Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Dessy Sagita, Amir Tejo & Camelia Pasandaran – The religious affairs minister and the police said on Wednesday that an attack on an East Java Islamic board

Ulma Haryanto – Former Indonesian Constitutional Court chairman Jimly Assidique said on Tuesday that an imperfect legal foundation should not stop the country's leaders from taking firm

Heru Andriyanto & Mohd Adhe Bhakti – The third criminal trial of radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir paints a portrait of the cleric as a man bent on turning Indonesia into an Islamic s

Nurfika Osman – Bowing to intense criticism and pressure from activists and academics, the government has finally decided to recall a series of 10 books on President Susilo Bambang Yudh

Dessy Sagita – While a proposal to install condom dispensers in Malang's red-light districts to help prevent the spread of HIV is laudable, it simply won't work in Indonesia, activists

Jakarta – More domestic workers in the country will suffer mistreatment unless the government and the House of Representatives counterparts pass a law on domestic workers protection, ac

Karlis Salna, Jakarta – The Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir yesterday denied being the leader of a terrorist network found training in Aceh, and said a string of fresh charges

Suzanne Woo – Indonesian women are splashing out on treatments at spas aimed at meeting Islamic values, including paying for special headscarf styling, as affluence rises in the world's

People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Chairman Taufik Kiemas says he will meet with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to discuss the recent spate of religious-based violence.

Muhamad Al Azhari – Indonesian commercial banks posted healthy 26.74 percent growth in net profit last year, central bank data showed Monday.

The Indonesian Military (TNI) has accepted a grant from the United States of 24 F-16A/B Fighting Falcons as part of its overall program to upgrade the Air Force.

Activists will demand stronger protection of domestic workers from excessive working hours, physical and sexual abuse and underpaid and unpaid salaries during the observation of Domesti

Zaky Pawas & Arientha Primanita – Dozens of demonstrators on Sunday continued their protest over plans to build a block of apartments in Rawasari, Central Jakarta, with at least two

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The public outcry over the attack against Ahmadis in Pandeglang, Banten, and the burning of churches in Temanggung, Central Java, reached a feverish pit

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Speeches by religious leaders that spread messages of hatred are believed to play a role in the increase in religious violence across the country as many lea

Farouk Arnaz – Moving swiftly in the face of mounting concerns over religious violence, the Central Java Police have identified the alleged ringleaders of last week's riot and burning o

Farouk Arnaz & Zaky Pawas – A nongovernmental organization has accused the National Police of being complicit in a deadly attack on members of the Ahmadiyah Islamic sect, saying the

Jakarta – The Islam Defenders Front (FPI) says it was not behind the Tuesday attacks on three churches and the court building in Temanggung, Central Java.

Terror suspect Abu Bakar Ba'asyir allegedly raised Rp 1 billion (US$112,000) to buy firearms, ammunition and set up a terrorist training camp in Aceh, prosecutors say.

Heru Andriyanto – Prosecutors on Monday told a Jakarta courtroom of how firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Bashir envisioned the establishment of an Islamic state by all means necessary, includ

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – For the sake of the Prosperous Justice Party's public image, the party should replace disgraced lawmaker Misbakhun in the Indonesian House of Representatives

Andi Saputra, Jakarta – Despite the drizzle, scores of domestic workers (PRT) remained indifferent to the falling rain and continued washing their bosses' clothing.

Nivell Rayda – Following the dramatic arrest of yet another Indonesian prosecutor on extortion allegations, the spotlight is again on corruption within the Attorney General's Office and

Nurfika Osman – Roses, chocolates and candlelight dinner may be OK after all.

Yogyakarta – Scores of demonstrators from the Yogyakarta Domestic Worker Protection Network (JPPRT) took to the streets on Monday February 14 demanding decent wages and protection for d

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Anita Rachman – A lawmaker on Sunday said the budget of the Religious Affairs Ministry would be re-evaluated after he accused Minister Suryadharma Ali of using state funds to woo cleric

Jakarta – A joint report by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Indonesian Human Rights Watch (Imparsial) and the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violenc

Apriadi Gunawan and Sri Wahyuni, Medan/Yogyakarta – Conservationist have voiced fears that orangutans in Sumatra are facing extinction due to habitat destruction, while some have allege

Katherine Demopoulos, Jakarta – Indonesia's status as a thriving pluralist democracy is under threat as the country's religious minorities face increasingly violent persecution and Pres

Apriadi Gunawan and Yemris Fointuna, Medan/Kupang – University students and religious leaders in some regions have called for the spirit of tolerance to be revived among people of diffe

Anita Rachman & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The deadly attack on an Ahmadiyah community last Sunday has prompted lawmakers and the government to speed up work on a religious harmony

Tom Allard, Lombok – The killing of three followers of the Ahmadiyah faith by a frenzied group of Islamists this week has left Indonesia reflecting on how closely it lives up to its nat

Eras Poke, Kupang – Hundreds of students and church leaders took part in a peace rally on Thursday night in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, to urge a return to peace and interfaith harmony

Dessy Sagita – A Constitutional Court judge resigned on Friday, the first on that bench to do so, after an ethics tribunal ruled that he must take responsibility for bribes allegedly re

Jakarta – The political events of 1965 are estimated to have cost the lives of millions of people.

Irawaty Wardany – The city administration may have imposed a ban on the construction of new convenience stores and minimarkets in Jakarta from 2006, but it seems that new establishments

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja – An aggressive drive by Indonesia's banks has succeeded in putting more plastic in their customers' hands, but it seems to be giving rise to a generation mired in

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Supreme Court is concerned about the rising number of incidents where angry mobs have intimidated judges and prosecutors during court hearings, and called the

Dessy Sagita – The head of Indonesia's Constitutional Court on Friday said calls by the president to disband violent organizations in the wake of the recent religious violence would do

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Unions representing thousands of employees of PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PT DI) have demanded that the state-run aircraft maker pay workers' January salaries a

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Farouk Arnaz – With the recent rise in religion-related violence and people seeking ways to curb the worrying trend, rights activists claim all that is ne

Heru Andriyanto, Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Anita Rachman & Farouk Arnaz – While officials and analysts debated the merits of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's call to disband vio

Jakarta – Thirty percent of university graduates are unemployed, Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar says.

Anita Rachman – Rising politician Puan Maharani of the opposition Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) on Wednesday said that although the party would never join the pro-gove

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Amid concerns that some regional leaders are misusing public money and state facilities to advance their political careers, the KPK has vowed to make money politi

Ulma Haryanto – In a fresh case of religious friction, some 50 people rallied on Wednesday outside an unfinished church in Bekasi, where a heavy police presence prevented any violence.

Olivia Rondonuwu – The trial of a firebrand Indonesian Islamic cleric on terror charges opened on Thursday and was swiftly adjourned on a technicality.

Heru Andriyanto – The South Jakarta District Court was packed with supporters of Abu Bakar Bashir on Wednesday morning ahead of the controversial cleric's terrorism trial, which is bein

Jakarta – The Islam Defenders Front (FPI) warns it will overthrow President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono from government if he dares disband any mass organization, including FPI.