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FPI activists demand Ahmadiyah ban

Islam Defenders Front (FPI) activists staged a rally here Tuesday to demand the banning of the Ahmadiyah religious ...

"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 ...

Some 53 people in Lebak suffering from HIV-AIDS

The number of people with HIV-AIDS in Lebak district, Banten province from 2000 to December 2010 reached 53 and 15 of ...

Egyptian crisis not disrupt RI tourism

The Association of Indonesian Tour and Travel Agencies (Asita) believed that the ongoing political unrest in Egypt ...

Tunisia`s Islamist leader returning from exile

Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of Tunisia`s Islamist movement Ennahda, boarded a plane Sunday to return home from ...

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 ...

Iran arrests two Al Qaeda members - report

Iranian security forces have arrested two al Qaeda members in the northwest of the country, the official IRNA news ...

Nasdem not to become political party: Founder

National Democrat (Nasdem) Movement chief Surya Paloh said the organization he was leading would not become a ...

Youth to speak out on climate change

Indonesian youths and young leaders are expected to speak out on climate change at the International Youth Forum On ...

Triple attacks on Shiite pilgrims in Iraq kill 12

Three car bombs ripped through crowds near Iraq`s shrine city of Karbala on Monday, killing 12 people and wounding ...

HRW: Saudi Arabia suppresses rights of millions

Saudi Arabia suppresses or fails to protect the rights of millions of women, foreign workers and Shiites, and reforms ...

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 ...

Bomb attacks on Shi`ites, Iraqi police kill 48

At least 48 people were killed in Iraq on Thursday in bombings targeting Shi`ite pilgrims and police, a third day of ...

Muhammadiyah leader disappointed with president`s rejection

As the initiator of the inter-religious leaders` meeting, Muhammadiyah leader Din Syamsuddin said he was disappointed ...

Meeting with president normative, unsubstantive: religious figure

The results of Monday`s meeting between President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and inter-faith figures were normative and ...