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peaceful-Islam

Opinion 7 years ago

PREMIUM
Diaspora must promote peaceful Islam

Indonesian Muslims in the Netherlands and in Europe in general do not get their fair share of playing an important role in creating a discourse on Islam in the European context.

Opinion 7 years ago

PREMIUM
Idul Fitri is about virtue of mercy, compassion

The Prophet himself, as the Quran says, was sent as a “mercy for all creatures”— a statement that might sound cliché, but still many tend to forget what it actually means.

Editorial 7 years ago

Screening preachers

Vice President Jusuf Kalla, who chairs the Indonesian Mosque Council (DMI), said the nation needed at least 300,000 preachers for Friday prayers alone.

National 8 years ago

International Al Azhar conference promotes moderate Islam, tolerance

Some 400 participants attending the International Conference of Al Azhar Alumni at the Islamic Center in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), have discussed topics ranging from tolerance and a moderate Islam to contemporary preaching in the technological era.

City 8 years ago

NU to train 1,000 Jakarta preachers with peaceful Islam

Indonesia's largest Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) is composing a draft curriculum to train 1,000 preachers in Jakarta to spread peaceful Islamic teachings.

National 8 years ago

Religion should incorporate local cultures, not foreign: NU chairman

The country’s biggest Islamic organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), has said religion in the archipelago should incorporate local cultures.

World 9 years ago

Nobel laureate: Don't 'muddle up' terrorism with Islam

Nobel Peace Prize winner Wided Bouchamaoui urged people everywhere on Thursday not to "muddle up" terrorism with Islam.

National 9 years ago

Idul Fitri falls on Wednesday, government says

The government announced on Monday that the Muslim fasting month of Ramadhan will end on Tuesday, a decision that received the endorsement of all the major Islamic organisations in the country.

National 9 years ago

Peace more important than sharia: NU

Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Indonesia’s biggest Islamic organization, is of the opinion that making Indonesia a peaceful country with the world’s largest population of Muslims is more important than forcing it to adopt sharia (Islamic law), the organization’s leader has said.

Opinion 9 years ago

Fasting and the ethics of reciprocity to 'the other'

It means that in addition to the poor and needy, the group that Muslims should develop an empathy with are the marginalized, dispossed, persecuted people, not only of other religions but also fellow Muslims from different sects, such as Shiites and Ahmadis.

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