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View all search resultsRadicalism prevention and terrorist deradicalization are key issues the country needs to focus on, particularly amid rapid advancements in communications and information technology, the chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Indonesia's largest Islamic organization, has said.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said that the government appreciates the role of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) as Indonesia’s biggest Islamic organization in promoting harmony among the country’s diverse religious and cultural groups.
Eighteen major national issues will be discussed at the national meeting (Munas) and major conference (Konbes) of Indonesia’s biggest Islamic organization, Nahdlatul Ulama, in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), from Thursday to Saturday.
The two largest Islamic organizations in Indonesia, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah, have welcomed a recent Constitutional Court ruling that grants native-faith followers the right to state their beliefs on their ID cards.
With the humanitarian crisis of the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar unabated, Indonesian interfaith figures have called on the government to take stronger action against Yangon for its failure to address the persecution against its minority group.
At a time when anyone with an internet connection can turn into a “religious expert” overnight and start quoting Quranic verses and the Prophet’s sayings just to declare people as heretics or apostates, two senior Muslim clerics have simple advice to offer: You cannot and should never claim a monopoly on religious truth.
The Surakarta branch of the mass Islamic organization, Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), claims it does not take the government’s move to ban the group seriously, saying it is no more than just talk. Moreover, it says the HTI is a legal organization that has been registered at the Law and Human Rights Ministry.
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