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Grebeg ceremony in Yogyakarta to commemorate Prophet Muhammad`s birthday

The Sultanate of Yogyakarta on Thursday held the Grebeg ceremony by distributing a variety of food products to the ...

MV Clipper Odysey visits Banda Aceh

MV Clipper Odyssey, a cruise ship with hundreds of tourists from various countries on board, arrived here on ...

Indonesian hajj pilgrims to return home starting wednesday

More than 200,000 Indonesian hajj pilgrims will return home in stages, starting Wednesday (October 31), after ...

13 hajj pilgrims die while performing wukuf

A total of 13 Indonesian pilgrims died while performing wukuf on the field of Arafah, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday, ...

Indonesian hajj pilgrims leave for Arafah for Wuquf

Indonesian hajj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia left the holy city of Mecca for the Arafah desert on Wednesday (October 24) ...

People pack Jakarta streets to celebrate end of fasting month

People in cars, on motorbikes and on foot packed several streets in capital city Jakarta to celebrate the end of the ...

German Chancellor visits Istiqlal Mosque

German Chancellor Angela Dorothea Merkel visited Istiqlal grand Mosque here on Tuesday as part of her two-day state ...

448 buildings damaged in Sukabumi earthquake

The 6.1-magnitude earthquake that hit Sukabumi on Monday has damaged 448 buildings, reported an official of the ...

West Aceh needs more sirens for tsunami warning system, BNPB

Chief of Aceh Disaster Mitigation Agency Teuku Ahmad Dadek said West Aceh district needs more sirens for tsunami early ...

All parties in Aceh asked to conduct peaceful elections

Chief Security Minister Djoko Suyanto has called on all parties in Aceh to create peace in connection with the ...

Thousands of people participate in prophet`s birthday parade

A great number of people reaching tens of thousands participated in a parade to commemorate the Prophet Muhammad`s ...

S Sumatra to build Islamic Center

The South Sumatra provincial administration will build an integrated Islamic Center at Jakabaring, Palembang.The ...

Police arrest workers over demonstrations in Batam

Police in Batam, Riau Islands, have arrested 17 workers as suspected provocateurs following violent workers` ...

South Sumatra to host meeting of Islamic countries

South Sumatra will host a meeting of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation) Member ...

RI again garners support for Palestine`s bid for un membership

As a staunch supporter of Palestine, Indonesia once again lobbied Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) members to support ...