The largest Islamic democracy in the world is Indonesia. It works partly because of the secular doctrine of Pancasila, but there are periodic pressures around blasphemy laws, locally inspired sharia ...

The Hajj Village can create exclusivity risks as it can grant special priviledges to Indonesian Muslims, MUI warns.

The Bondi Beach shooters visited the Philippines to get military-style training from Islamic terrorists, suspect Australian investigators. But how did Islamic terror hubs emerge in the Philippines, a ...

In 2024, Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) quietly disbanded. This news drew far less public attention than when the terrorist organisation was in the international spotlight following the 2002 Bali bombings.

Recently, on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Roquiah Sakhawat Hossein, popularly called Begum Rokeya, a university teacher of physics—one of the most advanced and vital subjects of modern ...

The premier shared that the two countries had reached an agreement to send Pakistani doctors, dentists, medical professors and experts to Indonesia, which he said was establishing a “a large number” ...

Indonesia - a vast archipelago comprising more than 17,000 islands - contains a population numbering around 255 million people; a number that makes Indonesia the fourth most populous country in the ...

An increasing number of Indonesian imams are calling on the faithful to protect nature and save the world. This new movement preaching environmentalism originates in one of the largest mosques in the ...

Indonesia is a secular country in the sense that its political policies are not necessarily derived from religious teachings and that it does not have a single state religion. Religion, however, does ...

Rabat – A new report by Pew Research Center has identified the US and Kenya as the two countries that have recorded the majority of conversions to Islam. The center assessed religious switching into ...

Each year during Ramadan in Indonesia, the communal breaking of the fast serves not only as a religious observance but also as a platform for diplomatic engagement. As in previous years, during this ...