Religious tension is a near constant part of life in Indonesia. In just the past couple of months, for example, there was an attack on an Ahmadiyah mosque in Sintang, West Kalimantan, and Christian preacher Muhammad Kace and Muslim imam Yahya Waloni were charged with blasphemy. Governments across the...
Last month, there were at least three major conflicts involving houses of worship across Indonesia. In East Java, residents protested plans for a new church in Ponorogo, and plans for a Muhammadiyah mosque in Banyuwangi. And in West Java, the longstanding controversy over the construction of the Yasmin church in...
Problem COVID-19 bukan hanya ujian negara tapi juga kemanusiaan. Beragam partisipasi masyarakat bermunculan dalam melindungi kesehatan dan menghentikan penyebaran virus COVID-19, termasuk gerakan lintas agama. Bukan hanya aksi sosial tapi juga dukungan moral....
A new app called Smart Pakem was released by the Indonesian Attorney General’s Office(link is external) (AGO) late last month. Available for public download, the app(link is external) provides a way to report, list and monitor religious groups deemed to deviate from the teachings of the six religions officially...
Dyah Ayu Kartika - February 5, 2019 Going into the first presidential candidate debate last month, most feminists had had low expectations, predicting women and the LGBTQ community would be left out of the discussion on human rights issues. This assumption was proven right,...
