News Indonesia Religion: Indonesian Prisoners Are Turning to Religion and Removing Their Tattoos
He came to the religion in 2018, to discover tattoos are considered haraam or forbidden. Since then, he’s been determined to remove all the ink from his body. Go Hijrah is only one of a dozen ...
News Indonesia Religion: Indonesia’s democracy alive, but needs more kick
Indonesia’s democracy is not perfect ... Neither of the presidential candidates used religion in their campaigns, and most political parties avoided the issue completely. The few Islamist parties that ...
News Indonesia Religion: In Indonesia, Muslim Youth are Turning to Their Clerics to Find Them a Wife
Once he turned to religion in 2010, dating was no longer his thing ... Taaruf is a growing trend in Indonesia as young Muslims are turning to more conservative practices. Adji however rejects the ...
News Indonesia Religion: Indonesia’s core holds, decisively, in elections
On the other, more diverse Indonesian communities — in terms of ethnicity and religion — voted for Joko “Jokowi ... primarily because of coalescing support in Indonesia’s core. This core consists of ...
News Indonesia Religion: EXCLUSIVE-After bruising election, Indonesia to vet public servants to identify Islamists
Indonesia is officially secular ... affected by the disease of secularism and is trying to separate politics and religion, which is very dangerous," said Novel Bamukmin of the FPI's Jakarta ...
News Indonesia Religion: Muslimnesia, a Reference for Young, Modern Muslims in Indonesia
A generation of modern young Muslims who increasingly have attention and strive to achieve success in a balanced manner in the science of religion and personal achievement. The information needs of ...
News Indonesia Religion: More people want an increased role for religion, survey finds
A median of 44 per cent across the seven Asia-Pacific countries polled favour a greater role for religion in their nations. This view is strong in Muslim-majority Indonesia (85 per cent), ...
News Indonesia Religion: Half of Americans back stronger role of religion in society
Indonesia (85 per cent), Kenya (74 per cent) and Tunisia (69 per cent) came out as the countries most in favor of a bigger place for religion. The study did not make a distinction between ...
News Indonesia Religion: A unique opportunity for a fresh and bold start to the Indonesia-Australia relationship
Indonesia's president can, like his American counterpart ... to the two main issues confronting him at the start of his next - and final - term in office: religion and the economy. Having thrown his ...
