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Collection of clerics news, found 196 news.

PAN urges Ma`ruf Amin to resign from MUI Chairmanship post

National Mandate Party (PAN) Executive Chairman Yandri Susanto has urged Ma`ruf Amin, selected by Joko Widodo (Jokowi) ...

Ma`ruf Amin optimistic majority of muslims to support Jokowi-Ma`ruf

Vice presidential candidate Ma`ruf Amin has expressed optimism that the majority of Muslims in the country would ...

Indonesian Muslims celebrate Islamic New Year

Indonesian Muslims across the country held festivals, torchlight parades, and various rituals to welcome the Islamic ...

Jokowi listens to inputs given by kiais: PDIP

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has been receptive to inputs given by "kiais," or Islamic clerics, expressing ...

Muslim clerics meet to express support for Muhaimin

A number of Muslim clerics met Said Aqil Siradj, general chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU), on Sunday to express ...

President calls on nation to be grateful over country`s independence

President Joko Widodo called on the nation here on Wednesday to be grateful over the country`s independence that ...

Presidential office holds special prayer ahead of independence anniversary

The presidential office held a special prayer gathering at the State Palace here on Wednesday, ahead of the country`s ...

Bogor declaration becomes reference at international ulema conference on Afghanistan

The Bogor Declaration, which was produced at the Trilateral Ulema (Muslim clerics) Conference initiated by President ...

Saudi lauds Indonesia's support to make Al-Ahsa Oasis world heritage

The Saudi Arabian government has lauded its Indonesian counterpart`s support for Al-Ahsa Oasis being successfully ...

Indonesia seeks to increase promotion of Asian Games

Indonesia is seeking to increase promotion of Asian Games 2018 scheduled in Jakarta and Palembang, South Sumatra, from ...

President attends Pancasila day commemoration

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) attended a ceremony to commemorate the birth of Pancasila on June 1 at the Nusantara ...

MUI supports al Quds as capital of Palestine

The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) supports Palestine to make Al Quds, Jerusalem, its capital as part of the ...

Kalla ends World Muslim Scholars` Summit

Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla ended the High-Level Consultation of World Muslim Scholars Summit on Wasathiyah ...

Jokowi calls on ulemas to unite to spread Wasathiyah Islam

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has urged ulemas to unite to spread Wasathiyah al-Islam, or Islam`s middle path, in the ...

100 clerics discuss Islam Wasathiyah in Bogor

Around 100 clerics and intellectuals from a number of countries gathered in Bogor, West Java, on Tuesday for a ...