Niniek Karmini

Niniek Karmini is an author at Religion News Service.

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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.

Governor convicted of blasphemy freed from Indonesian prison

By Niniek Karmini — January 24, 2019
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A polarizing Christian politician whose campaign comments ignited the largest protests in years in Muslim-majority Indonesia was freed Thursday after serving nearly two years in prison for blasphemy.
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