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View all search resultsThousands of believers of the native Malesung faith in Monahasa, North Sulawesi, cherish that the government is now officially recognizing their traditional religion, thanks to a judicial review by the Constitutional Court in 2017 that ruled for a lawsuit challenging the 2003 Civil Administration Law.
Around three million indigenous people in areas across Indonesia may not be able to participate in the 2018 regional elections and 2019 legislative and presidential elections because they do not have e-ID cards, an alliance said on Thursday.
Following its strong rejection of a Constitutional Court ruling that grants the acknowledgment of native faiths, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has issued a recommendation suggesting the government issue special ID cards for native faith followers.
The Constitutional Court granted a judicial review request on Tuesday to challenge the 2013 Civil Administration Law that will pave way for Indonesian native-faith followers to have their beliefs officially recognized by the government.
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