Indra Budiari, Jakarta – A recent survey held by Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) puts Anies Baswedan in a strong position to win the Jakarta gubernatorial election runoff, with a sizab

Jakarta – Political observers have slammed the idea of implementing Islamic law, or sharia, in the capital city, which has been promoted by gubernatorial candidate Anies Baswedan and his running ma

The Christian governor of Jakarta, Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, and his Muslim opponent are neck and neck in the race to lead Indonesia's capital, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday, a week ahea

Samantha Hawley, Indonesia – An Indonesian court has adjourned the high-profile blasphemy trial of the city's Christian Governor until after a bitterly fought election next week.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – A court hearing the blasphemy trial of Jakarta's Christian governor has been accused of succumbing to political interference after it agreed to delay proceedings until on

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Prosecutors postponed the reading of the sentence demand against Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama until April 20, a day after the runoff, saying t

Samantha Hawley, Indonesia – The highlands of west Java provide a calmness that can't be found in the Indonesian capital.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police handed over on Monday a dossier on Buni Yani, who uploaded a video on his Facebook page of Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama making a speech that some deem

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Gerindra Party chief patron Prabowo Subianto gathered a number of party elites and several political figures at his private residence in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakar

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama and his running mate Djarot Saiful Hidayat have found themselves facing criticism after their recently released campaign adve

Jakarta – Attorney General HM Prasetyo said on Friday he agreed with the Jakarta Police's suggestion to the North Jakarta District Court to postpone the hearing of Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tj

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The elections ethics council reprimanded Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU Jakarta) head Sumarno on Friday, saying that he had failed to treat both Jaka

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration had taken down more than 1,000 provocative banners by Friday in an effort to reduce potential conflict among residents approaching the gubernatorial

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police believe legal proceedings against embattled governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama are adding to already heightened public tension in the lea

Jakarta – Ahmad Ishomuddin, the deputy chairman of the edict commission at the Indonesian Ulema Council, or MUI, said during his testimony in court on Tuesday (04/04) that Jakarta Governor Basuki "

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – Jakarta gubernatorial candidate pair Anies Baswedan and Sandiaga Uno have rejected allegations that their campaign jingle "Ayo Kobarkan Semangat Jakarta" sounds highly sim

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Acting Jakarta governor Sumarsono responded on Wednesday to a number of banners that were put up recently saying that Jakartans were fed up with the raising of ethnic, religio

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen.

Jakarta – Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU Jakarta) head Sumarno has finally addressed his controversial meeting with firebrand cleric Muhammad Al-Khaththath, an initiator of the March 31

Jakarta – The legal team of gubernatorial candidate Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama reported his rival in the upcoming election runoff, Anies Baswedan, to the Jakarta Police for alleged defamation on

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has convened Muslim clerics from regions across the country at the State Palace amid allegations that hard-line Islamic groups are planning la

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The North Jakarta District Court will allow live coverage of Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama's blasphemy trail as of the next hearing.

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has offered an apology for the blasphemy case he said was orchestrated against him and which has caused public uproar and cost a lot of mone

Jakarta – The controversial, edited video that started the controversial blasphemy case against Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama is not legally admissible in the trial of the case it

Adam Harvey, Indonesia – Indonesia's biggest Islamic organisation says Muslims protesting against Jakarta's Christian Governor "Ahok" Basuki are being misled by religious conservatives.

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The legal counsel of Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama played a video of a speech delivered by late president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid during Tuesday's hear

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The prosecution team in the blasphemy trial of Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama played several videos featuring the governor during Tuesday's hearing to suppo

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – In less than three weeks, 7 million people in the capital will have the chance to exercise their voting rights in the runoff of one of the fiercest gubernatorial elections

Indra Budiari and Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Friday's rally in the capital, which was held to demand Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama be removed from his post, failed to rep

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta, Indonesia – Undeterred by the arrest of hard-line protest leaders, thousands of Muslims marched in Indonesia's capital on Friday, calling for the jailing of the city's mino

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Despite previously claiming that 100,000 people would take part in Friday's protest against Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, fewer than 10,000 have showed up

Jakarta – Nahdlatul Ulama executive board chairman Marsudi Syuhud has called on members of the largest Muslim organization in Indonesia to refrain from participating in Friday's mass rally organize

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto received nine representatives of the rally held to demand Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaj

Jakarta – Protesters at a rally against Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama demanded the authorities release Muslim People's Forum (FUI) secretary-general Muhammad Al Khaththath before 6

Jakarta – Some school-age boys were seen among a demonstration demanding non-active Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama's arrest for alleged blasphemy.

Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesian police arrested five people, including a leader of a hardline Islamist group, for suspected treason on Friday (March 31), before a protest by thousands of Muslims dem

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Another large rally is expected to hit the streets of Jakarta on Friday, as thousands of people will hold a protest to demand that Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Pu

Jakarta – Relawan Bina Jakarta, a volunteer organization based in East Jakarta which used to support Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono and Sylviana Murni during the first-round Jakarta gubernatorial electio

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Incumbent Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama did not aim to attract Muslim voters in Thousand Islands by commenting on the Al Maidah 51 Quranic vers

Jakarta – The Center for Urban Development Studies, or Cudes, has criticized a low-cost housing program proposed by Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Anies Baswedan, saying it has "misled the public.

Jakarta – The United Development Party, or PPP, support for Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama and Djarot Saiful Hidayat in the second round of Jakarta's gubernatorial election would make them only one

"Do not confuse politics and religion," Indonesia's President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said on Friday as he sought to drive home a crucial message on the merits of diversity to a nation still strugglin

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The growing animosity between the supporters of Jakarta gubernatorial election rivals Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama and Anies Baswedan has mostly been channeled

Jakarta – Jazuli Juwaini, the chairman of the Prosperous Justice Party, or PKS, said on Thursday (23/03) that every member of the PKS faction at the House of Representatives has been tasked to ensu

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Three weeks away from election day, Jakarta gubernatorial candidates Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama and Anies Baswedan are pulling out all the stops to win the hearts of the

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – After having its candidate Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono eliminated in the first round of the Jakarta gubernatorial election, The National Mandate Party (PAN) has officially shi

Jakarta – Ahmad Ishomuddin, a renowned cleric from Nadhlatul Ulama – Indonesia's largest Islamic organization – has criticized in court an edict issued by the Indonesian Ulema Council in October la

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The incumbent Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has two court hearings left to prove he is not guilty of blasphemy as the judges have said they wil

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – A language expert has said that Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama's speech during his working visit in Thousand Islands regency last September, in

Jakarta – Pictures of a banner conveying a peaceful message at the Al-Iman mosque in Ciracas, East Jakarta, have gone viral in social media amid ongoing controversy over provocative banners display