Posts tagged Indonesian Muslims
Photo Essay: Journey Into The Spirituality Of Indonesia’s Bonokeling Community

(PHOTO ESSAY) The community walks as part of a procession connected to the Perlon Unggahan traditional ceremony of welcoming the holy month of Ramadan in Banyumas in Central Java. This ritual — carried out to remember and pray for their ancestors — typically includes hundreds of people from different villages who travel to the Bonokeling cemetery complex.

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Indonesia’s Religious Affairs Minister Promotes Harmony Among the Children of Abraham

(OPINION) Indonesia’s Ministry of Religious Affairs wants to model a way of being a faithful and zealous Muslim that is consistent with Indonesia’s tradition of tolerance and pluralism. Their work is especially important at a time when Indonesia is experiencing a rise in religious extremism and intolerance.

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In photos: Indonesian Muslims Celebrate Eid al-Adha During COVID-19, Donating Meat To Needy

Usually during Eid, sales of livestock for animal sacrifices surge in Indonesia, but this year the sales are about half of last year’s for local cattle sellers, indicating a tough and uncertain economic climate. Prayers were held outdoors at Jakarta’s largest mosque, observing COVID-19 safety measures like temperature checks and socially-distanced prayer rugs.

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This Indonesian Muslim group is keeping millions safe during COVID-19

(OPINION) With approximately 30 million members, Muhammadiyah is Indonesia’s and the world’s largest modernist Muslim organization. While the Indonesian government has been slow to respond to COVID-19, Muhammadiyah has drawn on the Prophet Muhammad’s teachings and the Quran to advise Muslims to stay home during Ramadan celebrations, including ritual obligations some may see as essential to their faith.

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The Muslim 'Amish' environmentalists of Indonesia

(TRAVEL) A village once burned down by radical Islamists is maintaining its culture by following Islam as well as their pre-Islamic ancestral traditions, including living mostly without electricity, building from wood and bamboo and living 430 steps below access to a main road.

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Indonesian presidential candidates duel over who’s a better Muslim

(NEWS ANALYSIS) The country’s incumbent president Jokowi, seen as a liberal “metalhead of state”, chose conservative Muslim cleric Ma’ruf Amin as his running mate to win votes from an increasingly conservative Indonesia. Meanwhile, Jokowi’s challenger Subianto has been wooing radical Islamist groups.

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Muslim leader Yahya Cholil Staquf: Need to address 'problematic elements of Islamic orthodoxy' after Christchurch attack

There has been little real learning from the New Zealand mosque attack that could shape what we do in the future. However, on Mar. 24, there was a remarkable article in the U.K.’s Daily Telegraph that suggests at least one way forward.

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