The following stories are tagged with the term/s or name/s ‘Religion’.
Ridwan Saidi says people migrating to Jakarta are often too narrow in their cultural perspective.
The World Peace Forum in Jakarta finds out the causes of terrorism and violence in the world.
Maftuh Basyuni on irreligious television watching young Indonesians, and the building of SE Asia’s biggest Quran learning institute.
The Islamic Sharia Banking Act nears completion, and opposition to it from Christian legislators.
Rima says religion and religiosity are to blame for much of Indonesia’s troubles.
Sadanand Dhume’s My Friend the Fanatic - Travels with an Indonesian Islamist.
Frozen Assets - good citizens in suspended animation.
A church is burned down in Purwakarta, West Java.
Singer Dewi Sandra reassures her fans that she has not changed her religion again.
Confusion reigns as to whether Bali gubernatorial candidate I Gede Winasa is Muslim or Hindu, or both.
People in West Java are flocking to the shopping mall churches to pray.
The Indonesian government creates distractions and the media willingly participate, to hide the real problems of Indonesia.
Islamic & Western Civilization, and Muslims and Christians, have much in common.
A plea to defend Jamaah Ahmadiyah against a modern day witch hunt.
A formal ban on Ahmadiyah gets closer.
Why people should have compassion, and its relation to theology and religion.
The film Ketika Cinta Bertasbih and not hurting the feelings of religious minorities.
The Battle of the Movies, Ayat-Ayat Cinta and Fitna, which gives a better picture of Islam?
Religion, culture and conversion in Nusa Tenggara.
Government efforts to regulate the internet and block access to websites thought inappropriate.
Easter celebrations in Indonesia, a service in Bogor is broken up, mayhem in Atambua.
Pressure on the government to enact special laws against religious cults, blasphemy trials in Jambi, and United Nations interest.
The Islamic romance film and novel Ayat Ayat Cinta by Habiburrahman El-Shirazy.
The gathering storm over Geert Wilders anti-Islam film Fitna.
Foreign efforts to eradicate female genital mutilation.
Tempo magazine and its Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper fake.
Media self censorship in Indonesia, a self-censored media.
What if there had been a communist victory in 1965.
Janma interviews Indonesia Matters.
The Ahmadiyya sect acknowledges Muhammad as the last prophet, and Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as simply a teacher.
Indonesia is undergoing soft Islamization.
Whether to ban Islamic sects like Ahmadiyah.
Selamat Natal, or Merry Christmas, in Indonesia.
Religious fanaticism, Hitler, and monkeys.
Attempts to have local religions in Kalimantan, such as Kaharingan, recognised by the government.
The MUI, Clerics’ Council, Majelis Ulama Indonesia.
Questions about the youth of today in Indonesia and their sense of nationalism and purpose.
Whether cigarette smoking is a sin in Islam.
The validity or otherwise of different Muslim beliefs.
Mainstream Islam groups Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama clash in Banyuwangi.
A mufti council and grand Mufti for Indonesia.
Muslims and Christians get along just fine in North Sulawesi.
Semi theocracy in Bogor and Padang, as the Al-Qiyadah Al-Islamiyah sect is banned.
Laws that discriminate against Indonesian women.
Islamic law hinders reconstruction in Aceh.
Rhoma Irama advises Indonesian Muslims to stop fighting each other.
An fundamentalist Muslim mosque is attacked in Jember.
The Wahidiyah movement is attacked in Tasikmalaya.
The Batam airwaves are often a mix of foreign and religious content.
Islamic law does not harm tourism in Aceh.
Muslim-Christian live-in programs in Indonesia.
Pornography and indecency in Indonesia causes rape and lifetime misery.
Four ways you can possibly get around the law against mixed-religion marriages.
Golkar’s religious roadshow, led by Priyo Budi Santoso.
Centrist political leaders, young and old, criticise religion based laws.
Sharia can be applied without making Indonesia an Islamic state.
Secularism is not to be feared by Muslims.
Sexy dangdut dancing and singing in Cianjur for independence day.
Hizb ut-Tahrir’s caliphate conference in Jakarta.
Pantheism survives on Java, although it sometimes needs police protection.
Sharia as a set of personal holy obligations, or as a state-enforced system.
Nahdlatul Ulama continues to feel under threat, from transnational Islam and politicians.
Islam has no relationship to terrorism.
The government reaches out to heretics.
Christian evangelizing efforts to Muslims in Aceh.
Sharia, caning, and violations of human rights.
People are anti-social and individualist, allowing terrorists to hide easily.
Salman Rushdie’s knighthood has some Indonesian Muslims upset.
Women university students in tight clothing.
An environmentalist fatwa from the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI).
Heresy in Banten usually occurs in dark rooms.
Illegal churches in Bekasi are urged to get their paperwork in order.
Competing views about the current strength of hardline Islam in Indonesia.
Book censorship of Indonesian books in Malaysia.
Young men and women are still fraternizing freely in Aceh.
Sunday school lessons in Bandung are stopped and the pastor beaten.
The national ideology of the state, Islamic or Pancasila, is still a festering issue for some.
Islamic preachers are increasingly teaching hardline, militant Islam.