Source : RNS JAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) Members of an Indonesian Islamic sect have issued a complaint that their human rights were breached by a local government refusing to issue them state ID cards unless they renounce their belief, a rights group said. The Ahmadiyah identify themselves as Muslims but believe another […]
Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/06/05/ahmadis-question-depok-administrations-decision-to-seal-mosque.html The Indonesian Ahmadiyah Congregation (JAI) questioned on Monday the decision of the Depok city administration in West Java forbidding Ahmadis from using a mosque that belongs to one of the congregation members for worship. Depok Mayor Mohammad Idris and many police and Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) officers reportedly […]
Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/06/07/ahmadis-expect-dialogue-with-jokowi.html Followers of the Ahmadiyah religious sect are hoping to meet with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to tell the country’s leader to revoke the 2008 joint ministerial decree on Ahmadiyah, which prohibits members of the faith from propagating their teachings. Ahmadiyah spokesman Yendra Budiana said perpetrators of almost all cases of persecution […]
Source: http://www.en.netralnews.com/news/currentnews/read/6722/depok.ahmadiyya.community.confesses.of.being.persecuted.by.depok.mayor DEPOK, NETRALNEWS.COM – Depok Ahmadiyya Community associated in the Indonesia Ahmadiyya Community (JAI) will take legal action related to the forced closure of Depok Al-Hidayah Mosque which takes place on Saturday to Sunday, June 3-4, in the morning. Secretary of External Relations of JAI Kandali Achmad Lubis stated that […]
Source: https://en.brilio.net/news/ahmadiyah-congregation-is-prohibited-to-spread-the-teachings-1706074.html# Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin said in an interview that Ahmadiyya congregation is forbidden to spread their religion. “Regarding Ahmadiyya, (what we) prohibit is the spread of its religious teachings,” Lukman said on Monday. However, he does not prohibit the congregation to pray and worship based on their belief. “Ahmadiyya congregation’s […]
Source: Jakarta Post The above question is addressed to those who still believe in the strength of Indonesian Islam post-Jakarta gubernatorial election and the verdict of two years’ imprisonment handed down to Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, the outgoing Jakarta governor. Indonesian Islam refers to Islam that is progressive, moderate and […]
Decision by West Java authorities seen as another example of persecution minority Muslim group Authorities seal a mosque belonging to Ahmadiyya Muslims in Parakansalak in West Java in this July 26, 2016 file photo. Sect members have spoken out against the closure of another mosque in nearby Sawangan during Ramadan. (Photo courtesy of […]
Source: http://en.metrotvnews.com/national-en/1bV6AD2b-govt-studying-ahmadiyya-mosque-closure-in-depok Metrotvnews.com, Jakarta: The Religious Affairs Ministry is still studying the Ahmadiyya mosque closure by the Depok municipality administration. “I cannot give any statement yet,” Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin said on Monday. The Al-Hidayah mosque which is owned by the Indonesia Ahmadiyya Community (JAI) was sealed by the […]
Source: BBC News By Theodora Sutcliffe 5 June 2017 The Indonesian island of Ternate, like its neighbour Tidore, is almost all volcano. It sprouts from the sea, an almost-perfect, yet […]
Sunday, 04 June 2017 | Depok Mayor sealed Al Hidayah Mosque in relation to JAI. (Doc: Hidayah) DEPOK, NETRALNEWS.COM – Depok Ahmadiyya Community associated in the Indonesia Ahmadiyya Community (JAI) […]
Source: BBC Indonesian police have named a controversial hardline Muslim preacher as a suspect in a pornography case. Rizieq Shihab is accused of exchanging graphic messages and nude pictures in text conversations with a woman. The cleric, who is currently in Saudi Arabia, has denied the accusations. Mr Rizieq heads […]
“It’s over for Indonesia’s tradition of moderation… In ten years, Indonesia could be Pakistan.” By Benedict Rogers May 29, 2017 The 15-year-old school girl’s eyes filled with tears as she put down her mobile phone. Her best friend at school, the friend she did […]
Source: BBC Two men are due to be caned in public after they were caught in bed together in Aceh, Indonesia. The men will each receive 85 lashes in public, as punishment under the strict Islamic laws used in Aceh. It is the only Indonesian province where Sharia is in […]
Source: The Daily Beast Three Indonesian police officers were killed and 10 people injured on Thursday when two suspected suicide bombers struck near a bus stop in the capital. Twin explosions went off about five minutes apart near the site of a parade at Jakarta’s Kampung Melayu terminal, police said. […]
Reuters International MAY 24, 2017 – FILE PHOTO: Indonesia President Joko Widodo stands as he waits for the arrival of French President Francois Hollande at the presidential palace in Jakarta, […]
Source: BBC Indonesian police have arrested 141 men attending what they called a “gay sex party” at a sauna in the capital Jakarta late on Sunday. Police said attendees, including […]
Source: BBC A Sharia court in Indonesia’s Aceh province has sentenced two men to be caned in public for having gay sex. The men were found guilty of violating strict […]
Reuters International MAY 12, 2017 – Chairman of GNPF-MUI, Bachtiar Nasir, arrives at a police station to testify as a witness in a money laundering case at a police station […]
EDITORIAL: The test of our democracy EDITORIALThe Jakarta Post Jakarta | Fri, May 12, 2017 | Inactive Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama attends the final hearing of his blasphemy trial at the North Jakarta District Court on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. The panel of judges declare him guilty for […]
Margareth S. AritonangThe Jakarta Post Jakarta | Sat, May 13, 2017 | Against blasphemy: Hundreds of members of Islamic organizations stage a rally during Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama’s final hearing held at the Agriculture Ministry office on Jl. RM Harsono, Ragunan, South Jakarta, on Tuesday. (JP/Michael Hillary Hegarty) […]