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Tolikara: Majority-minority ties and its Discontent
(The Jakarta Post, 2015-07-25)
Most Indonesians were shocked by the incident in Tolikara, Papua, when Muslims who held an Idul Fitri prayer service in a local mosque were disrupted by a violent Christian mob affiliated with the Evangelical Church of ...
Indonesia doesn't Need to Further Blasphemy Law
(The Jakarta Post, 2015-01-16)
The act of blasphemy and its impact on human rights is a worldwide phenomenon. The debate on whether blasphemy laws should be retained, reformed or abolished has been raised by many human rights advocates, as blasphemy ...
Rohingya: The Problem of Minority Groups
(The Jakarta Post, 2015-05-27)
The Rohingya have long experienced state-sanctioned discrimination. Recently, they have been persecuted as a result of the influence of hate speeches by Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu.
Challenging and Asserting Human Rights
(The Jakarta Post, 2015-12-11)
Human rights regimes argue that the protection of the rights of individuals is one of the significant elements of a democratic state. It is because of this that liberalism promotes the equality of non-mainstream groups of ...
NU Must Deal with Members' Persecution of Minorities
(The Jakarta Post, 2015-08-05)
Since a few months ago, Islam Nusantara or Islam of the Indonesian archipelago, which is the theme of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) congress this year, has stirred controversy. Even though some NU leaders have stated that the ...
The Paradox of Religious (in)tolerance in Indonesia
(The Jakarta Post, 2015-10-16)
Indonesia has once again witnessed religious violence, this time a clash between a majority group and a minority. The violence occurred in Aceh Singkil, and resulted in the destruction of a church, one man dead and others ...
Questioning a Theistic, Secular Pancasila to Protect Religions
(The Jakarta Post, 2015-06-01)
Since its introduction to Indonesian polity 70 years ago today, Pancasila has faced challenges ,particularly in equally protecting all religions in Indonesia as enshrined in its first principle, Belief in One Supreme God.