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from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2010 This year's Islamic Day of Sacrifice (Idul Adha) will come on the heels of natural disasters that struck the Mentawai Islands [...]

First presidential visit to a mosque Speech echoes Cairo address Barack Obama reached out to moderates in Indonesia, the largest Muslim-majority country, reiterating that America was not at war with [...]

Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES Speaking from his boyhood home of Jakarta, Indonesia, yesterday, President Obama said, America is not, and never will be, at war with Islam. His talking point [...]

Byline: Alister Bull and Patricia Zengerle PRESIDENT Obama said today more needed to be done to eradicate 'years of mistrust' between the US and the Muslim world. Mr Obama finished [...]

from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, NOVEMBER 08, 2010 -- PAGE 8 In reference to a letter from Jamal published in The Jakarta Post on Oct. 27 under the heading [...]

from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2010 -- PAGE 8 I refer to an article titled 'A glut of fatwas spurs Saudi king to impose curbs,' (Oct. 10). [...]

from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2010 -- PAGE 7 Recently Indonesian people just enjoyed the Sang Pencerah (The Englightener) film, directed by Hanung Bramantyo. The story was [...]

from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2010 -- PAGE 8 I refer to the article titled 'Ahmadiyah followers in Lombok to be relocated,' (Oct. 11). I hope the [...]

from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2010 -- PAGE 6 Over last 10 years the international media and some academics have warned of rising Islamic radicalism and intolerance [...]

from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2010 -- PAGE 8 Oct. 6, Online Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) has suggested that Ahmadiyah followers no longer claim themselves as part of [...]

from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 09, 2010 -- PAGE 23 Is it true that the oldest piece of the Koran in Indonesia can actually be found in the [...]

from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 07, 2010 Sept. 4, Online: Thousands of Indonesian Muslims rallied outside the US Embassy in Jakarta on Saturday to denounce an American church's [...]

Text of report in English by Indonesian newspaper Kompas Cyber Media website (www.kompas.com) on 3 September [Report attributed to Antara news agency: 'How Indonesians Respond to Koran-Burning Rumours'] AMBON, KOMPAS.com [...]

from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 01, 2010 Aug. 30, Online: The government must dissolve Ahmadiyah because its teachings are against a joint ministerial decree, Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma [...]

from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 2010 -- PAGE 21 Many people will agree that Ramadan slows the rhythm of life. In fact, the most enjoyable activity during [...]

from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 2010 -- PAGE 4 Twenty-one of the 102 terror suspects arrested earlier this year at their military training ground in Aceh were [...]

from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2010 Recent cases of church attacks throughout Greater Jakarta are apparently the tip of an iceberg of growing religious intolerance, with many [...]

The fashion models lounged in the public hallway of a Jakarta retail mall in hot pants, batting false eyelashes and adjusting their hairdos. Minutes later, they hit the catwalk wearing [...]

from THE JAKARTA POST -- THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2010 -- PAGE 8 Aug. 7, Online: Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo and Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Timur Pradopo attended the 12th [...]

from THE JAKARTA POST -- MONDAY, JULY 26, 2010 On July 7, I had a chance to meet Switzerland President Doris Leuthard during her visit to Indonesia. The topic of [...]

from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 2010 -- PAGE 6 For many, to study Islam means going to an Islamic institution. That's why some Indonesian students go to [...]

from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, MAY 8, 2010 Reading 'Misperception among Muslims' by Fazal-E-Mujeeb is a relief, (The Jakarta Post, P. 26). I think that Islam is a beautiful [...]

Elections The most populous Muslim nation has seen a steady drift towards secular parties, writes John Aglionby Tens of thousands of supporters of the Prosperous Justice party (PKS), Indonesia's most [...]

During a visit to Jakarta in February, Hillary Clinton, US secretary of state, trotted out the oft-repeated refrain that the south-east Asian nation is a shining example of how Islam [...]

Byline: Sylvie Kaufmann, Le Monde Yudhi Widdyantoro, a yoga instructor in Jakarta, found himself in the unusual position of justifying his work to a group of ulamas , or Muslim [...]

JAKARTA -- Speak to any educated Indonesian about the mind-numbing weekly lessons they endured during the Suharto regime on Pancasila - the country's deliberately vague five-pronged founding ideology - and [...]

When Erwin Arnada, editor in chief of Playboy magazine in Indonesia, answered a summons at police headquarters in the national capital, Jakarta, he turned up smiling, behaved like a good […]

SYDNEY -- John Howard, Australia's prime minister, yesterday praised Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesia's president, as a bulwark against extremist Islam, underlining the emerging bond between the two leaders. Both leaders [...]

I moved to Indonesia a week before the October 2002 Bali bombings, which left more than 200 people dead. It made for an abrupt welcome from which I sometimes feel [...]

ULEELHEUE and JAKARTA -- Residents of Indonesia's tsunami-stricken Aceh province yesterday marked one of Islam's holiest days with vows to rebuild, as the World Health Organisation and others warned that [...]

The 3rd World Muslimah Awards, which were held in Jakarta, Indonesia, saw contestants parading on stage in modern Muslim outfits and reciting verses of the Koran. Nigerian winner, Obabiyi Aishah [...]

Jakarta, Sep 19, 2013 (Capital FM/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- The finale of a beauty pageant exclusively for Muslim women will take place in the Indonesian capital Wednesday, […]

JAKARTA, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Indonesia's transgender community said its members fear rising intimidation from the Islam Defenders Front after the religious group closed a transgender festival in Jakarta. Their [...]

Abdullah Gymnastiar, this nation's most popular Islamic preacher, possesses the boyish good looks and eternal smile that send Indonesian women scrambling for invitations to join his television audience. Men come, […]

This lovely seaside town is the sort of place the Bush administration is talking about when it warns of places that could nurture new terrorist cells that could be possible […]

The men in the mosque looked up in surprise as a mob in white robes and white caps splashed down the muddy alley, waving long wooden batons and shouting, 'God […]

JAKARTA -- The following information was released by the Voice of America (VOA): Acts of violence against minority faith communities in Indonesia are rising, casting doubt on the nation's tolerant [...]

Summary: JAKARTA, 15 October 2012 (IRIN) - Ideology that fuels violent acts in the name of Islam remains potent in Indonesia despite government efforts to 'deradicalize' militants and prevent the [...]

(PRWEB) August 07, 2012 To anticipate the growing demands for Ramadan related products in Indonesia, social commerce platform Multiply has released a custom Ramadan Marketplace wholly dedicated to products such [...]

The 'Hang Suharto!' protesters were out in the streets, as always. But so was a small rally demanding clean air, another involving a local land dispute and another promoting breast-feeding. […]

JAKARTA, April 8 Asia Pulse - Indonesia and Turkey can serve as examples for other countries where Islam and democracy can go together without conflicts, a Democrat Party leader said. [...]

from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - Indonesia is forging cooperation in the field of Islamic studies with a number of non-Middle East countries interested [...]

from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov 10 (ANTARA) - US President Barack Obama has reiterated that the United States 'is not, and never will be, at war [...]