Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) issued a report on Tuesday demanding the government issue better laws on tolerance and properly enforce existing laws on religious dis

Hizbul Ridho, Jakarta – A state university in South Kalimantan has drawn the ire of one of Indonesia's Islamic political parties for its decision to ban female students from attending class in a ni

Bambang Muryanto, Magelang, Central Java – Muslim and Buddhist leaders from South and Southeast Asia have issued the Yogyakarta Statement, which refuses the use of Islam and Buddha in the politics

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – Experts have warned that implementation of the Blasphemy Law could lead to the radicalization of Muslims.

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – Religious leaders are urging Muslims nationwide to take the lead in promoting religious tolerance in multicultural Indonesia.

Jakarta – The Ministry of Religious Affairs has almost completed drafting a bill on protecting freedom of religion in Indonesia, saying a new law is necessary to keep the peace in society by, for i

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – Around a thousand Muslim intellectuals, clerics and representatives from various Islamic organizations are currently gathering in Yogyakarta to discuss Islam and other

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – The continuing saga of the Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) Yasmin has yet to see any light at the end of the tunnel as the latest discussions among stakeholders, facilitate

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Jakarta – Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, the Nahdlatul Ulama, says it is ready to mediate talks between the Bogor administration and the GKI Yamin congregation over the sealing of a churc

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Yogyakarta, previously dubbed the city of tolerance, has been ranked second for intolerance and violations of religious freedom by the Wahid Institute in its 2014 ann

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – The absence of major cases of violence stemming from religious intolerance in Indonesia this year by no means indicates that the issue has been resolved

Bambang Muryanto and Suherjoko, Yogyakarta/Semarang – Christians across Indonesia celebrated Christmas on Thursday in different ways, although some could not conduct celebrations in the

Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla has declared Indonesia the most tolerant Muslim-majority country in the world, in a Christmas Day message that came as authorities in Bogor, south o

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Vento Saudale, Bogor, West Java – The row over a ban on a church congregation from holding a service on Christmas Day continued on Tuesday as Bogor Mayor Bima Arya Sugiarto said the GKI

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) says it received 67 reports of instances of religious intolerance in Indonesia this year, nearly double the figure from la

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Jakarta – The congregation of an illegally sealed-off church in Bogor have called on President Joko Widodo and the city's mayor, Bima Arya Sugiarto, to keep their campaign promises to r

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Police have pledged to crack down on violence against religious minorities.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The number of blasphemy cases soared during former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's era, leaving a lot of work to do for the new government in protecti

Bastiaan Scherpen, Jakarta – Slamming a skyrocketing rate of convictions based on questionable interpretations of a half-century old blasphemy law during the presidency of Susilo Bamban

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has left a lot of work to do for the new government in relation to blasphemy prosecutions.

Ansyor Idrus and Ina Parlina, Palembang – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has supported a recent call from Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo to allow people who do not belong to one of the

Jakarta – Residents of Pontianak in West Kalimantan who do not list their religion on identification cards will not be allowed to access public services, the city's deputy mayor has sai

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Adelia Putri Anjani & Robertus Wardhi, Jakarta – Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo waded in to a heated debate after suggesting that people have the option of leaving the religion

Jakarta – Politicians from Islamic-based political parties have opposed the government's decision to grant the wish of people to have the religion column on their ID cards left blank.

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Jakarta – Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo said on Thursday that he intended to allow the followers of religions that are not formally recognized by the state to leave the religion f

Vento Saudale, Bogor – Since 2012, the congregation of Bogor's GKI Yasmin church has held prayer meetings outside the State Palace, to remind the government of the fact that their house

Adelia Anjani Putri, Jakarta – The lone minister to survive the cut in President Joko Widodo's cabinet from the previous administration has unveiled plans to draft a bill that would aff

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Jakarta – Representatives of Muhammadiyah, one of the largest Muslim organizations in the country, testified on Wednesday at the Constitutional Court that Islam did not recognize interf

Slamet Susanto, Sleman,Yogyakarta – Judges at Sleman District Court in Yogyakarta sentenced pesantren (Islamic boarding school) caretaker Abdul Kholik to three months in jail on Thursda

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Amid increasing calls to disband the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) for its record of violence, the hard-line Islamic group was permitted to present arguments during

Jakarta – The Indonesian government has sided with Islamic hard-liners in requesting the Constitutional Court throw out a challenge to the 1974 Marriage Law by petitioners seeking recog

Jakarta – Entering the last days of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's term in office, rights group the Setara Institute has highlighted his failure in promoting and defending harmony

Jakarta – Human rights activists have called on president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and vice president-elect Jusuf Kalla to crack down on rising intolerance in the country as soon as t

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Lukman Hakim Saifuddin, Jakarta – Indonesia's recently appointed religious affairs minister said on Friday that he would start a dialogue with the hard-line group that rejects GKI Yasmi

Bambang Muryanto, Sleman, Yogyakarta – Five witnesses in a religious violence case in Sleman regency, Yogyakarta, failed to show up at the Sleman District Court on Monday.

Kennial Caroline Laia & Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Five people filed a petition for a judicial review at the Constitutional Court on Thursday that, if successful, would legalize inter

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) plans to summon president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and vice president-elect Jusuf Kalla to demand th

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