Indonesia president seeks to speed up “Silicon Valley”-like capital
l Dec 18, 2019 – swissinfo.ch JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday he had ordered his cabinet to speed up a $33 billion project to move […]
Indonesian Muslims: Believers in Islam or cultural Muslims?
Patrik K. Meyer New America Security fellow PREMIUM Yogyakarta / Fri, December 13, 2019 In the Quran, Muslims can find guidance to successfully overcome all kinds of challenges — […]
Niqab ban debate shows Jokowi’s tough stance on Islamic hard-liners
Indonesian president risks alienating nonviolent groups, experts warn ERWIDA MAULIA, Nikkei staff writer December 16, 2019 JAKARTA — Just a week after he was named Indonesia’s new religious affairs minister, […]
Bandung, city of human rights?
Fanny Syariful Alam On 10 December 2015 Bandung’s then mayor Ridwan Kamil signed the Bandung City of Human Rights Charter, honouring the city’s official commitment to uphold the human rights […]
Indonesia urges public to report civil servants over ‘radical’ content
Nov 12, 2019 – swissinfo.ch By Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia launched a website on Tuesday that would allow the public to report “radical” content posted by […]
Indonesian man who helped set strict adultery laws flogged for adultery
Source: BBC An Indonesian man – who worked for an organisation that helped draft strict adultery laws – has been publicly whipped after being caught having an affair with a […]
Plan to ban niqab in government offices stirs controversy
Source: The Jakarta Post A suggestion proposed by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s minister to ban the niqab in government offices has triggered mixed responses among officials and politicians amid the […]
Indonesia’s Indrawati to stay on as finance minister, cheering rupiah
Oct 22, 2019 – http://www.swissinfo.ch By Maikel Jefriando and Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said on Tuesday she had been asked by […]
Introduction to Jamia Ahmadiyya at Al-Wahid High School, Indonesia
18th October 2019 Hafizurahman, Indonesia Correspondent On 3 October 2019, there was a special program in Al-Wahid Senior High School, Indonesia to encourage students to attend Jamia Ahmadiyya. About […]
Indonesia’s criminal code: what is it, why does it matter, and will it be passed?
Violent protests have stymied the draft bill that contains controversial measures on sex, abortion and blasphemy Kate Lamb in Jakarta Thu 26 Sep 2019 1. What is the […]
Thousands rally against Indonesian bill to ban extra-marital sex
Sep 23, 2019 – swissinfo.ch By Stanley Widianto and Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) – Thousands of students protested at rallies across Indonesia on Monday against a new […]
At least 20 killed and 70 injured in day of violence in West Papua
Deaths occurred in two separate incidents in the restive Indonesian province, with activists claiming police opened fire on students Marni Cordell and Kate Lamb Tue 24 Sep 2019 Indonesian security […]
Millions may risk jail as Indonesia to outlaw sex outside marriage
Sep 18, 2019 By Tom Allard and Agustinus Bea Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia is poised to pass a new penal code that criminalizes consensual sex outside marriage and […]
Delay in bill criminalizing sex outside marriage divides Indonesians
Sep 20, 2019 – http://www.swissinfo.ch JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s decision to delay a planned vote in parliament on a new penal code that would criminalise sex […]
BJ Habibie obituary – President of Indonesia in 1998-99 who oversaw a successful if turbulent transition to a greater degree of democracy
John Gittings Tue 17 Sep 2019 Bacharuddin Jusuf (BJ) Habibie, who has died aged 83, became president of Indonesia by default in 1998 when his patron Suharto could no […]
Amazing ! Why did it take me three years ???? !!!!!
to find out, that to save my bread from the tribes of small ants in Indonesia, the safest place is inside the oven !!! I finally beat […]
My most viewed app these days! TIDES!
by Rafiq A. Tschannen, your The Muslim Times’ Associate Chief Editor: As I am not exactly so young any more I suppose I am not really a ‘computer wizard’. (Some […]
Indonesia will build its new capital city in Borneo as Jakarta sinks into the Java Sea
Source: MSN News By Rob Pichet Concerns over the sustainability of the congested and rapidly sinking political center of Jakarta prompted the need for a new capital. The relocation was […]
Papuan resistance grows against Jakarta
Benny Mawel, Victor Mambor, Kharishar Kahfi, and Donny Fernando The Jakarta Post PREMIUM Jayapura/Melbourne/Jakarta / Thu, August 29, 2019 / 10:0 Papuan demands for a referendum on self-determination have gained […]
Ground shifts in Indonesia’s economy as conservative Islam takes root
Aug 28, 2019 – http://www.swissinfo.ch By Gayatri Suroyo and Tabita Diela JAKARTA (Reuters) – Arie Untung, a former video jockey for the Indonesian offshoot of MTV, says he used to […]