JAKARTA: In Bogor, a city in Indonesia's West Java province, the Presbyterian congregation GKI Yasmin has been prohibited by the local administration from holding services in their church for years. Indonesia's Supreme Court has ruled that revoking (...)
JAKARTA: I recently met some friends through social media who were elementary or junior high school students when the 9/11 terrorist attacks hit the United States. Most of these young people agree that such terrorism could never be warranted. For (...)
JAKARTA: I recently met some friends through social media who were elementary or junior high students when the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States. Most of these young people agree that such terrorism could never be warranted. For example, (...)
JAKARTA: Recent cases of religious intolerance in Indonesia have led some observers to worry that US President Barack Obama's praise of religious tolerance in Indonesia during his visit in November 2010 was exaggerated. Public statements and decrees (...)
JAKARTA: Many scholars are pessimistic that Tunisia's Jasmine Revolution and the political transition in Egypt will successfully bring about democracy in these countries, and worry that there is a significant risk of Islamic political groups, some (...)
