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Madrasahs can be run as Sekolah Rakyat: minister

Minister of Religious Affairs, Nasaruddin Umar, has said that madrasahs (Islamic schools) are suitable for operating as ...

RI Govt sends 213 female preachers to remote areas in Ramadan

Indonesia's Ministry of Religious Affairs has dispatched 213 female Islamic preachers to underdeveloped, frontier, ...

Indonesia to welcome 38 Buddhist monks on spiritual trek from Bangkok

The Ministry of Religious Affairs is set to greet the arrival of 38 Buddhist monks, or Bhante Thudong, to Indonesia, ...

Ministry affirms importance of improving quality of waqf administrator

Director of Zakat and Waqf Empowerment of the Ministry of Religious Affairs Waryono Abdul Ghafur underscored the need ...

Saudi, Indonesia advance bilateral cooperation through Ramadan iftar

The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Indonesia, ASEAN, and Timor-Leste, Faisal Abdullah H. Amodi, sought to ...

Saudi Arabia strengthens ties with Indonesia through Ramadan gift

The Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Jakarta on Wednesday launched the distribution of 40 tons of dates and ...

Performance allowance for lecturers improves education quality: MPR

People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Deputy Chairman Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono stressed the need to expedite the ...

Indonesia sets March 1 as first day of Ramadan

Indonesia's Ministry of Religious Affairs has declared March 1 as the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, ...

Indonesia's Istiqlal Mosque to serve 4,000 iftar meals daily

The Grand Mosque of Istiqlal in Jakarta plans to provide approximately 4,000 meals daily for iftar, or the breaking ...

Istiqlal Mosque unaffected by govt budget cuts: Grand Imam

President Prabowo Subianto's push for budget cuts across state institutions has not negatively affected activities ...

Prabowo urges calm and solemn Ramadan observance

President Prabowo Subianto conveyed a message to Muslims in Indonesia to maintain calm and solemnity while fasting ...

Minister proposes zakat as direct tax deduction to boost revenue

Minister of Religious Affairs Nasaruddin Umar proposed that zakat (obligatory almsgiving) payments be treated as tax ...

Indonesia's Religious Affairs Minister prays for Pope's quick recovery

Minister of Religious Affairs, Nasaruddin Umar, on Monday prayed for the quick recovery of the leader of the Catholic ...

Minister asks S Arabia to raise Hajj officer strength to 4,000

Minister of Religious Affairs, Nasaruddin Umar, has urged the government of Saudi Arabia to increase the number of ...

RI Govt continues to enhance protection of Hajj pilgrim data

The Ministry of Religious Affairs will continue to improve the protection of data belonging to Indonesian Hajj pilgrims ...