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Central Java: Govt, ulemas mull new normal protocols for mosques

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo met with chairman of the Central Java chapter of the Indonesian Ulema Council ...

Jokowi discusses new normal preparations with eight interfaith leaders

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) held discussions with eight interfaith leaders representing Islam, Christianity, ...

News Focus

Confucians, Buddhists urged to remain home due to coronavirus

Today is supposed to be another significant day for Confucians when they would have performed religious prayer over ...

37th Niwano Peace Prize Awarded to South Korean Zen Master, Venerable Pomnyun

-The Niwano Peace Foundation will award the 37th Niwano Peace Prize to the Venerable Pomnyun, a South Korean Zen ...

Weekend Stories

Inside the centuries-old temple in Jakarta on Lunar New Year

In the half hour past midnight, crowds of Chinese descendants, dressed in all red attire, throng the main premises of ...

Religious leaders and policymakers gather in Jakarta to discuss Muslim-Buddhist relations in South and South East Asia

The Vienna-based International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will host a ...

Freedom of religion is everyone's fundamental right: AICHR

Freedom of religion and belief is the fundamental right of every human being, Indonesian representative for the ASEAN ...

Right to freedom of religion becomes human beings' fundamental right

Representative of Indonesia to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) Yuyun Wahyuningrum stated ...

Discovering Jakarta

Looking closely at Chinese community in Jakarta

The Chinese people have a long history of migrating overseas, with approximately 50 million ethnic Chinese living ...

Pesantren bill needs to be reviewed: VP

Vice President Jusuf Kalla highlighted the need for the House of Representatives (DPR) to pay attention and review the ...

News Feature - Echoing the message of peace in Ambonl

The eastern Indonesian city of Ambon is now safe and friendly after the locals had become divided along religious ...

Jailed Thai ex-monk gets further 16 years of child rape, abduction

A former Buddhist monk who sparked outrage in Thailand over his lavish lifestyle and is already serving time for fraud ...

Thailand`s `jet-set` monk sentenced to 114 years in prison

A former Thai Buddhist monk who provoked outrage with his lavish lifestyle was sentenced on Thursday to 114 years in ...

Religious harmony remains strong in Indonesia

Religious harmony and tolerance remain strong in Indonesia and considered better than in other countries. It could ...

Indonesia highlights right to freedom of religion at the UN

Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi, as one of the panelists at the Trygve Lie Annual Symposium held by ...