Yuli Krisna, Bandung – There is more to running a local government than just one's religious beliefs.

Amir Tejo, Sidoarjo, East Java – A nurse in East Java is at risk of being fired for wearing a Muslim headscarf while on duty, in what her husband calls a clear case of religious discrim

Ulma Haryanto, Indonesia – More than three months after their homes, school and mosque were torched, members of a beleaguered Ahmadiyah community near Bogor continue to be persecuted by

Nurfika Osman – Religious freedom advocates have expressed disappointment with the government over its failure to stand up to hard-line Islamic groups that have unlawfully persecuted me

Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – A hard-line Islamic group is set to file a class-action lawsuit against the Bogor administration for its failure to rescind the Indonesian Christian Church

Ulma Haryanto, Jakarta – An Indonesian ID card, like any other around the world, tells who you are, but here it also identifies what you believe in, which can be a source of trouble if

Ulma Haryanto – The Supreme Court's decision to reject Bogor officials' request to uphold a controversial revocation of a building permit for a Christian group there has been greeted wi

Ulma Haryanto – The Supreme Court has rejected the Bogor City administration's request to uphold the revocation of the Indonesian Christian Church's (GKI Yasmin) building permit in Bogo

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – Police and Islamic hard-liners on Thursday disbanded a discussion on religious tolerance in Surabaya, said members of a humanitarian watchdog who were in attendanc

Imung Yuniardi, Semarang – cases of religious intolerance in Central Java significantly dropped in 2010 compared to 2009, according to an annual report.

Ulma Haryanto – Leaders of hard-line Islamic organizations are expected to hold a meeting to discuss the Setara Institute of Peace and Democracy's "slanderous" report against them.

Dessy Sagita & Reuters – The United Nations' condemnation of Indonesia for its high number of attacks on religious minorities showed how the country's reputation had been tainted by

Elisabeth Oktofani & Yuli Krisna – Two men standing trial for a brutal assault on two church leaders in Bekasi told the district court on Thursday that they had been motivated to co

Yuli Krisna – Police in Bandung on Thursday nearly disbanded a group discussion organized by the Setara Institute for Peace and Democracy.

Dozens of Muslim protesters, including mothers and children, rallied at the Bogor municipal office on Wednesday to demand that a Christian church under construction be demolished.

Human rights activists called on the government Monday to cease the blockade of an Ahmadi orphanage in Tasikmalaya and protect people's constitutional right to worship, while another gr

Elisabeth Oktofani – Twelve rights groups on Monday called on the government to reopen an Ahmadiyah orphanage that had been kept shut for weeks by law enforcers.

Arientha Primanita – Religious tolerance groups have lambasted the government over its lack of response to the intimidation of a Christian congregation forced to hold its Christmas serv

Nivell Rayda, Bogor – Members of an Indonesian Christian church in Bogor, West Java held their Christmas service on the sidewalk in front of their sealed-off building on Saturday evenin

Jakarta – Indonesian Christians celebrated Christmas in peace on Saturday, with almost no security threats reported.

Oktofani Elisabeth – Indonesia, long considered a bastion of religious tolerance, is increasingly reverting to fundamentalism and intolerance, a non-governmental organization observed i

Jakarta – Almost half of Jakartans object to the establishment of other religions' houses of worship in their neighborhoods, an NGO survey revealed.

Jakarta – Incidents of religious intolerance are on the rise this year - and vigilantes are behind many of the episodes, according to two recently released reports.

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The Indonesian Communion of Churches (PGI) and the Indonesian Bishop's Conference (KWI) said on Wednesday the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) had not spoken to th

In a move that would raise the eyebrows of both its critics and supporters, the hard-line Islam Defenders Front (FPI), a group notorious for attacking minority groups, said Tuesday it w

Zaky Pawas & Ulma Haryanto, Jakarta – In a surprise move, the head of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front on Tuesday said Christians should be allowed to celebrate Christmas in pe

Indonesian Christians appealed to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for protection on Monday after Muslim vigilante groups, backed by police, surrounded their homes and forced them to

Jakarta – Hardliners from three Muslim organizations raided and sealed homes belonging to Christians in Rancaekek, Bandung, on Sunday.

Jakarta – Police in Central Java are investigating two attacks on churches in the lead-up to Christmas.

Arientha Primanita, Nivell Rayda & Zaky Pawas, Jakarta – A group of about 50 people, dressed in white robes and wielding weapons, attempted to attack an Ahmadiyah mosque in South Ja

Jakarta – In the latest example of religious intolerance in Indonesia, a group of unknown people attacked an Ahmadiyah mosque in South Jakarta early on Friday morning.

Fitri, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – Authorities in West Lombok district have formed a special team to supervise and relocate members of the Ahmadiyah sect, an official said on Wednesda

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – A survey published Monday has confirmed a widely held assumption that religious intolerance is rising in the Greater Jakarta region.

Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – Members of the Ahmadiyah sect reported an attack on their homes in Gegerung village to the West Lombok Police on Saturday.

Nivell Rayda & Fitri, Indonesia – A hundred police officers armed with assault rifles and pistols were not enough to dissuade Tuti (not her real name) from walking barefoot for a ki

Mataram – The government continues to provide counseling to the Ahmadiyah sect and ensuring that Ahmadis are not disseminating their teachings, says an official.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The government must take action to curb rising religious intolerance triggered by struggles between evangelical Christians and hard-line Islamists, a think t

Fitri R., Mataram – Twelve Ahmadiyah families who returned to their homes in Gegerung village in West Lombok shortly after being chased out in 2006 have once again been ordered to leave

Jakarta – Students of the Islamic College of Da'wah (PTDI) renewed Friday their threat to close down the Ahmadiyah sect's Nuruddin Mosque in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Up to 100 residents accompanied by masses from the West Java Islam Reform Movement (Garis) staged a rally at Jiwanaya kampong, Cimenyan district, Bandung reg

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – While Indonesia grieves over a series of recent natural disasters, some college students preferred instead to hold a wanton protest against the existence of a

Jakarta – Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should uphold freedom of religion in Indonesia and repudiate statements by his religious affairs minister calling for the banning

New York – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should uphold freedom of religion in Indonesia and repudiate statements by his religious affairs minister calling for the banning of the Ah

Garut, West Java – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali said he wanted to disband Ahmadiyah but he did not offer timetable for the sect's dissolution.

Incidents of church attacks and religious violence are spreading throughout Java, outside of traditional "hot spots" such as Greater Jakarta and West Java, activists said on Sunday.

Arientha Primanita, Bilhuda Haryanto & Aidi Yursal, Jakarta – Buddhists are the latest minority religious group to feel the heat, being at the center of a festering row over a large

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The government has a constitutional obligation to protect Ahmadiyah and other minority religious groups and must take action against violence directed agai

Nivell Rayda, Bogor – For the past two weeks, 35-year-old Ahmad Nuryamin has been sharing a four-by-six meter cell with 11 other detainees at the Bogor Police headquarters, some of them

Ulma Haryanto & Zaky Pawas, Jakarta – A long-awaited church in West Java faces the prospect of not being built at all, following objections by local Muslims.

Nivell Rayda & Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – The level of intolerance among the Muslim community toward the Ahmadiyah sect has more than doubled during the six years of President Su