Indonesia searches for survivors after powerful quake, tsunami
Reuters International SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 People injured or affected by the earthquake and tsunami wait to be evacuated on an air force plane in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, […]
Hundreds dead as quake, tsunami hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi
Nearly 400 killed and fate of ‘tens to hundreds’ of people unknown after magnitude 7.5 earthquake and tsunami hit Palu. MORE ON INDONESIA Indonesia tsunami sweeps away buildings yesterday Nearly 400 […]
Indonesia blasphemy woman endures cramped cell, bad food
Source: Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A rights group says the Indonesian woman imprisoned for blasphemy after complaining about noise from a mosque is sharing a cramped cell with […]
Bali to bring in new rules for visiting temples after decline in ‘quality of tourists’
Source: The Guardian BY Hannah Ellis-Petersen South-east Asia correspondent Authorities in Bali have vowed to stop westerners in bikinis posing in front of sacred temples as they lament a decline in the “quality of […]
Indonesia’s presidential hopefuls woo millennials, Muslims as election in focus
Source: Reuters BY Kanupriya Kapoor JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo launched his re-election campaign on Friday, looking to win over big blocs of millennial and Muslim voters as […]
Lombok: Governor Gives Aid to repair houses of Ahmadis
NTB Governor Gives Aid for Home Improvement of Ahmadiyah Sakti Residents September 10, 2018 LOMBOKita – the Governor of West Nusa Tenggara gave assistance to 8 Ahmadiyah Family Heads (KK) […]
World’s largest brands responsible for Indonesia forest destruction: Greenpeace
GERMAN PRESS AGENCY – DPA JAKARTA, Indonesia A handout picture released by Greenpeace on 21 March 2012 and taken on 28 February 2012 shows untouched forest in the Sungai Sembilang […]
Extremism Advances in the Largest Muslim Country
Source: Wall Street Journal By Benedict Rogers, who is East Asia Team Leader at the international human-rights organization CSW and author of “Indonesia: Pluralism in Peril—the Rise of Religious Intolerance Across […]
Fatwas, niqabs and ‘acceptable standards’: Is conservative Islam on the rise across Indonesia?
Source: ABC In the latest interpretation of sharia law in Indonesia’s Aceh province, it is now “haram” — or religiously forbidden — for a woman to sit at the same […]
Extremism Advances in the Largest Muslim Country
Indonesia’s president, once considered an ally of religious minorities, puts a radical cleric on his ticket. By Benedict Rogers Sept. 17, 2018 Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim nation, has […]
Indonesia’s quake-hit Lombok battles with malaria, 137 infected
AFP September 16, 2018 The quakes and aftershocks since July have killed about 500 people and forced hundreds of thousands into evacuation shelters or tents Among the 137 infected […]
Their churches were attacked, but Indonesia’s Christians showed the power of forgiveness
Source: The Catholic Herald By Benedict Rogers Almost three months after suicide bombers attacked three churches in Surabaya, Indonesia’s second largest city, I stood at the very spot where the […]
Lombok reconstruction to start in early September: Minister
Reporter: antara 24th August 2018 Illustration. rubble of houses collapsed after the earthquake in Labuan Pandan Tengak Hamlet, Padak Guar Village, Sambelia District, East Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). (ANTARA […]
Aceh region bans unmarried couples at same table in cafes
Source: Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — A district in Indonesia’s deeply conservative Aceh province has banned unmarried couples from sitting at the same table in restaurants, cafes or coffee shops, an official said Wednesday. The head of Bireuen district’s Islamic affairs office, Jufliwan, said the measure also forbids […]
The Rebuild: 400 Indonesian engineers dispatched to Lombok to work on earthquake resistant construction
By Coconuts Bali Aug. 31, 2018 Indonesian engineers ride in military aircraft over to Lombok, where they will begin rebuilding earthquake resistant homes. Photo: PUPR/Twitter Indonesia’s Ministry of Public […]
Indonesian president invokes ‘Pancasila’ to counter rising Islamism
Source: Religion News Service BY Nithin Coca (RNS) — Indonesia’s President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, a moderate Muslim who enjoys widespread support from the country’s minority religious communities, is resurrecting the […]
Indonesian court clears teenage rape victim jailed for abortion
Source: Indonesia JAKARTA (Reuters) – A 15-year-old girl jailed for six months for terminating her pregnancy after being raped by her brother has been cleared by a higher court in […]
Moaning about mosque loudspeaker not blasphemy, says Indonesian Muslim group
Reuters International This content was published on August 24, 2018 JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s biggest Islamic organisation called for greater tolerance on Friday as it criticised a court that jailed […]
Indonesia:Earthquake survivors celebrate Eid in makeshift camps
Rattled quake survivors mark Muslim festival on Indonesian island Source: Reuters KEKAIT, Indonesia (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of earthquake survivors on the Indonesian island of Lombok celebrated the Muslim […]
Indonesian woman sentenced 18 months in prison for complaining about noisy mosque
Indonesia woman irked by mosque noise convicted of blasphemy Source: Associated Press MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian court has sentenced a woman who complained about a noisy mosque to […]