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Art & Culture 4 years ago

Iraq's Jewish community dwindles to fewer than five

At the Habibiya Jewish cemetery in the capital Baghdad, wedged between the Martyr Monument erected by ex-dictator Saddam Hussein and the restive Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, an aged Muslim man still tends to the graves, but visitors are rare.

City 5 years ago

Police lambasted for targeting LGBT community in raid in Jakarta

Civil society groups argue that the police violated the suspects' right to a fair trial during the raid and the investigation.

National 5 years ago

Woman harassed by vigilantes for alleged theft in Aceh

Some of the men forcibly removed her hijab, while others held her arms down and cut her hair with a kitchen knife. The woman was crying.

National 6 years ago

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Officials halt reconstruction of vandalized Ahmadiyah mosque

Followers of Ahmadiyah have long been persecuted in the country, with the government issuing a joint ministerial decree banning the group’s religious activities in 2008. The decree referred to a 2005 Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) fatwa that declared the teachings of Ahmadiyah heretical.