Rare Monkey Rediscovered in Indonesia
Washington. An endangered monkey known as the Miller’s Grizzled Langur has been discovered on the island of Borneo in an area it was not previously known to inhabit, international researchers […]
Breast milk couriers help working mothers in Indonesia
Courtesy: Daily Times Pakistan: Nursing mothers in the Indonesian capital who have to return to work but want to keep feeding their babies have a novel service they can turn […]
Ahmadiyah in Yogyakarta Under Surveillance by MUI Branch
Mainstream Islamic leaders in Yogyakarta are claiming the right to oversee the activities of Ahmadiyah groups after local adherents of the sect were threatened by an angry mob on Friday. “We will continue to supervise all activities of GAI [Indonesian Ahmadiyah Movement] and Jamaah Ahmadiyah Indonesia,” the head of the […]
Harassing Christians and Ahmadis, no problem but don’t throw stones at the Home Affairs Ministry.
Telegraph, UK Regal personage The Indonesian government signalled that it may finally act against the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) after a mob stoned the Home Affairs Ministry in a […]
Indonesian Children Among Most ‘Cyberbullied’ in World: Poll Indicates
More than 10 percent of parents around the world say their child has been cyberbullied and nearly one-fourth know a youngster who has been a victim, according to a new […]
Bridging the Religious Divide Between Muslims in Indonesia
Jakarta Globe: An angry mob torched an Islamic boarding school, an adjacent mosque and a row of houses in Sampang, East Java, last Thursday. In February last year, a pesantren, […]
A Culture of Innovation Abounds In Indonesia’s SMK Classrooms
While two vocational schools in Solo are basking in the public spotlight for the sports utility vehicle their students have built, other vocational schools across the country are quietly churning […]
No Peace without dialogue among religions
Shiite property burning and violence in the name of religion Jakarta Post: The repeated violence in the name of religion, including the recently torching of a Shiite boarding school in […]
The Horrors of Domestic Violence in Indonesia
In the communal violence that afflicted Ambon at the end of the 20th century, up to 13,000 men, women and children died, and many more were maimed and injured. Large numbers of people participated in, suffered from or witnessed acts of extreme violence, and many saw family members and friends […]
Celebrated for Pluralism, but Marred by Rights Abuses
2011 was not a good year for human rights in Indonesia. Starting with the persecution faced by the Ahmadiyah sect and continuing with the closure of the GKI Yasmin church in Bogor, the ongoing Papuan crisis and, at the end of the year, news of the Mesuji massacre, the year […]
Students succeed in building a car
Jakarta Globe: On the Road to Producing a National Car for Indonesia Solo. It’s been a long road, but the students at Solo’s SMK 2 and SMK 5 have succeeded […]
Sandals and Solidarity: Why Indonesians Are Using Flip-flops as Symbols of Protest
The wheels of justice stumbled over a pair of flip-flops this week in Indonesia, where a 15-year-old was tried and found guilty on Wednesday for stealing a pair of worn-out […]
Indonesians have new symbol for injustice: sandals
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesians have found a new symbol for their growing frustration at uneven justice in this young, democratic nation: cheap, worn-out flip-flops. They have been dropping them […]
Indonesian Donates Record $30m to Singapore University
It is the largest gift the National University of Singapore (NUS) has received from an international alumnus, but Indonesian tycoon Tahir is reluctant to talk about the $30 million he […]
Indonesia: Shia Boarding School Set Ablaze
Ulma Haryanto, Ezra Sihite & Dessy Sagita, Jakarta Globe A Shiite-run Islamic boarding school in East Java was set on fire on Thursday by a group claiming to be Sunnis, […]
Indonesia Happy 2012
Indonesian Muslims welcome 2012 with a mass prayer event for the Nation and fireworks on New Year’s Eve in the area of the National Monument (Monas) in Jakarta.
The Banning Of The Ahmadiyah In Indonesia – Analysis
‘The Anti Ahmadiyyah law has become an instrument for the government to legitimize its actions.’—– Jamaah Ahmadiyah a political scapegoat. Written by: IPCS (Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies) ……… […]
Gus Dur- A man of God, a man of humanity
Jakarta Post: by Moh Yasir Alimi, Abdurrahman “Gus Dur” Wahid, the fourth president of Indonesia, a great ulema and a man of humanity, is no longer with us, but he […]
Indonesian, Iranian conference looks at women’s rights
AKARTA: A joint Iran and Indonesia conference on the rights of the Muslim women was largely seen as a popular step in the right direction by officials in both countries, […]
Saudi women to run, vote without male approval
Abdullah Al-Shihri and Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press, Riyadh, Saudi The change signifies a step forward in easing the kingdom’s restrictions against women, but it falls far short of what some Saudi reformers are calling for. Shura Council member Fahad al-Anzi was quoted in the state-run al-Watan newspaper on Wednesday […]