Despite having the largest Muslim population in the world, Indonesia seldom troubles others and so draws little attention in the West. But last month's imprisonment of the governor of the capital, ...

In the world's largest Muslim country, where mosques made from recycled plastic and rice husks are being built, religion ...

Indonesia has the potential to become a leader in the global Islamic community, University professor of Indonesian society and culture Bernard Adeney-Risakotta said at an event Oct. 2 in the ...

Fossati designed a series of surveys to find out why the rise of political Islam after Indonesia’s democratic transition in 1998 has not destabilized the country’s politics. Patronage relations play a ...

(The Conversation) — After its return to power in Afghanistan, the Taliban are again imposing their religious ideology, with restrictions on women’s rights and other repressive measures. They are ...

On August 16, 1945, the day after Japan surrendered to the Allied Forces in World War II, a 21-member independence preparation committee finished debating Indonesia’s proposed new constitution in ...

Indonesia’s oldest and largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama, turned 100 years old this month. The main centennial celebration was held on Feb. 7 in East Java. Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), which means ...

Palembang, Indonesia — A court in Indonesia has convicted a woman of inciting religious hatred and sentenced her to two years in prison for saying a Muslim prayer and then eating pork — considered ...

They flocked to the open field by the hundreds to praise Allah. In a village in central Java, just a few miles from where Indonesian special forces shot dead an Islamic terrorist linked to the fatal ...

A 16-year-old schoolgirl became the first reported victim of an honor killing in Indonesia after admitting to her brothers that she was dating, confirming fears that a harsher brand of Islam is on the ...