COMMENTARY: The elephant in the room in Saudi king’s visit
Ary HermawanThe Jakarta Post EDITOR’S NOTE: SEE LAST PARAGRAPH | Sun, March 12, 2017 | King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of […]
Ahok’s verdict prompts fresh calls for review of “draconian” Blasphemy law
Source: The Jakarta Post The now suspended Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, who was found guilty of blasphemy by the North Jakarta District Court and sentenced to two years […]
Public willing to vouch for Ahok
News DeskThe Jakarta Post Jakarta | Wed, May 10, 2017 Balloons fill the front yard of City Hall in Jakarta on Monday. The balloons were sent by supporters of outgoing […]
‘I’ll replace Ahok in prison’: Djarot
Jakarta | Wed, May 10, 2017 Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama and Djarot Saiful Hidayat hold a press conference after the Jakarta gubernatorial runoff election on April 19. (JP/Seto Wardhana.) Acting […]
Jakarta governor Ahok sentenced to two years in prison for blasphemy
Source: The Guardian BY Kate Lamb in Jakarta and agencies Shock sentence comes after hardline Islamist groups called for Christian official to be jailed for referencing Qur’an verse. Jakarta’s Christian governor […]
Indonesia to disband hardline Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir
Source: Reuters Indonesia is to disband an Islamist group that calls for a state based on sharia law, citing concern it undermines a secular state ideology in the world’s biggest […]
A Top Christian Official in Indonesia Has Been Given an Unexpectedly Harsh Sentence for ‘Blaspheming Islam’
Source: Time BY Yenni Kwok The outgoing Christian governor of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, popularly known as Ahok, was found guilty of blasphemy by a court in the […]
Jakarta governor Ahok found guilty of blasphemy
Source: Al Jazeera Outgoing Governor Basuki ‘Ahok’ Purnama sentenced to two years in jail over comments he made during political campaign. Purnama was found ‘convincingly guilty of committing blasphemy’ [Bay […]
Indonesia to disband hardline Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir
Reuters International MAY 8, 2017 JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia is to disband an Islamist group that calls for a state based on sharia law, citing concern it undermines a secular state ideology in the world’s biggest Muslim-majority country, officials said on Monday. Chief security minister Wiranto said a government panel […]
Commentary: Will Jakarta’s New Governor Stand Firm Against Hardline Religious Groups?
Commentary: Will Jakarta’s New Governor Stand Firm Against Hardline Religious Groups?i Anies Baswedan received high-profile backing in his successful campaign to be Jakarta’s next governor. (Reuters Photo/Beawiharta) Voters in Jakarta have chosen a former cabinet minister who sought the support of hardline Muslims opposing his contender – who is embroiled in […]
Indonesians Seek to Export a Modernized Vision of Islam
Source: The New York Times By JOE COCHRANE Photo Members of Nahdlatul Ulama in Jakarta in 2011, during a commemoration of the group’s founding in Indonesia in 1926. Its youth […]
Indonesia female clerics issue fatwa against child marriage
By: AFP | Cirebon | Published:April 28, 2017 7:50 am http://indianexpress.com/article/world/female-muslim-clerics-in-indonesia-issue-rare-fatwas-4631334/#sthash.g3KAk1BX.dpuf It urged the government to raise the minimum legal age for women to marry to 18 from the current age of 16. File photo of Muslim girls attending a class meeting at the Darul Muttaqien Islamic boarding school in Bogor, Indonesia, in […]
Female Islamic clerics in Indonesia issue rare child marriage fatwa
Source: BBC Female Islamic clerics in Indonesia have issued an unprecedented fatwa against child marriage. The fatwa, which is not legally binding but will be influential, was issued after a […]
Female Islamic clerics in Indonesia issue rare child marriage fatwa
Source: BBC Female Islamic clerics in Indonesia have issued an unprecedented fatwa against child marriage. The fatwa, which is not legally binding but will be influential, was issued after a three-day congress of female clerics in the country. The clerics urged the government to raise the minimum legal age for […]
Jakarta governor likely to be spared jail if found guilty of insulting Islam
Source: The Guardian Kate Lamb in Jakarta Indonesian prosecutors call for two years’ probation for Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, instead of maximum five-year prison term Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, known as Ahok, […]
Religion, power and politics in Indonesia
Source: BBC A former minister has won the race for Jakarta governor after a divisive campaign that has tested Indonesia’s multi-faith society. As BBC Indonesian’s Rebecca Henschke in Jakarta reports, […]
Pence tours Southeast Asia’s biggest mosque, talks trade in Indonesia
Source: Reuters By Roberta Rampton | JAKARTA U.S. Vice President Mike Pence toured Southeast Asia’s largest mosque on Thursday during a visit to Indonesia, calling the Muslim-majority nation’s tradition of […]
Jakarta election exposes deep political, religious divide
Source: Reuters By Tom Allard and Gayatri Suroyo | JAKARTA Jakarta voters head to the polls on Wednesday to elect a governor for Indonesia’s teeming capital after a campaign that […]
Religious tensions rise in Jakarta
Source: CNN Indonesia’s capital is on edge one day before a vote that has become a test of tolerance in the world’s most populous majority-Muslim nation.The incumbent governor of Jakarta, Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, an ethnic Chinese Christian, is facing a challenge by a Muslim former government minister backed by […]
Tensions lurk behind Pence’s ‘partnership’ visit to Indonesia
Reuters International APR 13, 2017 – FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrives for the swearing-in ceremony of Judge Neil Gorsuch as an Associate Supreme Court Justice in the […]