Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Any sexual relations outside marriage could soon be outlawed in this country, with some Constitutional Court (MK) justices signaling their support for the idea, which

Jakarta – Expert witnesses from a group of scholars and activists that requested the revision of three articles (284, 285, and 292) in the Criminal Code (KUHP) on adultery and sodomy defended their

Arya Dipa, Bandung – With growing Islamic conservatism in the country, spiritualism has become a popular leisure activity – or at least that's what a local administration has in mind.

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Bandung Mayor Ridwan "Emil" Kamil says he has not given the nod to a program for Islamic preachers to board city buses and give sermons.

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has called on the House of Representatives to ensure that the prohibition bill, which it is deliberating, will not negatively affect

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Arya Dipa, Bandung – For a young woman to produce rice noodle snacks in packaging that ignites consumers' curiosity is creativity at best.

Hans Nicholas Jong and Arya Dipa, Jakarta, Bandung – After telling instant messaging applications to remove stickers featuring same-sex couples and blurring pictures of cleavages on television, the

Samantha Hawley – A rice noodle snack with a drawing of a bikini-clad torso on the packaging and the slogan "squeeze me" is proving too revealing for Indonesian authorities, who fear the snack is "

Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla has urged mosque managers to use loudspeakers accordingly in the wake of the anti-Chinese riot in Tanjung Balai, North Sumatra.

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Pontianak – The West Kalimantan Police have conducted a number of raids aimed at countering various social problems this month and named 766 people suspected of assorted crimes.

Jakarta – A senior state official confirmed on Tuesday (21/06) that no shariah-influenced regulations were included in the 3,143 regional regulations the government has scrapped in an effort simpli

Jakarta – Minister of Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo has been forced to deny allegations that the cancellation of 3,143 regional regulations also included several sharia-based regulations.

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – A 53-year-old woman who tearfully begged officials not to confiscate food from her roadside stall as punishment for trading during the fasting month of Ra

Jakarta – A Muslim intellectual has voiced his concern over the Serang Public Order Agency's (Satpol PP) recent raid on an elderly woman's food stall that had served customers at midday during Rama

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The government has called on regional police chiefs to prevent raids during Ramadhan to ensure a peaceful atmosphere throughout the holy month, Coordinating Political, Leg

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – The fight to prove the innocence of cleaners and teachers accused of sodomy at a prestigious international school in Jakarta is being waged not just by

The free expression of identity is one of the new-found freedoms to have emerged since the fall of the New Order regime.

Arif Gunawan Sulistiyono, Jakarta – Indonesia's social media networks have once again shown their might, as an impromptu donation campaign raised more than Rp 80 million, or around US$6,000, in les

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – The regulation obliging female Muslim students in state schools to wear the headscarf has aroused tensions over religious segregation among some members of the public, includi

Jakarta – The Communications and Information Ministry has rejected a recent call from the Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals Association (ICMI) to block search engine giant Google and video hosting si

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Schools should not force girls to wear the hijab, Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama reiterated on Wednesday, because the decision to wear the Islam

Jakarta – Rigid implementation of sharia-based regulations will not automatically make cities that have put Islamic norms and values into practice "Islamic cities".

Surabaya – The second-largest city in Indonesia, Surabaya, has approved a bylaw that bans the production, distribution and consumption of alcoholic beverages.

Nethy Dharma Somba – A number of liquor businesspeople in Jayapura, Papua, are protesting Papuan Governor Lukas Enembe's policy to ban the distribution of alcoholic beverages in the province.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Alcohol distribution and production are officially prohibited in Papua province starting Thursday to save Papuans from the disastrous effects of alcohol consumption,

Jakarta – An official in Aceh has been demoted for featuring a "vulgar" and "erotic" Indian dance performance during a cultural festival in the province's capital last week.

Jakarta – The minister for women's empowerment and child protection has called on parents to snoop on their teenaged children's mobile phones to avoid their exposure to pornography.

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – A senior high school in Sabang, Aceh, expelled an 11th grade student last month after she got married, saying it did not permit married students to study at the scho

Jakarta – Indonesia's new communications minister has taken on the mantle of his conservative predecessor by vowing to block access to all pornographic content on the Internet, based on

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Communications and Information Minister Rudiantara aims to lift a ban on the video-sharing site Vimeo, which has been blocked since May by the previous admin

Jakarta – Communications and Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring has called on local governments to pass bylaws banning Internet cafes from providing access to pornographic content f

Jakarta – Indonesia's social media community uttered a collective "LOL" on Tuesday after the country's vehement anti-pornography crusader Communications and Information Minister Tifatul

Bogor – A prominent Islamic cleric sacked after a videotaped threesome with two school teachers surfaced online was charged on Tuesday with violating Indonesia's controversial anti-porn

Vento Saudale, Bogor – An Islamic cleric has been removed from his position after a video showing an alleged sexual encounter with two kindergarten teachers was leaked onto the internet

Ezequiel Freitas – The Timor-Leste Parliamentary Women's Group (GMPTL) intends to propose legislation to regulate pornography in the country.

Communication and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring is pressing on with his antipornography campaign, calling all regional heads across the country to launch efforts to

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Women's empowerment officials in the staunchly Islamic province of Aceh say they have uncovered a growing practice of women getting together to raffle off a m

Saskia Schaefer – In June 2012, images of a group of formally-dressed men watching a pile of burning books circulated widely in the Indonesian media.

Jakarta – The Communications and Information Ministry says that it will collaborate with Internet search giant Google and video-sharing site YouTube to block pornographic websites.

Bruce Gale – On July 23, when Nazriel 'Ariel' Irham of the Bandung-based Peterpan pop group was released from prison, the local singer's fans were elated.

Bandung – An official with the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) has urged police to take legal action against celebrities Luna Maya and Cut Tari, saying it is not fair that only singer

Rangga Prakoso & Heru Andriyanto – With pop star Nazril "Ariel" Irham's release on parole after serving two years of his three-and-a-half-year sentence over leaked sex videos, legal

Bandung – Two and a half years since homemade sex videos with his celebrity girlfriends became one of the biggest controversies in the conservative Indonesian society, Nazril "Ariel" Ir

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The pornography case involving Bandung-based pop band Peterpan frontman Nazriel Irham, better known as Ariel, seems to have drawn not only strong media interest, bu

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Indonesia's Communication and Information Ministry plans to up efforts to scrub pornographic websites from the nation's Internet in time for Ramadan, Communication and Information Minis

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – A 16-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital after being beaten by an angry mob in a raid on a group of teenagers suspected of having an orgy outside a villag

Ezra Sihite – Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) lawmaker Karolin Margret Natasha denied allegations that she starred in a sex tape with fellow lawmaker Aria Bima on Monday in her fir