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Many Nahdlatul Ulama's kyai passes away amid COVID-19 situation

The Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) central executive board revealed that some 234 kyai (Islamic teachers) and influential figures ...

Need to expand sharia fintech: VP

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has said that financial technology in the field of sharia must be expanded and ...

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Pesantren emerge as lynchpin of economic empowerment

Islamic boarding schools, or pesantren, have not only managed to survive in Indonesia since colonial times, but have ...

Pesantren should be open to partnering for economic development: Amin

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has appealed to Islamic boarding schools (pesantren) to be open to partnering with ...

37 Islamic boarding school students test positive for COVID-19

The Cianjur District Health Office in West Java confirmed on Wednesday that 37 students from two Islamic boarding ...

Islamic economics pivotal to advanced Indonesia vision: BI

Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia (BI), Sugeng, said Islamic economics and finance will play a significant role in ...

Indonesia's sharia financial industry is a sleeping giant: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) affirmed that the government will endeavor to drive development of the domestic sharia ...

BNPT bolsters cooperation in deradicalization with Pesantren

Head of the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) Boy Rafli Amar paid a visit to several Islamic boarding schools ...

Pesantren playing significant role in national development: Mulyani

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has said Indonesia’s 28,194 pesantren (Islamic boarding schools), which ...

Minister forewarns boarding schools about preventing COVID-19 clusters

Pesantren, or Islamic boarding schools, should avert possibilities of becoming COVID-19 clusters by raising awareness ...

Govt allotted Rp2.6 trillion for pesantren economic recovery program

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati drew attention to the government's allocation of Rp2.6 trillion for Islamic ...

Santri Day commemoration expected to offer momentum to maintain unity

House of Representatives’ Speaker Puan Maharani pinned high hopes on the commemoration of Santri Day offering the ...

Pesantren portray Indonesia's diversity: MPR deputy chairman

Deputy Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), Syarief Hasan, assessed that Pesantren, or Islamic ...

Entrepreneurs in Indonesia yet number lesser than SE Asia: Amin

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin cited his observation that the number of entrepreneurs in Indonesia were yet ...

Five regions in West Java declared COVID-19 red zones

Three cities and two districts in West Java have been declared red zones, or areas with a high risk of COVID-19 ...