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ICROM 2023 produces recommendations for religion moderation in ASEAN

The International Conference on Religious Moderation (ICROM) 2023 involving delegates, researchers, academics, and ...

Religion Ministry launches disabled-friendly feature on website

The Ministry of Religious Affairs launched a new disabled-friendly feature on Thursday, coinciding with Indonesia's ...

DPD offers five points to improve, strengthen state system

Speaker of the Regional Representative Council (DPD), La Nyalla Mahmud Mattalitti, stated that his side offered a state ...

Santris should be protected from sexual violence: Vice President

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin underscored the need for pesantren (Islamic boarding schools) to invest maximum efforts ...

Office of ASEAN special envoy on Myanmar must continue: US senator

United States Senator from Illinois Tammy Duckworth told a press briefing in Jakarta on Thursday that ...

Tolerance key to peace, says Indian religious figure at IIDC

All religious communities in the world should uphold the value of tolerance, said Swami Mitrananda, an Indian religious ...

IIDC forum aims to make ASEAN epicenter of harmony, peace: PBNU

The 2023 ASEAN Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue Forum (ASEAN IIDC) is held to encourage harmony, tolerance, ...

Jokowi: ASEAN should become anchor of world peace

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) calls for that ASEAN member countries, with a high religious spirit, should ...

Baznas opens Dawah Special Community program for 3T areas

The National Alms Agency (Baznas) has launched the Dawah for Special Community program specifically focusing on ...

MUI supports police after Panji Gumilang named blasphemy suspect

The Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) has reiterated its support for the police in handling the blasphemy case involving ...

Indonesia urges OIC to convey joint stand condemning Quran burnings

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has urged the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to convey a joint ...

Islamic boarding schools considered as nation's assets: Vice President

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin emphasized that Islamic boarding schools (pesantren) are the nation's assets, as ...

Polri using soft, hard approaches to tackle terror during elections

The National Police's (Polri's) anti-terror unit, Special Detachment 88 (Densus 88), is employing both hard and ...

Indonesia backs UN resolution on religious symbols violation

Indonesia supported the recent adoption of a United Nations resolution on violence against religious symbols or books ...

Minister promotes Indonesia's religious freedom to British lawmaker

Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna H. Laoly promoted the practice of freedom of religion in Indonesia to a member ...