The Jakarta Post, Bandung Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) member Muhammad Asep Abdurahman, aka Utep, on Thursday began his trial at the Bandung District Court following his accusation on the destruction of an Ahmadiyah mosque. State Prosecutor Agus Mujoko said that Utep had been charged with Article 170 of the Criminal […]
World’s sufis will hold meeting in Pekalongan The purposeful establishment of the organization is aimed at upholding the importance of monotheism in addition to helping create world peace. Jakarta, NU […]
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: A city in Indonesia’s Islamic law stronghold of Aceh will ban women from straddling male drivers on motorbikes, its mayor said on Wednesday, dubbing the position “improper”. […]
The Jakarta Globe: In a symbolic gesture of camaraderie, the Jakarta administration announced on Thursday that it plans to form a sister city partnership with Jerusalem in the near future. […]
The Peoples Daily: It used to be that the buzzword was “Go West, young man”. But in the 21st century, it is China which attracts the young and adventurous. Erik […]
Washington, NU Online: A recent study by a US forum has endorsed that Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world and extremely popular in youth who are enthusiastic […]
By Victor Lipman Being (somewhat) active on Twitter, and fascinated by the vast amounts of wildly random but often extremely useful information endlessly tweeting across it, I’m always interested in […]
Traditional pesantren, NU’s contribution to Islamic world Jakarta, NU Online The presence of traditional Islamic boarding schools (pesantren salaf) in Indonesia is part of the contribution of NU, the country’s […]
Jakarta, NU Online Indonesia’s Ministry of Religious Affairs and the Muslim World League have launched an international Islamic media website, http://www.islamicnewsmedia.org, to increase the public`s awareness of Islam. Suryadharma Ali, […]
Source: NU Online Tired of the material life, Japanese youth are increasingly converting to Islam, setting a new balance between their life and religious beliefs. “That was nothing but a […]
Margareth S. Aritonang, The Jakarta Post, A new survey conducted by the Indonesia Survey Circle (LSI) found that the majority of people are tolerant and concerned about worsening discrimination against […]
Ahmadiyah faces possible ban from Indonesia (an older video)
Global Post: Patrick Winn. Is “Merry Christmas” forbidden in Muslim-majority Indonesia? Another Christmas season, another year of hand wringing for Muslim-majority Indonesia‘s arbiters of piety. As the Jakarta Globe reports, Indonesia’s top Islamic rule-making body (the Indonesia Ulema Council) is again warning Muslims toforego all Christmas “rituals”. In other words, don’t […]
Source: Indonesian-Ahmadiyya Studies, originally published in the The Jakarta Post, Winy Trianita, Watching violence against Ahmadiyah on TV (again!) has encouraged me to present another side of the Ahmadiyah which […]
The Jakarta Post: The persecution and harassment of the Ahmadiyah and other religious minorities in Indonesia have not yet been addressed and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has put this problem […]
Source: Jakarta Post Insight: Protecting all members of our human family By: Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General, New York | Insight I am a great champion of the power of […]
83% of Customers to Abortion Clinics in Indonesia are Married: Study The Jakarta Globe: Married women make up the majority of customers to abortion clinics in Indonesia, according to the […]
Less Than 1% of Bakso in Indonesia is Halal Certified since obtaining the certificalte is not mandatory The Jakarta Globe: From more than 50,000 bakso vendors in Indonesia, less than […]
Guardian: They are big. They have young and growing populations. They have invested in infrastructure and education. And they are growing at the sort of rates that make them the […]
THE HUFFINGTON POST – by Sara Gates Risk analysis company Maplecroft released its Human Rights Risk Atlas 2013 Thursday, revealing a definitive rise in human rights violations around the world. [SCROLL DOWN TO SEE SLIDESHOW OF COUNTRIES WITH EXTREME HUMAN RIGHTS RISK] The sixth annual report, which ranked 197 countries […]