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HIV/AIDS spreading in Indonesia at worrying rate: official

The rate at which HIV/AIDS is spreading in Indonesia is becoming increasingly worrying and needs to be reversed ...

KH Abdullah Faqih passes away

Senior cleric KH Abdullah Faqih, who was the leader of the Langitan Islamic boarding school in Widang, Tuban, East ...

Islamic approach to tackle AIDS in Indonesia

World Vision Indonesia (WVI) launched the "Channel of Hope" (COH) with an Islamic context in response to HIV and ...

Illegitimate child rights and its problems in Indonesia

The National Child Protection Commission (KPAI) has estimated that 50 per cent of Indonesian children have no birth ...

RI`s constitutional court to arrange illegitimate child rights

Chairman of the Indonesian Constitutional Court Mahfud MD called on the ministers of religious affairs and Interior ...

State should fully fund direct elections

House of Representatives (DPR) speaker Marzuki Alie has suggested that all elections, including general elections, ...

Indonesian Muslims discouraged from observing Valentine's Day

  Saying that Valentine's Day is not in accordance with Islamic teachings as embodied in  shariah, ...

Aceh ulema warn muslims observing "valentine day" not allowed

Ulema in Aceh have warned Muslims, the younger generation in particular, that observing Valentine`s Day is not allowed ...

PBNU calls for jihad against narcotics

Indonesia`s largest Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) has called for jihad or serious efforts to eradicate ...

Conflict in Sampang not between Sunnis and Shiites

The chief of the Nahdlatul Ulama Islamic organization, Said Aqil Siradj, said the conflict in Sampang on the island of ...

Landslide buries three houses on Menoreh hill slope

A landslide hit the Menoreh hill area burying three houses located on the mountain`s slope at Selorejo, Ngargoretno, ...

NU deplores burning of Shiite school in Sampang

The executive board of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) has deplored the burning of a Shiite boarding school in Sampang on the ...

PBNU hopes no more religious conflicts in 2012

The executive board of the Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) hopes inter-religious relations in the country will be better and ...

HIV/AIDS feared to remain major threat in 2012

During the past several years since the first case of AIDS/HIV was reported in Indonesia in 1987, people have been ...

Saudi Arabia maintains good relations with RI Islamic organizations

Saudi Arabia has good relations with various Islamic organizations in Indonesia including the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and ...