Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab might be one step closer to returning to Indonesia after the West Java Police dropped the charges against him for insulting the Pancas

Gisela Swaragita and Arya Dwipa, Jakarta – The West Java Police have dropped the investigation into a defamation case involving Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab, citing

Jakarta – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) revealed the reason he accepted members of the 212 Brotherhood group, which is a group notoriously known to constantly throw criticism against t

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has rejected the demand made by an Islamist group linked to the 2016 sectarian rally in Jakarta that he drop the pornogr

Chitra Paramaesti, Jakarta – Presiden Joko Widodo (Jokowi) met with the ulema from the Alumni 212 Brotherhood (PA 212), or former 212 protesters, on April 22.

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – Team 11 Leader of Alumni 212 Misbahul Anam said the meeting between President Jokowi and Alumni 212 Brotherhood only discussed the criminalization of ulemas.

As the leader of the infamous Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) who was at the forefront of the 212 protest movement that took down former Jakarta Governor Basuki Ahok Tjahaja Purnama, Rizi

Despite the ridicule he received over the "Fitsa Hats" incident, former secretary general for the Jakarta chapter of Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), Habib Novel Bamukmin, has remained on

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Gerindra Party Deputy Chairman Fadli Zon saw the meeting between President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) with the former protesters joined in the Alumni 212 brotherhood as

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, addressing rumors circulating in the media, confirmed on Wednesday that a meeting between him and members of the self-p

Arkhelaus Wisnu Triyogo, Jakarta – Former Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Gen.

Jakarta – The local branch office and a car of the Pemuda Pancasila youth organization were set on fire by unknown assailants on Wednesday in Pondok Gede, Bekasi.

Bogor – The constitutional law expert Mahfud MD said illegal sweeping acts which often done by certain groups were unlawful acts.

There had been talk that the fugitive founder of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), Rizieq Shihab, would be flying back to Indonesia from his hiding place of Saudi Arabia this morning s

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The 212 Alumni spokesman Aminuddin demanded the 212 alumni brotherhood (PA 212) to issue an official apology for spreading misleading information regarding the ho

Zara Amelia, Jakarta – The 212 alumni presidium advisory council chairman Amien Rais urged President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to stop on what he claims the attempts to criminalize ulemas (M

Well it looks like the talk about fugitive Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) founder Rizieq Shihab returning to Indonesia tomorrow was, yet again, premature as police are saying that Rizieq

Since he became a fugitive from Indonesian justice 10 months ago after being named a suspect in a high-profile pornography case, every few months there have been announcements that Rizi

Prima Gumilang, Jakarta – A sweeping action (raid) by the Islamic Defenders Militia (Laskar Pembela Islam, LPI) has ended in a clash with residents of Pamekasan on Madura Island in East

The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), the most notorious of Indonesia's Islamist civil society groups (locally referred to as ormas or mass organizations) has violently attacked or threate

Jakarta – Indonesian police appealed on Thursday for tolerance and respect for other people's religious celebrations after an Islamist group threatened to raid businesses to check for Muslims being

Last year, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), the country's highest Muslim clerical body, released a fatwa saying it was forbidden for any Muslims to wear "attributes" of any non-Muslim holidays o

Muhammad Aminudin, Malang – A demonstration by the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) in the East Java city of Malang ended in a clash with Pancasila Youth (PP) members who were offended by the protest.

Jakarta – Jakarta governor-elect Anies Baswedan has called on the hardline Muslim group Islam Defenders Front (FPI) to join efforts to promote national unity and protect the country's ideology of P

Avit Hidayat, Jakarta – Jakarta governor elect Anies Baswedan hopes that the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) can shed its negative image which is so often associated with the organisation.

Indonesia's president said on Monday his country remains a model of moderate Islam, countering critics who point to mass rallies by radical Muslims and the jailing of a Christian politician for bla

Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saefuddin has asked Muslim leaders for reflective sermons during Idul Fitri services on Sunday morning.

Clad in camouflage and armed only with their convictions, the paramilitary wing of Indonesia's biggest Muslim organisation is on a campaign to crush intolerance and defend the nation's inclusive br

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – Two cases of hate speech on social media that came to light in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) have been settled with customary laws.

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have identified two more people allegedly involved in the harassment of a 15-year-old boy in East Jakarta, whose comments on social media wer

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) is set to investigate the widespread vigilantism allegedly committed by hard-line groups in Indonesia to determine whether it leads to

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Wednesday inaugurated moderate Muslim scholar Yudi Latief as the chief of the newly established presidential working unit for the implement

Jakarta – A group of lawyers attached to the Pancasila Defenders Forum of Advocates (FAPP) have declared their support for the National Police in their fight against radicalism and intolerance.

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) conveyed its support for the National Police to take tough legal measures against vigilantism allegedly committed by hard-line groups

Jakarta – Indonesian Teachers Association (PGRI) head Unifah Rasyidi has suggested that Indonesia's state ideology of Pancasila become its own subject at school.

Jakarta – Islam Defenders Front (FPI) spokesperson Slamet Maarif has said offering apologies is not enough for people who have insulted the group's leader, Rizieq Shihab.

Jakarta – Fiera Lovita, a medical doctor in Solok, West Sumatra, who suffered threats and intimidation after she criticized an Islamic cleric on Facebook, said the group who forced her to sign a le

Jakarta – An alliance of Jakarta youth organizations has formed quick-response teams in several districts across the city to help citizens facing intimidation and persecution from various parties.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have transferred to a safe house a 15-year-old boy who was intimidated and harassed by people claiming to be members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) for insulting th

Jakarta – National Police chief Gen.

Jakarta – The Anti-Persecution Coalition has formed a crisis center to protect and provide legal assistance to victims of persecution and harassment.

Jakarta – A viral video showing a 15-year-old boy being intimidated and harassed by a group of people claiming to be members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) for allegedly insulting their fugitiv

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The government's decision to make Pancasila Day, which falls every June 1, a national holiday could not be more appropriate.

Jakarta – The head of the Jaguar team of the Depok Police in West Java, First Insp.

Jakarta – Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia, or HTI, the local chapter of an international movement that aims at establishing a caliphate comprising all Muslim countries, cannot be considered "a missionary o

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Worried about the government's move to ban it, hard-line Islamic organization Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) leaders met lawmakers at the House of Representatives on

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The government has emphasized that its move to ban the hard-line Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) group does not mean it is against all religious groups.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Constitutional law experts have said the government's move to ban the hard-line Islamic Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) group did not follow proper legal procedures.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Rights groups have urged the government to respect the legal procedures stipulated in the 2013 Mass Organizations Law following its announcement to ban hard-line Is

Jakarta – The Indonesian Christian Students Movement (GMKI) has said it disagrees with the government's move to disband the hard-line Islamist group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), saying it would n