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VP calls for regulation on mosque loudspeakers

Vice President Boediono asked the Indonesian Council of Mosques here on Friday to start discussing a possible ...

Interfaith dialogue one way to foster global peace: FM

Interfaith dialogue is one of the ways to foster global culture of peace, Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa ...

Iran ex-president urges better ties with Saudi Arabia

Iran should forge better ties with regional rival Saudi Arabia to counter Western sanctions on Iranian oil, a former ...

Foreign youths join cultural scholarship program in Indonesia

The Foreign Affairs Ministry is organizing an Art and Culture Scholarship Program (BSBI) for 50 young people from 37 ...

Muslims in France worry about rising bias in wake of Toulouse shootings

Although the Toulouse scooter-riding shootings ended with the al-Qaeda-inspired gunman being killed, to Muslims in ...

Pakistan-Indonesia relations solid: ambassador

The relations between Pakistan and Indonesia are solid and moving in the right direction with greater emphasis on ...

PMI allocates Rp1 billion for cataract operations

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) has allocated Rp1 billion for free cataract operations in 2012 for poor people ...

RI-Iran relations have no limit

President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said the development of bilateral relations between ...

Pakistani president slams militants for exploiting religion of Islam

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari Saturday condemned the militants for "exploiting religion of Islam" through ...

Religion should not be used for political interest

Rector of Syarief Hidayatullah National Islamic University Jakarta Prof Komaruddin Hidayat has said religion should ...

2,000 Tamils stage protest at UN in Geneva

Thousands of Tamils from across Europe protested in front of UN headquarters in Geneva Monday demanding the creation ...

Jakarta Int`l Defense Dialogue to discuss strategy against terrorism

The Jakarta International Defense Dialogue 2012 will discuss steps to design global, regional and national strategies ...

Guatemalan Human Rights Activist Rosalina Tuyuc to Receive 29th Niwano Peace Prize

-     The Niwano Peace Foundation will award the 29th Niwano Peace Prize to Ms. Rosalina Tuyuc ...

Imam of New York Islamic Centre asks FPI to rethinking their methods

Imam Shamsi Ali of the New York Islamic Centre, US, has asked the Islam Defender Front (FPI) to rethink their methods ...

Diversity brings harmony in Indonesia: religious figures

Thousands of religious congregation representatives in Indonesia gathered at Nusantara Hall of Parliamentary Building ...