#pesantren

Collection of pesantren news, found 238 news.

Indonesia receives 8 million doses of Sinovac vaccine

The Indonesian government received eight million vaccine doses from Sinovac at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, ...

No severe side-effect surfaces in vaccinated children: Pediatrician

Chief  of  the  Indonesian Pediatric Society (IDAI)  of Jakarta Chapter Prof. Dr Rini Sekartini, ...

East Java eyes Asia Pasific, Africa to expand halal markets

East Java Province has eyed Muslim-majority countries in Asia Pacific and Africa to expand its halal food export as ...

Community-based vocational training centers need to be improved: VP

Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has called for improving the quality of Community-based Vocational Training ...

One of four wanted terror suspects detained in Jakarta

Indonesian police's special counter-terrorism detachment, Densus 88, has apprehended one of four most-wanted terror ...

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Elderly learn about religion at Raden Rahmat Islamic Boarding School

Islamic boarding schools are by and large synonymous with students constituting school-age children or ...

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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 ...

View COVID-19 pandemic as chance to bolster state foundation: minister

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati perceives the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to fortify the country's ...

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 ...

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin initiates National Cash Waqf Movement

Vice President KH Ma'ruf Amin proposed the National Cash Waqf Movement (GNWT) to increase public participation in ...