Indonesians call for tighter curbs after 500% surge in COVID-19 cases
A health worker takes the body temperature reading of a woman before she receives a shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19 during a mass vaccination on the outskirts of […]
Ground shifts in Indonesia’s economy as conservative Islam takes root
Aug 28, 2019 – http://www.swissinfo.ch By Gayatri Suroyo and Tabita Diela JAKARTA (Reuters) – Arie Untung, a former video jockey for the Indonesian offshoot of MTV, says he used to […]
Indonesia election: presidential rival challenges Widodo victory in court
Prabowo Subianto files lawsuit in constitutional court in Jakarta, scene of fatal clashes between protesters and police this week Staff and agencies Sat 25 May 2019 The defeated candidate […]
The Islam Factor in Indonesia’s Elections
Using the Islamic lens is the focus of Western analysis when it comes to assessing Indonesia’s political present and future. This limits proper understanding. By Philip Bowring, April 23, 2019 […]
Widodo can silence Indonesia’s voices of hate
Source: UCA News By Benedict Rogers, who is East Asia team leader at human rights organization CSW and author of ‘Indonesia: Pluralism in Peril — the rise of religious intolerance […]
In Indonesia’s election, the winner is Widodo – and Islam
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 18, 2019 Incumbent Indonesian president Joko Widodo leaves after a press briefing in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 18, 2019 in this photo taken by […]
Indonesia doubles trade missions to Muslim markets in export push
Widodo promotes textiles, footwear and train cars, competing with Chinese goods ERWIDA MAULIA, Nikkei staff writer January 15, 2019 00:47 JST JAKARTA — Indonesia is accelerating a strategy to […]
Candidate vying to lead Indonesian capital denies pandering to Islamists
Reuters International FEB 21, 2017 – Former education minister and Jakarta governor candidate Anies Baswedan speaks during an interview at his home in Jakarta, Indonesia February 21, 2017. REUTERS/Fatima El-Kareem (reuters_tickers) By Eveline Danubrata JAKARTA (Reuters) – A former education minister in Muslim-majority Indonesia facing a run-off vote against […]
Plots and wiretaps: Jakarta poll exposes proxy war for presidency
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 […]
Hardline Islamists push agenda as blasphemy case ignites Indonesia
Source: Reuters International By Kanupriya Kapoor and Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) – When Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama had some of the capital’s sprawling slums levelled this spring, Muslim […]
Indonesia to declare winner of hotly contested presidential election
By Randy Fabi JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian election officials were expected on Tuesday to officially declare Jakarta Governor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo the winner of a hotly contested presidential election in […]