RI struggles to promote pluralism, tolerance
Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, is still finding it hard to promote a culture of tolerance among its citizens, with a number of major cases of religious intolerance and violence...
View Article2 killed, 100,000 evacuated after Indonesia volcano erupts
Published February 14, 2014Associated Press Feb. 14, 2014: A man watches from Mbaladak village in Blitar, East Java, Indonesia, as Mount Kelud erupts.AP KEDIRI, Indonesia – A major volcanic eruption in...
View ArticleYogyakarta oplosan death toll rises again
The number of people falling victim to oplosan (bootleg alcohol) in Yogyakarta rose to 26 on Monday, according to a police officer. The victims drank the bootleg liquor in areas across the province...
View ArticleRI struggles to promote pluralism, tolerance
Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, is still finding it hard to promote a culture of tolerance among its citizens, with a number of major cases of religious intolerance and violence...
View ArticleBuddhist, Muslim Leaders Push For Peace In Conflict Areas
Buddhist and Muslim leaders in South and Southeast Asia are working to spread a message of peace and dialogue as interreligious conflict continues to threaten stability in Myanmar, Sri Lanka and other...
View ArticleEnd persecution of ‘deviants’, the root of terrorism
We have recently been exposed to three diverse issues, all following a familiar line — the tyranny of the majority. The latest is the threat to expel the Ahmadiyah community in Bangka; second, the...
View ArticleBuddhist, Muslim Leaders Push For Peace In Conflict Areas
Buddhist and Muslim leaders in South and Southeast Asia are working to spread a message of peace and dialogue as interreligious conflict continues to threaten stability in Myanmar, Sri Lanka and other...
View ArticleAncient ruins in modern Java
Beneath a thick South-East Asian jungle canopy lie enormous ruins, even more impressive than others already on display. That, at any rate, is what some archaeologists and other experts believe. An...
View ArticleRI struggles to promote pluralism, tolerance
Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, is still finding it hard to promote a culture of tolerance among its citizens, with a number of major cases of religious intolerance and violence...
View ArticleAncient ruins in modern Java
Beneath a thick South-East Asian jungle canopy lie enormous ruins, even more impressive than others already on display. That, at any rate, is what some archaeologists and other experts believe. An...
View ArticleAmanusa Aman Villas, Bali
With 17,504 islands, Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelago. Stretching over an area that's as wide as the United States from San Francisco to New York,...
View ArticleRI struggles to promote pluralism, tolerance
Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, is still finding it hard to promote a culture of tolerance among its citizens, with a number of major cases of religious intolerance and violence...
View ArticleFuture uncertain for Yogyakarta transgender school
Al Fatah Islamic School for transgender people in Yogyakarta has ceased all activity and its owners and students are keeping a low profile after the school was shut down by local authorities amid...
View Article2 killed, 100,000 evacuated after Indonesia volcano erupts
Published February 14, 2014Associated Press Feb. 14, 2014: A man watches from Mbaladak village in Blitar, East Java, Indonesia, as Mount Kelud erupts.AP KEDIRI, Indonesia – A major volcanic eruption in...
View ArticleTunisian wins Muslim beauty pageant, calls for free Palestine
PRAMBANAN: A Tunisian woman called for a free Palestine as she won a pageant exclusively for Muslims in Indonesia on Friday, seen as a riposte to Western beauty contests. Eighteen finalists, who...
View ArticleSkip Bali, Head To Yogyakarta Instead
Indonesia can seem like an overwhelming destination. There are thousands of islands, more than 250 million residents and a huge range of languages and customs. While most visitors stick to Bali, the...
View ArticleIntolerance still rampant with one case every month
Religious intolerance is still rife in Yogyakarta, with three cases reported in the first three months of this year in a city once regarded as a paragon of tolerance. “On average, a case occurs each...
View ArticleIndonesia: Persecution of Gafatar Religious Group (HRW - Human Rights Watch)
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) (Jakarta) - Indonesian officials and security forces have been complicit in the violent forced eviction of more than 7,000 members of the Gafatar religious community...
View ArticleBuddhist, Muslim Leaders Push For Peace In Conflict Areas
Buddhist and Muslim leaders in South and Southeast Asia are working to spread a message of peace and dialogue as interreligious conflict continues to threaten stability in Myanmar, Sri Lanka and other...
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