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Govt open to inputs from religious leaders

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that the government was open to inputs from any party, including religious ...

Legislator: don`t use parcel bomb issue to discredit Islam

The current parcel bomb issue should not be used to discredit Islam, a legislator from PKS (Prosperous Justice Party) ...

Clerics emphasize peaceful nature of Islam

Islamic clerics and academics from various countries have emphasized in a seminar the peaceful nature of Islam as a ...

Jakarta to ask for bigger hajj quota

Indonesia will ask for a bigger hajj quota from the Saudi government for this year`s hajj pilgrimage season, Religious ...

Muzammil: Indonesia urges OIC to help deal with Libyan crisis

Coordinator of the Indonesian Parliamentarian Caucus for Palestine Al Muzzamil Yusuf has urged the Indonesian ...

President urged to end religiously-motivated violence

The National Commission on Women (Komnas Perempuan) has urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to take appropriate ...

US hopes Indonesia can overcome religious conflict : Ambassador

The United States hopes Indonesia would overcome religious problems which have emerged due to many recent ...

"Engaged Buddhist" Sulak Sivaraksa of Thailand to receive 28th Niwano Peace Prize

-     The Niwano Peace Foundation will award the 28th Niwano Peace Prize to Sulak Sivaraksa of Thailand ...

Govt should promote clerics role in governance: Observer

The government should involve and optimize the function of clerics in governance as preachers and advisers to ...

Religious leaders to maintain communication with government

Interfaith leaders grouped in the "movement against lies" have stated they intend to keep a communication line with ...

Interfaith leaders want continued dialogs with govt

Failing to touch on the substance of their criticism against the government during a four-hour meeting with President ...

Interfaith leaders ask govt to stop deviations from constitution

A group of interfaith leaders has called on the government to immediately end its deviations from the 1945 Constitution ...

Spirited Singapore keeps `ghostbuster` busy

The corner looked empty. "There`s an old woman standing there, wearing an old blue dress, and she has curly hair," ...

NGOs consider govt not serious in handling violence against minorities

The government is not serious in realizing its commitment to solve violence against certain religious or minority ...