The Jakarta Post
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search results
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search resultsreligious-affairs-minister
Politics 5 months ago
PREMIUM
Ethics probe urged on KPK after Yaqut’s house arrest
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leadership has been reported to the antigraft body’s supervisory council over allegations of ethics violations for granting graft suspect Yaqut Cholil Qoumas’ request for a transfer to a house arrest for the Idul Fitri holiday.
Politics 6 months ago
PREMIUM
Former minister Yaqut arrested after court rejects pretrial motion
The antigraft body named Yaqut and his former special staffer Ishfah Abidal Aziz graft suspects on Jan. 8. They are accused of enriching themselves and other parties through mismanagement of an additional haj quota for the 2024 haj season.
Politics 6 months ago
PREMIUM
KPK scrutinizes religious affairs minister’s use of private jet owned by Hanura chair
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is looking into reports that Religious Affairs Minister Nasaruddin Umar had accepted an improper benefit after traveling on a private jet owned by businessman and politician Oesman Sapta Odang.
Opinion 6 months ago
PREMIUM
Analysis: How Prabowo controls criticism in Indonesia’s democracy
On many occasions, President Prabowo Subianto has publicly stated that he welcomes criticism of his administration, emphasizing that governments require critical feedback, even when it is uncomfortable. Yet the situation on the ground suggests a paradoxical reality: criticism may be welcomed in rhetoric, but its public expression appears increasingly constrained.
Opinion 7 months ago
PREMIUM
Analysis: Yaqut 10th member of Jokowi cabinet to face graft charges
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named former religious affairs minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas a suspect in connection with alleged graft in the administration of the haj pilgrimage in 2024.
Politics 8 months ago
PREMIUM
Former minister Yaqut named suspect in haj quota graft scandal
Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators have questioned former religious affairs minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas three times since kicking off in June 2025 an investigation into alleged graft pertaining to the 2024 haj quota allocation.
Archipelago 10 months ago
PREMIUM
Another fatal building collapse raises alarm over ‘pesantren’ safety standards
Last month, on Sept. 29, a three-story building at Al Khoziny School in Sidoarjo regency, also in East Java, collapsed while dozens of students were performing asar (afternoon prayers), killing 63 and injuring many others.
Archipelago 10 months ago
PREMIUM
Minister Nasaruddin downplays sexual abuse cases in ‘pesantren’
The Religious Affairs Ministry claimed to having issued several regulations to prevent sexual violence cases from taking place in Islamic boarding schools as part of improvements to preventing such abuses from taking place.
Society 1 year ago
PREMIUM
Religious Affairs Ministry vows crackdown on intolerance
The Religious Affairs Ministry has pledged to act firmly in addressing recurring incidents of violent intolerance in Indonesia by involving the police and the intelligence agency, while rights groups push for inclusive, grassroots-based solutions.
Editor's Picks
Popular
- Much ado about asset forfeiture
- Mass poisonings cast doubt on free meals reforms
- New data rules could unlock cross-border data flows
- Children are no longer the priority, were they ever?
- Three more volcanoes erupt following Sinabung, Anak Krakatau
- Indonesia, Hong Kong to host new 14-team FIFA ASEAN Cup
- Rescuers searching for 140 people from passenger ship in Java Sea
- Haze drives surge in respiratory illnesses in Indonesia
- Trump says he would be OK with China building cars in US
- Assessing the merit of the strategic commodities bill
