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Moslem students urged not to celebrate Valentine Day

Moslem students in the provincial capital of Aceh have been urged to shun Valentine`s Day celebrations on February ...

Money behind idea of hajj privatization: Hasyim

Former chairman of Indonesia`s largest Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Hasyim Muzadi said money consideration ...

Special body needed to manage hajj pilgrimage

Weaknesses have often been found in the management of the country`s hajj pilgrimage, including in the recently ...

RI muslims warned against Islamophobia in hajj pilgrimage issue

Indonesian Muslims should be alert towards Islamophobia manifested in calls for the transfer of the management of the ...

Bombs targeting pilgrims kill 22 in Iraq`s Hilla

Three bombs tore through crowds of Shi`ite pilgrims celebrating a major ritual in Iraq`s Hilla city on Monday, killing ...

Bali meeting adds 11 items to UNESCO`s intangible heritage list

The 6th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage ended in Nusa Dua, ...

news focus: Aceh`s Saman dance joins UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage

Aceh`s Saman dance, well-known abroad as "Thousand hands" dance, is something warranting a sense of national pride ...

Ways to Reach Peacefullness

Day 2 (12/11), the 3rd International Bali Mediators' Festival 2011 is featuring Ida Pedanda Sebali Tianyar, Swami ...

More prehistoric artifacts waiting to be unearthed in Indonesia

More and more prehistoric artifacts have been surfacing in Indonesia`s islands from Sumatra to Papua over the years, ...

Delay possible for Gaddafi`s burial

Libya`s ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) has yet to form a solid plan on the time and location for burying ...

Solo suicide bomber was JAT member : police

A spokesman of the National Police said Ahmad Urip, a suicide bomber at a church in Solo, was a member of Jamaah ...

Police see link between Solo , Cirebon suicide bombers

Police have linked Ahmad Urip, the perpetrator of Sunday`s suicide bombing attack on a church in Solo, to Mochamad ...

Monkey forest management prepares monkey ceremony

Monkey Forest management at Padangtegal village, Ubud subdistrict, Gianyar district, Bali, is preparing a ceremony for ...

Aboriginal sacred stone pulled from U.K. auction

A sacred Aboriginal stone, which according to tradition should never be viewed by women, was reportedly withdrawn from ...

Sail Wakatobi participants start enjoying underwater beauty

Several crew members of yachts arriving in Wakatobi on Tuesday to participate in Sail Wakatobi-Belitung (SWB-2011), ...