Today is the Pancasila Day in Indonesia
It’s Back to Basics on Pancasila Day Firdaus Mubarik of the Indonesian Ahmadiyah Congregation (JAI) says this is particularly apparent in the ongoing persecution of the minority Islamic sect by […]
Ministries reaffirm curbs on Ahmadiyah
The minister’s statement could have a huge impact on the public. This statement could easily cause them to attack and even murder Ahmadis. The Jakarta Post: As President Susilo Bambang […]
Indonesian president gets religious ‘statesman’ award
The Jakarta Post: Indonesia’s president has accepted a statesmanship award from a U.S. interfaith foundation that says it hopes to encourage him to promote freedom of worship and tolerance in […]
Tasikmalaya Suspects get approval to be released
The Jakarta Globe: Victimized Ahmadiyah Group ‘Not Surprised’ by Release of Suspects Two suspects of an attack on Ahmadiyah Muslims in Tasikmalaya, West Java, received approval to be released from […]
Should Outsiders Be Meddling In Indonesia’s Religious Affairs?
The Jakarta Globe: As local authorities debate over banishing Indonesia’s Ahmadiyah Muslim sect and several congregations remain barred from their houses of worship, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono this week will […]
Vesak 2013 celebration at Borobudur Buddhist Temple
Buddhist students campaign for Borobudur preservation REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MAGELANG – Buddhist students campaigned for preservation of Borobudur Temple on the sidelines of Vesak 2557 BE (2013) celebration in Borobudur Sub-district, Magelang […]
Ahmadis deplore Minister of Religious Affairs’s stance
Ekky Mubariq questioned Suryadharma’s claim that 20 Ahmadi followers had quit JAI. By Arya Dipa, The Jakarta Post: The Priangan Barat chapter of Jemaah Ahmadiyah Indonesia (JAI) in West Java […]
Twenty Ahmadis still inside Bekasi Mosque- Religious minorities unite for freedom
The Jakarta Post: Next to a sealed Ahmadi mosque in Bekasi is a plot of land with leafy trees and damp earth. To get in one has to squeeze through […]
What award winning President SBY should say
The Jakarta Post: By James Ross, New York It’s not every day that a world leader whose country frequently makes the news for sectarian violence wins a religious freedom award. […]
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Ahmadis forced to board up Tulungagung mosque after it was wrecked by Islamist Savages
Ahmadiyah Board Up Their Mosque in East Java By Camelia Pasandaran, The Jakarta Globe: Police and residents in Tulungagung, East Java, allegedly forced a member of an Ahmadiyah community to […]
Indonesia: Criticism of President ‘Just Part of Democracy’ – Some say Yudhoyono is not worthy of religious freedom prize
By Ezra Sihite on 6:00 am May 18, 2013. Criticism against recognizing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as a champion of religious freedom was part of democracy, a presidential spokesman said […]
Police Terminates Investigation Into Attack on Ahmadiyah in E. Java
By Camelia Pasandaran, The Jakarta Globe: Police have halted an investigation into last week’s attack on an Ahmadiyah mosque in Tulungagung, East Java, citing an agreement by the victims to […]
Twenty Ahmadis Supposedly embrace Sunni Islam in West Java
The Jakarta Globe: About 20 members of the beleaguered Ahmadiyah sect in Tasikmalaya, West Java, supposedly embraced Sunni Islam on Monday and declared their devotion to Indonesia’s most popular religious […]
Indonesia the land of Museums & Cultural Institutions
Indonesia has thousands of Museums and cultural heritage sites. Following is only a partial list taken from the Wikipedia: North Jakarta and Thousand Islands Maritime Museum Onrust Archaeology Park […]
Mob Attacks Ahmadiyah Mosque in East Java
The Jakarta Globe: A mob of more than 100 people damaged an Ahmadiyah mosque in Tulungagung, East Java, on Thursday night. Baitul Salam mosque, located in Gempolan village, Tulungagung, had […]
Indonesian Media Needs to Cover Religion, Not Radicals: IARJ
by Camelia Pasandaran on 12:37 pm May 9, 2013. Indonesian media need to work together to ensure that religious extremists don’t have a voice in print, the International Association of Religion Journalists said on Wednesday. “Don’t give any room to the hard-liners,” said Endy Bayuni, of the steering committee of […]
Indonesia cancels women-only trains
Yahoo News: Indonesia’s railway company has decided to scrap women-only trains less than a year after they were introduced. State railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia launched seven brightly painted […]
Bekasi Mayor, MUI Petition SBY to Ban Ahmadiyah
What kind of true Islam? If he means… the FPI, it’s better for us not to be Muslim– says Firdaus, Jemaah Ahmadiyah Indonesia The Jakarta Globe: Bekasi Mayor […]
Tight security around Ahmadiyah mosques and homes as the FPI leader comes to Tasikmalaya
Tight security around Ahmadiyah mosques and senior housing as the leaders of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) Habib Riziq dueto comes to Tasikmalaya to preach.