lombok, Indonesia: I live in the Senggigi region of North West Lombok. This region is well developed for tourism. For the past four […]
Ramadan Is Coming; Muslims Advised to Perform Tarawih at Home
Sunday, 5 April 2020 Translator: Non Koresponden Editor: Laila Afifa 4 April 2020 Nahdlatul Ulama Central Board (PBNU) chair KH Said Aqil Siroj speaks during the NU national meeting and […]
Indonesia may start new holiday to replace Eid exodus amid COVID-19 concerns
Apr 2, 2020 – JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Thursday the government is considering starting a new national holiday to prevent the annual mass exodus usually […]
Dengue Fever is not an illness – Official
Did you know that Dengue Fever is not an illness? Our Swiss medical insurance pointed out, that dengue fever was not an illness, but an accident caused by us clashing […]
Indonesian singles propose ‘marriage without dating’
AFP March 11, 2020 A movement called Indonesia Tanpa Pacaran (Indonesia without dating) is blossoming in the Southeast Asian nation where people born from the mid-Nineties make up about one-quarter […]
Religious tolerance in Lombok, Indonesia
iJust to say in these days of Hindu Muslim riots in India: In strongly Muslim Lombok, Indonesia, just in front of my house, across the street, we have a Hindu temple. Local Hindus come from time to time for their worship. In town we also have Churches, both Catholic and […]
Muslim World League chief lays foundation stone for Islamic museum in Jakarta
Source: Arab News JAKARTA: A museum dedicated to Prophet Muhammad and the history of Islamic civilization will soon rise in the Indonesian capital. Sheikh Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, secretary-general […]
Indonesia targets ‘virus’ of religious radicalization
Source: Arab News Vice President Ma’ruf Amin shares concern over former Indonesian Daesh members who want to return home There are 600 former jail inmates under observation of national counterterrorism agency BNPT JAKARTA: The Indonesian government has decided not to repatriate hundreds of citizens who joined Daesh in a bid […]
Indonesia: ‘Festival Kebhinekaan’: Religious Tolerance in Millennial-Friendly Packaging
BY :NUR YASMIN FEBRUARY 20, 2020 Jakarta. Festival Kebhinekaan, an annual festival showing off the diversity of Indonesia, kicks off in Jakarta on Friday and will run until Sunday, presenting […]
Indonesia: Ahmadi opponent apologises for his actions
7th February 2020 ALHAKAM.ORG Hafizurrahman, Indonesia Correspondent On 17 to 19 January 2020, a few Jamaats held their regional Jalsa at the main headquarters. It was the first regional […]
Indonesia’s wealth gap spurs Muslims to join ‘economic jihad’
Devout citizens strive to take on tycoons with convenience stores ERWIDA MAULIA, Nikkei staff writer January 28, 2020 16:54 JST JAKARTA — Taufan left his petrochemical job in […]
Indonesia’s ‘minority within a minority’ celebrate Lunar New Year
Jan 25, 2020 – 17:19 By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) – As he does every year, ethnic Chinese Indonesian Purnama celebrated Lunar New Year on Saturday at a dinner […]
New Jamia campus and MTA studios in Indonesia
24th January 2020 http://www.alhakam.org Hafizur Rahman, Indonesia Correspondent On 12 January 2020, Amir Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya Indonesia laid the foundation stone of the new buildings of Jamia Ahmadiyya Indonesia and MTA Indonesian […]
Indonesian Government Deploys ‘Mosque Hunters’ Who Use Drones to Combat Radicalism
Indonesia is home to an estimated 700,000 mosques, and some of them are teeming with radical ideologies. by Adi Renaldi ; translated by Jade Poa 22 January 2020 How […]
Bali bombers’ brother, bomb widow become friends, seek peace
Posted Wednesday, January 8, 2020 6:00 am By KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press TENGGULUN, Indonesia – The young Balinese widow stared across the courthouse at the man who had murdered her husband and 201 others, and longed to see him suffer. Ever since that horrible night, when she realized amid […]
Islamic Banking & Finance: What is Holding Back Sharia Finance in Indonesia?
07 January 2020 Indonesia is known for being home to the world’s largest Muslim population. More than 230 million Indonesians – which is about 88 percent of Indonesia’s total population […]
Indonesia: Demak regent restricts visits during sunset to respect Islamic prayer
News Desk The Jakarta Post Jakarta / Thu, January 9, 2020 Demak regent H.M. Natsir started the new year by issuing a letter prohibiting social visits during maghrib […]
Death toll rises in Indonesia’s sinking capital as flood defences struggle
Krithika Varagur in Jakarta Sat 4 Jan 2020 Landslides and floods triggered by torrential downpours have left at least 60 people dead in and around Indonesia’s capital as […]
15 years on, Asia remembers the Indian Ocean tsunami
Slide 1 of 8: Indonesia’s Aceh province, which was closest to the earthquake, was the first to be hit by the tsunami shortly after the magnitude 9 quake struck on December 26, 2004. The northwest coast of Sumatra saw waves as high as 30 meters (100 feet) move up to […]
How Arabization changed Islam in Asia
Source: Asia Times Spreading to even the remotest hamlets in the 1980s, a more devout, less tolerant creed nurtured fundamentalism across the region By Jeff Kingston In the introduction to […]