Indonesia
Ramadan kicks off in much of Asia, a day after most of the Middle East
By Niniek Karmini — March 12, 2024
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The government set the start of the holiday for Tuesday after teams from more than 100 regions failed to sight the new moon Sunday.
Muslims around the world consider climate during Ramadan
By Edna Tarigan and Mariam Fam — April 17, 2023
Looking after the environment, suggests the website of the Islamic Society of North America is 'based upon the premise that Islam has ordained us to be the stewards and protectors of this planet'.
Across vast Muslim world, LGBTQ people remain marginalized
By David Crary, Mariam Fam, and Edna Tarigan — December 6, 2022
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — LGBTQ people routinely are rejected by their families, denounced by Islamic authorities and limited to clandestine social lives.
Indonesian prosecutors seek life for Bali bombing suspect
By Niniek Karmini — January 5, 2022
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Police and prosecutors say Zulkarnaen is the former military commander of Jemaah Islamiyah, a Southeast Asian militant group with ties to al-Qaida.
Boat with 120 Rohingya refugees disembarks in Indonesia port
By Rahmat Mirza — December 30, 2021
LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia (AP) — A group of 120 Rohingya Muslims disembarked from a boat that had drifted for days off Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh and was towed by a navy ship into port, officials said Friday. The refugees’ wooden boat was reportedly leaking and had a damaged engine. Efforts to rescue its passengers, who […]
Indonesia to turn away boat with 120 Rohingya refugees
By Yayan Zamzami — December 29, 2021
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — The decision comes despite calls from the United Nations refugee agency to allow the passengers to disembark.
How the world’s biggest Islamic organization drives religious reform in Indonesia – and seeks to influence the Muslim world
By Ahmet T. Kuru — September 27, 2021
(The Conversation) — Nahdlatul Ulama is the world’s biggest Islamic organization, initiating a reform movement, which it is calling ‘Humanitarian Islam.’
Feds charge ex-priest with child sex crimes in East Timor
By Associated Press — August 31, 2021
(AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted a defrocked American priest on charges of having sex with minors while running a children’s shelter in a remote part of East Timor.
Indonesian Muslims mark grim Eid amid devastating virus wave
By Niniek Karmini — July 20, 2021
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia is now Asia's COVID-19 hot spot with the most confirmed daily cases. Infections and deaths have surged.
Muslims open Ramadan with social distanced prayers, vaccines
By Niniek Karmini — April 13, 2021
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — COVID-19 cases are spiking in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, but vaccines are being administered and the government is loosening restrictions.
Indonesian Muslims brace for somber Ramadan amid pandemic restrictions
By Ahmad Pathoni — April 22, 2020
DEPOK, Indonesia (RNS) — With more deaths from COVID-19 than any Asian country outside China, Indonesia’s Council of Ulema proclaimed a fatwa calling on Muslims not to gather at mosques for Friday prayers during Islam’s holiest time.
Muslims try to keep Ramadan spirit amid virus restrictions
By Samy Magdy and Lee Keath — April 21, 2020
BAHTIM, Egypt (AP) — As Ramadan begins later this week, Muslims around the world are trying to maintain the cherished rituals of Islam's holiest month without further spreading the outbreak.
New cardinals: The men are the message
By Thomas Reese — September 12, 2019
(RNS) — By making these men cardinals, the pope is handing them megaphones.
Indonesian Haul festival recalls pre-Islamic culture
By Alexandra Radu — July 29, 2019
WONOTIRTO, Indonesia (RNS) — In this small village in Central Java, the end of Ramadan is an auspicious time to honor one's ancestors in a festival called Haul. The celebration is a mix of Islam, Hindu and animist traditions.
A profitable ‘mismatch’ pairs strict Islamic islanders and partying Western tourists
By Alexandra Radu — May 16, 2019
(RNS) — On Gili Trawangan in Indonesia's Nusa Tenggara Barat Province, year-rounders accommodate the several thousand tourists that flood the island every day out of necessity, while sticking to their religious lifestyle.
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