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Ministry seeks COVID-19 vaccines for Hajj pilgrims

Minister of Religious Affairs, Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, has proposed that Indonesians planning a Hajj pilgrimage be given ...

103 schools damaged by strong quakes in West Sulawesi

At least 103 school buildings in West Sulawesi have been damaged by the strong earthquakes that jolted the province on ...

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 ...

Manpower Ministry apportions Rp37.7 trillion for wage subsidies

Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah confirmed her ministry allocated Rp37.7 trillion as wage subsidy for 15.7 million ...

Ministry refutes charge of religious intimidation

Deputy Minister for Religious Affairs, Zainut Tauhid Saadi, has refuted the charge leveled by Professor Greg Fealy from ...

Preacher certification program is not binding: ministry

The Indonesian government will implement a certification program for Muslim preachers to boost their capacity, though ...

253 native Papuans granted university scholarships

The Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs has awarded scholarships to 253 native Papuans to help them pursue ...

Govt to disburse Rp2.7 trillion to 21,000 Islamic boarding schools

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has said that the government will disburse Rp2.7 trillion in funds to support 21,000 ...

Hajj pilgrimage cancellation decision is apposite measure: analyst

The government's decision to cancel Hajj pilgrimage for this year in the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is a ...

Jokowi confirms no government ban on worship during COVID-19 pandemic

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) echoed the government's stance to not prohibit worshipping during the imposition of ...

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Paying of zakat during Ramadhan changes slightly amid coronavirus

In Indonesia, a country with the world’s largest Muslim population, silence shrouds most mosques and other ...

SOE Ministry to dispatch COVID-19 lab equipment to 10 provinces

The Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) plans to send laboratory equipment to 10 provinces as a form of ...

East Jakarta's Hajj Dormitory to be used as isolation facility

The hajj dormitory in Pondok Gede, East Jakarta, will be turned into an isolation facility for those who have been ...

Ministry launches gender responsive textbooks in islamic university

The Ministry of Women Empowerment and Children Protection introduced gender responsive textbooks in an Islamic ...

Ministry conducts airport monitoring, anticipates impact of Umrah ban

Indonesia's Religious Affairs Ministry dispatched officers to supervise airports as a precautionary measure against ...