Parties’ pandering hurts Shia, Ahmadiyah
The Jakarta Post, Political pragmatism by major political parties, that have long pandered to majority Sunni voters, has prevented the parties from protecting the rights of minority Muslim groups such […]
Indonesia: FPI Not a True Reflection of Islam
The Jakarta Globe: I’m pretty sure a vast majority of Indonesians would prefer the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) to be put to an end, even though the leaders of the […]
Children of minority groups struggle with abuse, upheaval
Jakarta Post: “I don’t want my friends to turn away from me when I tell them who I am,” said 13-year-old Ardan, not his real name, on Saturday during a story-telling event at the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) office in Central Jakarta. The boy, from an Ahmadi family, […]
Villagers Offer Gifts To Volcano
Villagers Offer Up Gifts To Volcano As Part Of Yadnya Kasada Festival Indonesia. Yadnya Kasada Festival is the main festival of the Tenggerese people and lasts about a month. On […]
Displaced NTB Ahmadis to get ID cards, but with no religious preference
The Jakarta Globe: After spending years living in Wisma Transito displacement camp without ID cards, dozens of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Ahmadis may finally be seeing the light at the […]
Two Ahmadi teachers and ten students transferred on demand of local resident in Cianjur regency
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Editorial: Thugs are not martyrs
What deterrence could we expect if 12 FPI supporters only received between three and six months in jail for butchering three Ahmadiyah followers in Banten in 2011, or a suspended FPI leader in Bekasi was sentenced to only five and a half months’ imprisonment for attacking a church minister and […]
Govt urged to disband Islamic Defenders Front (FPI)
Jakarta, NU Online The government should use a recently-passed law on mass organizations to disband the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front, known as the FPI, if it continues to conduct acts […]
Central Java Muslim clerics condemn FPI clashes with locals
Suherdjoko, The Jakarta Post, Semarang | Mon, 07/22/2013 8:57 PM | Archipelago A group of Muslim clerics from various regions in Central Java have condemned a series of sweeps conducted by the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) in several regions, such as those in Sukorharjo and Kendal regencies last week that […]
Islam and China’s Hong Kong: Ethnic Identity, Muslim Networks and the New Silk Road
Source: The Asian Review of Books and Caixin Online It is a book review: Islam and China’s Hong Kong: Ethnic Identity, Muslim Networks and the New Silk Road (Routledge Contemporary China Series) […]
Ahmadiyya mosque Situradja Closed, Activities Discontinued
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Indonesia: Amend Law on Mass Organizations
New Law Restricts Rights to Association, Expression, and Religion Human Rights Watch: A new law in Indonesia places unnecessary and onerous restrictions on the activities of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), Human […]
Religious Conflict Not a Problem in ‘Tolerant’ Indonesia: Minister
The Jakarta Globe: Indonesia’s Religious Affairs Minister, in an apparent attempt to downplay the nation’s rising tide of religious intolerance, suggested that inter-faith strife is “human nature” before calling the […]
President Gus Dur’s Nine basic values of struggle
Yogyakarta, NU Online In addition to talking about democracy, the movie entitled “Under the Flag of Democracy” also describes nine basic values of struggle propagated by KH Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus […]
By the way… the devils are chained up
Source: thejakartapost.com The fasting month of Ramadhan has come. Prophet Muhammad said that “When Ramadhan comes, the gates of Paradise are opened, the gates of Hell are closed and the devils […]
A wrong turn: Is Indonesia on the path to radicalisation?
Source: Hindustan Times via Wasim Sr. Once known for its verdant beaches, Indonesia of late has acquired a radical hue. This shift came into stark focus recently when the organisers of Miss World pageant bowed down to pressure from Islamic hardliners and scrapped the bikini round from this year’s competition […]
Displaced Ahmadis face another blue Ramadhan
Panca Nugraha, The Jakarta Post: Seven years have past since 116 Ahmadis were forcefully evicted from their village in Ketapang, West Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), but they will spend […]
Komnas HAM finds human rights violations in Ahmadi refugee case
Source: thejakartapost.com The National Commission of Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has detected strong indications of human rights violations behind the settlement of Ahmadi refugees in Wisma Transito in Mataram for the past seven years. Not only have the basic rights of the Ahmadis been systematically neglected, Komnas also deemed that the […]
Ahmadis consider this year’s Ramadhan another test of faith
The Jakarta Post: While almost everybody else is welcoming Ramadhan with happiness and smiles, for 116 Ahmadis who are now living at the Transito house in Mataram, this year’s Ramadhan […]
Religious Intolerance Down Slightly in Indonesia: Setara
The Jakarta Globe: Violence between Sunni and Shiite Muslims on East Java’s Madura Island and an attack on an Ahmadiyah community in West Java are among the 282 cases of […]