Jakarta – Four church organizations in Bekasi, West Java, have named Bekasi Mayor Rahmat Effendi and Deputy Mayor Ahmad Syaikhu patrons of religious tolerance.

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – About 5000 members of the Islam Defenders' Front (FPI) turned up outside Indonesian police headquarters on Monday morning, to demand the removal of Wes

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – Hundreds of members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) staged a rally in front of the National Police headquarters in South Jakarta on Monday to demand the dismissal of We

Jakarta – Although the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) denied any involvement of its sympathizers in a recent attack on the office of a mass organization in Ciampea, Bogor, West Java Police chief Insp.

Denpasar.

Jakarta – Hundreds of members of the hardline Islamic Defenders Front, or FPI, gathered in front of the Bogor Police headquarters on Saturday (14/01) to demand the immediate release of 12 sympathiz

Jakarta – Bogor Police have detained 20 members of the hardline group Islamic Defenders' Front (FPI) after they attacked the office of an organization called GMBI, or the Indonesian Underground Soc

Jakarta – The police have ordered two mass organizations, the hardline Islamic Defenders' Front (FPI) and the Indonesian Underground Society Movement (GMBI), to tone down tension after a series of

Jakarta – Members of the hardline Islamic Defender's Front, or FPI, clashed with the Indonesian Lower Class Movement, known as GMBI, while firebrand cleric Rizieq Shihab was questioned by police in

Jakarta – Islamic Defenders' Front, or FPI, leader Rizieq Shihab complained on Wednesday (11/01) to the House of Representatives deputy speakers about reports filed against him.

Jakarta – Rizieq Shihab, leader of the hardline Islamic Defenders Front, or FPI, was reported to the Jakarta Police again on Sunday (08/01) for alleged incitement related to comments he made about

The Islamic Defenders Front's (FPI) Banten Regional Representatives Council (DPD) held State Defence Preliminary Training (PPBN) in the Lebak regency of Banten, West Java, on Thursday January 5.

Suherdjoko, Semarang, Central Java – Central Java Police chief Insp. Gen.

Jakarta – The police released on Monday 13 men who had been arrested after allegedly holding a sex party at an apartment unit in South Jakarta on Saturday night.

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – The organizers of a documentary-screening event decided to cancel two film screenings following warnings from Jakarta administration-run Taman Ismail Marzuki Cultural Center

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – Dozens of people led by Islam Defenders Front (FPI) members barged into a Kalibata City apartment in South Jakarta on Saturday night, saying they went there to break up a "se

Arya Dipa, Bandung – At least 15 members of the hard-line Islam Defenders Front (FPI) dispersed a religious discussion in Bandung, West Java, on Sunday, as they objected to the presence of an Ahmad

Denpasar – Despite mounting demands from Bali residents for the disbandment of mass organizations as a result of their involvement in acts of violence, the police are training them to help safeguar

Nethy Dharma Somba and Bambang Muryanto, Jayapura/Yogyakarta – Papua Governor Lukas Enembe has sent a team to Yogyakarta following an attack by a number of community organizations at a Papuan stude

Jakarta – A Ramadan "sweep" has turned into a police investigation after an unknown assailer shot and killed a member of hardline group Great Bogor Bull, or BBR, in Bogor, West Java, on Tuesday nig

Jakarta – Thousands of protesters gathered at the Trikora Field in Abepura, Papua, Thursday (02/06), demanding the disbandment of West Papua National Committee (KNPB), an arm of the United Liberati

Banyumas – Islam Defenders Front (FPI) patron Rizieq Shihab canceled his visit to the Al Fattah Islamic Boarding School in Cilongok district, Banyumas, Central Java, on Tuesday, following a protest

Banyumas – A coalition of youth organizations in Banyumas, Central Java, has rejected the presence of firebrand Muslim cleric Rizieq Shihab in the regency.

Jakarta – Disbanding civil groups with long-time notorieties for violent acts in a country where they have been deeply rooted in the political economy would only lead to a backlash, a leading obser

Bogor – The mayor of Bogor, West Java, Bima Arya Sugiarto, has been severely criticized by a number of civil society organizations after he made a speech at the opening of an office of Hizbut Tahri

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Leaders of youth organizations Ikatan Pemuda Karya (IPK) and Pemuda Pancasila (PP) agreed on Monday to refrain from violence following a fatal brawl on Saturday, urging the

Jakarta – The North Sumatra Police have named seven people as suspects in a fatal brawl between two gangs in Medan that claimed two lives on Saturday.

Medan, North Sumatra.

Church leaders in West Papua appear concerned about religious extremism in the region.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Ongoing conflict within the Yogyakarta royal family risks triggering a rise in intolerance in the province, according to observer of politics and Islam Noorhaidi Hasa

Jakarta – Central Jakarta Police chief Sr. Comr.

Jakarta – Two NGOs representing Sundanese people, the Sundanese People's Alliance and the West Java Siliwangi Youth Wing, have filed a complaint with the West Java Police against the le

Finally, in the midst of rumours about the rise of the new PKI (Indonesian Communist Party) during the era of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, a delegation from the Central Advisory Board of the Isl

Jakarta – A clash broke out between members of the Betawi Brotherhood Forum (FBR) and residents living around the Pasar Gembrong toy market in East Jakarta on Saturday afternoon.

Bogor (Suara Islam Online) – The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) has issued a firm warning to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo not to provide space for the reemergence of communism in Indonesia.

Yogyakarta – The Sleman District Court on Wednesday sentenced the chairman of the Central Java and Yogyakarta chapter of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), Bambang Teddy, to five months and 15 days

Jakarta – A panel of judges at the Central Jakarta District Court sentenced on Monday two senior members of the hard-line Islam Defenders Front (FPI), Novel Bamu'min and Shahabudin Anggawi, to seve

Parwito – The Solo chapter of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) accompanied by leading members of the Boyolali branch of the Pancasila Youth (PP) visited the Central Java regional police headquarte

Andi Hajramurni, Makasar – The Makassar City Police are investigating processions held by the South Sulawesi chapter of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) in Makassar on Saturday, while flying flags t

Carlos Roy Fajarta Barus, Jakarta – A group opposed to Basuki Tjahja Purnama as Jakarta governor marched in the capital's streets on Monday, bringing traffic to a standstill on a stretc

Jakarta – Members of the hard-line Islam Defenders Front (FPI) "inaugurated" their choice for Jakarta governor, Fahrurozzi, during their latest protest outside the Jakarta City Council

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), a hard-line group notorious for violence and intimidation, has reported Jakarta's Acting Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Pu

Dewanti A.

Jakarta – Acting Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has said he will submit a recommendation letter on the disbandment of the hard-line Islam Defenders Front (FPI) to the La

Jakarta – Hundreds of residents of Tulungagung district in East Java rallied on Wednesday to protest the establishment of a local chapter of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front, a thu

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police are continuing to build a case against 22 members of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front, or FPI, who were involved in a violent demonst

SP/Deti Mega Purnamasari, Jakarta – The city's acting governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama has told his security staff that they are to shoot any demonstrators who become violent and are arm

Yuliasri Perdani, National – National Police chief Gen. Sutarman said on Friday that he supported the disbandment of the hard-line Islam Defenders Front (FPI).

Jakarta – Despite criticism that their rally was just a way of looking for trouble, the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) insisted on organizing another rally in the front of the Jakarta City

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – The senior leader of the Islamic Defenders Front who allegedly organized last Friday's riot outside the City Council could face a cumulative eight years in p