Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Indonesian Military commander Gen.

Jakarta – Indonesia should make greater effort to protect children in the country, even though it has made significant, life-saving progress on children's rights and welfare over the past decades,

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – Three terrorism suspects linked to the bombing and gun attacks in Jakarta on Jan. 14 have been convicted at the West Jakarta District Court after a lengthy trial.

Jakarta – Hundreds of residents from Greater Jakarta gathered around the Arjuna Wijaya Statue area on Jl.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – Hundreds of Buddhists in Medan, North Sumatra, held a joint prayer for peace and tolerance in Indonesia, amid rising religious tensions across the country.

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – In what could be seen as a promotional line, a man claiming to be "Ki Barong" – Ki is Javanese and usually refers to a man possessing power – wrote on his Facebook wall

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Loyalists of former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono say they are waiting for a conciliatory signal from President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to ease political tensions triggered

Marguerite Afra Sapii, Jakarta – Amid growing polarization among voters ahead of the simultaneous regional elections, the authorities have scrambled to ease the seemingly unabated tension stemming

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Jakarta – Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) chairman Said Aqil Siradj has called on the public not to conduct another rally against Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama on Nov. 25.

Jakarta – As several Islamic organizations work to recruit more participants, the Confederation of Indonesian Workers Unions (KSPI) is set to join the next planned rally.

Lita Aruperes Ruslan Sangadji and Djemi Amnifu, Manado, Palu,Kupang – Amid the recent brouhaha over alleged blasphemy by Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama and a Molotov cocktail attack in Sama

Jakarta – Military chief Gen.

Jakarta – The National Fatwa Guard Movement of the Indonesia Ulema Council, or GNPF-MUI, has called for the immediate arrest of Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, who was declared a su

Ina Parlina and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – His gestures said it all.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A landmark Supreme Court ruling ordering a plantation company to pay a high fine for illegal forest clearing is expected to serve as a deterrent for companies that see

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama may lose his reelection bid in the first round after being named a suspect in a blasphemy case, while former culture and edu

Jakarta – A team of lawmakers tasked with deliberating a bill has agreed to retain an article within the Criminal Code (KUHP) bill, making it illegal for people to declare that they "possess the ab

Jakarta – The National Police have named five suspects in a Molotov cocktail attack on the Oikumene Church in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, on Sunday.

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Grace D. Amianti, Jakarta – Businesspeople and experts have come forward to urge the government to ensure economic stability amid rising political tension in the nation.

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The police's decision to name Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama a blasphemy suspect on Wednesday was detrimental to religious freedom in Indonesia,

Jakarta – The National Police should immediately drop a criminal investigation into Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama's alleged blasphemy, rights group Amnesty International has said.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah, the country's largest Islamic organizations, have long been deemed as beacons of Islamic tolerance and progressivism, with ma

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The naming of incumbent Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama as a suspect in a blasphemy case is another example of how the majority rule over the minori

Moses Ompusunggu, Callistasia Anggun Wijaya and Corry Elyda, Jakarta –The race to City Hall has become more challenging for incumbent candidate Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama after the Nati

Jakarta – Police have arrested a 52-year-old suspect for allegedly uploading a video containing accusations that Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. M.

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama on Thursday (17/11) secured endorsements from several prominent celebrities amid the on-going blasphemy investigation.

Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Setya Novanto said his party had never thought of abandoning its support for Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama and Djarot Saiful Hidayat in the 2017 Jakarta gubernatoria

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The Muhammadiyah central board in Yogyakarta welcomed the National Police's decision to name Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama a suspect in a blasphemy c

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Terry Russell – Fear. It's one of the most powerful tools in politics, and the fear of foreigners is one of the most powerful fears.

The police's decision to name incumbent Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama a suspect in a blasphemy case on Wednesday came as no surprise given the uphill challenge facing law enforcers

Jakarta – People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Zulkifli Hasan has agreed to deliver a proposal by rights activists to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to accelerate efforts to resolve past hu

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – "Ahok: Do you think we want to build mosques and send mosque caretakers on the haj?"

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The United Development Party (PPP), the nation's oldest Islamist party, is moving further to the right in its attempt to appeal to increasingly conservative voters

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Russell Dunne – The lack of love between Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, or 'Ahok', and fundamentalist Islam is not news.

This case would set a deeply worrying precedent, making it hard for the authorities to argue that they respect all faiths – Rafendi Djamin, Amnesty International's Director for South East Asia and

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Religious conflicts and nationwide violence continue to taint the state of tolerance in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation, with the recent blasphemy

Kate Lamb – The Christian governor of Jakarta, the capital of the world's largest Muslim-majority nation, has been named a suspect in a case of alleged blasphemy, Indonesian police announced on Wed

Jakarta – Investigators from the National Police's criminal investigation unit should disqualify the testimony of Rizieq Syihab, leader of the Islamic Defender Front, or FPI, in an alleged blasphem

Jakarta – Police have urged hardline Muslim groups to call off another protest rally against Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, as legal proceedings in the blasphemy case against him a

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The State Palace has played down speculation that the government is facing an imminent coup attempt, saying President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's tour to the nation's armed forces

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – The National Police have brushed off speculation that they bowed to pressure from conservative Muslims in deciding to charge Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purna

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The National Police stated on Wednesday that video footage used as evidence to name incumbent Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama a suspect in a blas

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi Widodo has called on the public to respect an ongoing police investigation into Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama over blasphemy allegatio

Jakarta – The Press Council has expressed concern about the safety of journalists when covering demonstrations in the country in the aftermath of the massive rally by Muslim groups in Jakarta on No

Haeril Halim and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta/Medan – When his 2-year-old daughter Intan Olivia asked to be allowed to join her cousin playing on the front porch of the Oikumene Church, Anggiat Marbun