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 […]
How about Jokograd? Indonesians suggest names for new capital
By Jessica Damiana JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesians leapt in with suggestions of a name for their future capital on Tuesday after the long-awaited announcement of the new city’s location gave […]
Not just Bali: Indonesia hopes to develop more tourism sites
Source: Associated Press By KARIN LAUB and NINIEK KARMINI YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Hundreds of tourists, many of them young Westerners, sat on gray stone steps atop the world’s largest […]
Rights group warns of ‘rise of intolerant Islamism’ in Indonesia
Source: sbs.com.au |BY NICK BAKER President Joko Widodo is being urged to address his country’s chequered human rights record. Human Rights Watch has implored Indonesian President Joko Widodo to tackle an […]
Indonesia: Students From Diverse Backgrounds Learn Tolerance Hands-On
BY : NUR YASMIN JULY 10, 2019 Jakarta. SabangMerauke, a non-profit organization based in Jakarta, has been organizing an annual cultural exchange program where they send young students to […]
President Joko Widodo says Islam in Indonesia is ‘tolerant’ as rights groups warn of rising fundamentalism
Source: CNN By Anna Coren, Jane Sit and Helen Regan Jakarta (CNN)In his first international television interview since being re-elected in May, Indonesian President Joko Widodo denied being concerned about the rise of fundamentalism in his […]
Sinking Jakarta needs giant sea wall: Indonesia president
published : 28 Jul 2019 JAKARTA: Indonesia’s president said in an interview that he wants to see the speedy construction of a giant sea wall around Jakarta to prevent the […]
President Joko Widodo says Islam in Indonesia is ‘tolerant’ as rights groups warn of rising fundamentalism
By Anna Coren, Jane Sit and Helen Regan, CNN Jakarta (CNN)In his first international television interview since being re-elected in May, Indonesian President Joko Widodo denied being concerned […]
Most Indonesian Islamic websites ‘run by extremists’
Leading Muslim cleric calls for govt action to prevent hardliners spreading radicalism online Konradus Epa, Jakarta Indonesia July 22, 2019 Most of Indonesia’s Islamic website are in the hands of […]
Political parties appreciate Jokowi-Prabowo meeting, hope for peace
News Desk The Jakarta Post Jakarta / Sun, July 14, 2019 Political parties, either in coalition or opposition camps, have expressed their appreciation for the reconciliation of former presidential contenders […]
Rationalizing halal tourism: A neuroeconomic view
Wahyu Jatmiko and Azizon – Durham, UK/Coventry, UK / Wed, July 3, 2019 When the National Committee for Sharia Finance (KNKS) was formally established by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo […]
Halal tourism is not Islamic tourism
Hendy Mustiko Aji Conceptually, halal tourism is different from Islamic tourism. I distinguish among four terms that might possibly confuse many people: Islam, sharia, halal and Islamic. In […]
Exclusive: After bruising election, Indonesia to vet public servants to identify Islamists
Source: Swiss Info By Kanupriya Kapoor JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia plans to tighten vetting of senior public servants amid fears that hardline Islamist ideology has permeated high levels of government, […]