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View all search resultsThe sexual violence bill (RUU PKS) has been criticized for being proadultery. That’s what Maimon Herawati, Farah Qoonita and Zahra Maulidinah, three conservative Muslim women who set up petitions against the RUU PKS, claim. They assert that the bill makes it possible for sexual behaviors forbidden by religion (Islam) — casual sex, lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgender sex, etc., to be accommodated.
Neil Bantleman and Indonesian teaching assistant Ferdinand Tjiong were convicted in 2014 on charges of abusing kindergarten students at the Jakarta Intercultural School, where the children of many expatriates, diplomats and wealthy Indonesians are enrolled.
The chairman of Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), Maruf Amin, has called on President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to grant clemency or a sentence reduction to radical cleric and terrorist convict Abu Bakar Baasyir due to his failing health.
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