Cafes and pool halls closed their doors Saturday when around a thousand Islamic organization members passed through Bogor's main streets.

Jakarta – More than 50 Islamic organizations grouped under the Islamic Community Forum visited the Attorney's General Office (AGO) on Thursday to urge the government to ban the Ahmadiya

Crowds razed a house which functioned as an Islamic boarding school on Thursday, some 25 kilometers east of Malang in East Java.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – The West Java chapter of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has been criticized by several Muslim organizations for describing as halal two planned "royal" g

Jakarta – With several communities concerned about the potential for violence, police officers across the country patrolled churches on Christmas Day to ensure the safety of the congreg

Nana Rukmana, Majalengka – A leading ulema in West Java, where yet another attack on an Islamic sect took place Saturday, has demanded that Jakarta intervene in what he said was "unacce

Nana Rukmana, Jakarta, Kuningan – Rights activists agreed Friday the government was directly and indirectly responsible for Tuesday's violent attacks against followers of the Ahmadiyah

Alfian, Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla ordered police Thursday to "get tough" on those who attacked the Ahmadiyah sect this week, saying the fatwa (edict) from the Indonesian Ulem

Jakarta – Leaders from various religious organizations demanded Tuesday that the government clamp down on inter-religion conflicts.

Nana Rukmana, Kuningan – A large crowd on Tuesday reportedly attacked the Ahmadiyah worship complex in Manis Lor village, Jalaksana district, in Kuningan, West Java, leaving four people

Jakarta – A group of Muslim activists have attacked the settlement of an Islamic sect in a village on the main island of Java, resulting in a clash that left four injured, police and re

Alfian, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas-HAM) has said it will investigate reports on the increasing incidence of forced closings of churches.

Jakarta – Officials have said that the Indonesian Military's plans to possibly allow Muslim female personnel to wear the headscarf outside of Aceh could raise "insignificant" discussion

Ruslan Sangadji, Poso – Religious figures in Central Sulawesi see the security situation in Poso regency as improved and large-scale violence a thing of the past.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) headquarters is reviewing its official uniform code for female soldiers after calls to allow Muslim women in the military to wear the traditional

Jakarta – International experts on Christian and Muslim perspectives on religious freedoms have advised Indonesians to work together to show compassion for one another's religions.

Jakarta – An Indonesian court jailed three Islamic militants for 14 years and another for 19 years on Tuesday for attacks on Christians in a region torn by inter-religious violence.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Members of the Pasundan Protestant Church (FKP) on Monday urged the local administration to issue a permit entitling them to use a private home for church ac

Jakarta – Religious and ethnic leaders expressed concern Thursday over global warming, asserting no spiritual teachings or traditional beliefs allowed the unchecked exploitation of natu

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Regional administrations are racing to create ordinances based on moral, cultural and religious values even though the regulations can not be implemented for

Jakarta – Thousands of Catholics in Tambora district, West Jakarta have been forced to rent space in which to worship after locals and officials prevented them from holding services in

Tarko Sudiarno, Yogyakarta – Some 1,000 members of Al Qiyadah Al Islamiyah, "a deviant and blasphemous sect", said the Indonesian Ulemas Council(MUI), renounced their faith Friday in a

Muhammad Nafik, Bogor – Most Indonesians support the enactment of sharia bylaws even though they know ordinances already in place in several regencies have failed to improve social welf

Jambi – Four of five people apprehended by Jambi Police, who have admitted to being members of a new sect, were named suspect for blasphemy Tuesday and could face up to five years jail

Jakarta – The Indonesian Islamic Saviors Movement or GPII is urging the Indonesia Ulema Council (MUI) to immediately find a solution to the various problems facing the Islamic religious

Kurniasih Budi, Jakarta – Ulemas from the Nahdlatul Ulama in the National Awakening Party (PKB), the Ulemas National Awakening Party (PKNU), have said they considered that the role of U

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – The Supreme Court has sentenced senior member of the Lia Eden sect Abdul Rachman to three years in prison for blasphemy, a Jakarta Legal Aid Institute repres

Bogor – Four members of the banned al-Qiyadah al-Islamiyah sect turned themselves in to police Thursday.

Ahmed Mushaddeq leads the new Al Qiyadah Al Islamiyah sect.

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – A house thought to have been a place where "deviant" Islamic teachings were disseminated was set alight by residents from Enclek Sebrang village in Tangerang,

Jakarta – Following the controversy over the al-Qiyadah al-Islamiyah sect, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) announced Tuesday 10 criteria that indicated an Islamic sect was "misguided

Yuli Tri Suwarni and Rizal Harahap, Bandung/Pekanbaru – In the wake of controversy surrounding the al-Qiyadah Islamic sect, authorities and residents are focusing their attention on rel

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – A US political scientist on Tuesday dismissed the idea that democracy cannot develop in countries with large Muslim populations, citing Indonesia as an exampl

Jakarta – National Police chief Gen. Sutanto has ordered all provincial police chiefs to contact and question leaders of the controversial Islamic sect Al-Qiyadah al-Islamiyah.

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court's rejection of Muhammad Insa's petition to have re-evaluated the pre-requisites for polygamy, as stipulated in the 1974 Law on Marria

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb., The Jakarta Post, Padang – Activists in West Sumatra have protested against a raid on the Al-Qiyadah Al-Islamiyah Islamic sect by police acting on the orders of t

Jakarta – The support for political parties based upon Islam and with an Islamic mass base is stagnating and tending to decline.

Alfian, Jakarta – A study on the trends of Islam and secularism in politics found that Muslim support for secular politics is getting stronger although the backing for Islam values is s

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police said Thursday that police in Depok have detained three members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) for vandalizing food stalls last weekend.

Alfian, Jakarta – Despite being the world's most populous Muslim country, Indonesia still suffers widespread corruption and terrorism – so what has Islam contributed to civilization, sa

Alfian, Jakarta – Terror attacks are not always linked to religious fanaticism and can be triggered by issues including poverty, discrimination and marginalization, a Muslim organizatio

Jakarta – An Indonesian businessman's bid to make polygamy easier was rejected by the country's constitutional court on Wednesday.

Jakarta – Interfaith religious organizations in Indonesia condemned the Myanmar military junta Monday for its irresponsible use of force and insisted the republic facilitate peaceful di

Theresia Sufa and Adisti Sukma Sawitri, Bogor/Jakarta – A mob went on the rampage on the western outskirts of Bogor early Sunday, attacking cafes, brothels, small hotels and other busin

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – After performing the asyar afternoon prayers in a small mosque, Syahidin, 38, returned to his quarters and took his daughter from his wife, Senah, 30.

Jakarta – Indonesia's local television stations have been accused of airing "indecent elements" in programs during Ramadhan and the Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) has asked them to sto

Muhammad Nafik, Jakarta – During the fasting month of Ramadhan in Indonesia, it seems everything is focused on the country's Muslim population.

Taufik Wijaya, Palembang – The majority of poor people in the South Sumatra city of Palembang are not fasting.

ID Nugroho, Surabaya – Police provided tight security Friday for several mosques belonging to a hard-line Islamic group in Jember, East Java, after one of its mosque was attacked by loc

Jakarta – A perception that local governments in Indonesia have been introducing sharia or Islamic laws at an escalating rate is misplaced, an expert on political Islam said here Thursd