Mr Tanoesoedibjo has launched his own political party in Indonesia eyeing up the 2019 elections Rebecca Flood 2 hours ago An Indonesian businessman who attended Donald Trump’s inauguration has reportedly been bragging about his access to the president as he launches his own political career. Hary Tanoesoedibjo is a business partner of […]
Reuters International FEB 11, 2017 – Protesters pray during a rally against Jakarta incumbent governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama inside Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 11, 2017. REUTERS/Beawiharta (reuters_tickers) By Johan Purnama and Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) – Thousands of Indonesians gathered on Saturday at a mosque […]
Reuters International FEB 10, 2017 – (reuters_tickers) By Tom Allard and Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) – As a few hundred protesters held a rally outside his home in an upscale Jakarta neighbourhood this week, Indonesia’s former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono took to twitter to vent his […]
Source: Reuters International FEB 7, 2017 – JAKARTA (Reuters) – Police in the Indonesian capital Jakarta have banned a rally organised by Islamist groups ahead of next week’s hotly contested election to lead the city, officials said on Tuesday. The rally on Feb. 11, just four days before voting day, […]
Reuters International FEB 1, 2017 – JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s highest Muslim clerical council is to issue an edict, or fatwa, declaring the spreading of fake news un-Islamic, the organisation’s chairman said on Wednesday. Indonesia has one of the world’s highest number of Facebook and Twitter users, and the biggest […]
Reuters International JAN 27, 2017 – 10:38 JAKARTA (Reuters) – A former Indonesian finance ministry official has been detained on his return home after being deported from Turkey for trying to cross into Syria on suspicion of intending to join Islamic State, Indonesian authorities said on Friday. Police identified the […]
Margareth S. AritonangThe Jakarta Post Jakarta | Tue, January 17, 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (gesturing) speaks during a visit to The Jakarta Post on Dec. 28, 2016. (JP/Wienda Parwitasari) The former president’s son, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, and his running mate Sylviana Murni would have won the Jakarta […]
Tama Salim, Haeril Halim and Hans Nicholas JongThe Jakarta Post Jakarta | Wed, January 18, 2017 Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi (left, seated) talks to Rohingya Muslims at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar, beside Bangladesh’s border with Myanmar on Tuesday. (Courtesy of Foreign Ministry/File) The government has […]
Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies16 Jan 2017 Tens of thousands take part in a prayer at Jakarta’s National Monument during the December 2 rally against Jakarta’s governor Ahok. Photo: Dewi Nurcahyani Jakarta: About 5000 members of the Islam Defenders’ Front (FPI) turned up outside Indonesian police headquarters on Monday morning, […]
Source: The New York Times By JON EMONT BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Things were hopping at Redinesh Coffee Roastery in this seaside city one recent evening. Electronic dance music blared […]
Jewel Topsfield Karuni Rompies Jakarta: Permadi Arya became famous – or infamous, depending on how you look at it – for his satirical YouTube videos lampooning extremism. One of them, You are Shiite, sends up those who preach that only Sunni Muslims will be guaranteed a plot of land in […]
Source: The Tablet Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, rejected theocracy at its foundation and adopted a state philosophy known as “Pancasila”, giving equal recognition to the major religions. Yet that is increasingly under threat, as local authorities collude with radical Islamist groups to force Christian churches to close, and […]
Source: The Gospel Herald By LEAH MARIEANN KLETT In an ironic turn of events, the leader of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) who led the charge against the Christian governor […]
Source: Reuters By Gayatri Suroyo | JAKARTA An Indonesian court will proceed with a controversial blasphemy trial against Jakarta’s Christian governor, who is accused of insulting the Koran, a judge […]
Reuters International DEC 27, 2016 – Jakarta’s governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama looks at his lawyers inside the court room during his trial at the North Jakarta District Court in Jakarta, Indonesia December 27, 2016. REUTERS/Bagus Indahono/Pool (reuters_tickers) By Gayatri Suroyo JAKARTA (Reuters) – An Indonesian court will proceed with a […]
Source: The Jakarta Post FadliThe Jakarta Post Batam | Sun, December 18, 2016 | 06:08 pm Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama (center) sits on the defendant’s chair at the […]
Source: Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police said Monday that they will take action against groups that use violence to enforce an edict from the country’s leading […]
Callistasia Anggun WijayaThe Jakarta Post Jakarta | Tue, December 13, 2016 | Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama sits on the defendant’s chair at the start of his trial hearing at North Jakarta District Court in Jakarta on Tuesday. Ahok is on trial for an accusation of blasphemy following his […]
Source: Reuters By Kanupriya Kapoor and Agustinus Beo Da Costa | JAKARTA As the ranks of protesters thickened in central Jakarta on Dec. 2, turning into Indonesia’s biggest mass demonstration […]
Source: Time Zian Mustakin and Niniek Karmini / AP (MEUREUDU, Indonesia) — A strong undersea earthquake rocked Indonesia’s Aceh province early on Wednesday, killing at least 97 people and sparking […]