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Muhammadiyah urged to become national economic driver

Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla has asked Muhammadiyah, one of Indonesias major Islamic organizations, to encourage its ...

Ulemas gather in Jakarta to promote Islam as middle path

Islam is believed to be a religion of middle path and religion of peace. There is no radical Islam nor liberal ...

ISIS uses social media to disseminate its ideology: Observer

The social media has been used widely by ISIS to spread its ideology and recruit new militants, an international ...

Indonesia, EU against violence

The European Union (EU) Ambassador to Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam, Vincent Guerend, said the EU and Indonesia are ...

Unity needed to deal with radicalism: VP Kalla

Indonesias Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla has said unity and integrity among nations is needed to address issues such ...

Radicalism arising from failed Islamic states: VP Kalla

Radical movements arise from Islamic states, which have failed to develop, and their internal conflicts have spread to ...

Indonesia emerging as attractive destination for foreign investors

The Indonesian governments efforts to introduce a series of economic policy packages since September last year and ...

Indonesia to host international summit of moderate Islamic leaders

Vice President Jusuf Kalla, here, Tuesday, received Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Chairman Said Aqil Siroj, who urged him to ...

Business agreements worth US$20.5 billion during European visit: President Jokowi

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) stated that his official visits to European countries have yielded ...

Indonesian Christians, Muslims look forward to visiting Jerusalem

Every Christian and Muslim in Indonesia aspires to visit Jerusalem, where Jesus (Prophet Isa in Islam) was born and ...

Jokowi wants CEPA negotiations to start soon

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said he hoped for immediate realization of Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement ...

Economic partnership with EU to benefit Indonesia: Minister

The Indonesian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Retno Marsudi, said the implementation of the Comprehensive Economic ...

Islam in Indonesia tolerant and democratic: Jokowi

Islam in Indonesia is democratic and tolerant, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said at a meeting with British Prime ...

Indonesia, Turkey step up cooperation in counterterrorism

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno L.P. Marsudi held a bilateral meeting with her Turkish counterpart Mevlavusoglu to ...

ICIS urges Abu Sayyaf to release Indonesian hostages immediately

Jakarta-based International Conference of Islamic Scholars (ICIS) has denounced the Philippines-based Abu Sayyaf group ...