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Indonesia passes law to relocate capital to remote Borneo
Reuters, Published on 18/01/2022
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's parliament has approved a bill to relocate the nation's capital from Jakarta to a jungled area of Kalimantan on Borneo island, the planning minister said on Tuesday.
6 suspected supporters of Indonesian cleric killed in clash
Reuters, Published on 07/12/2020
» JAKARTA: Six suspected supporters of hardline Indonesian Islamic cleric Rizieq Shihab were killed in a clash with police on Monday, Jakarta police chief Fadil Imran told reporters.
Indonesia frees Christian politician jailed for blasphemy
Reuters, Published on 24/01/2019
» DEPOK, Indonesia: The popular former governor of Jakarta was released from jail on Thursday after serving a reduced two-year sentence for blasphemy against Islam, a case that exposed deep religious divides in the world's largest Muslim-majority country.
Islamists hold huge rally in Jakarta
Reuters, Published on 03/12/2018
» JAKARTA: Tens of thousands of Indonesian Muslims held a rally in Jakarta on Sunday led by hard-line groups who had agitated to remove the city's Christian governor, underscoring the growing influence of Islamist groups ahead of elections in 2019.
Plastic surgery scandal scars Indonesian politics
Reuters, Published on 10/10/2018
» JAKARTA: Hardline Islamists protested in Indonesia's capital on Wednesday over the investigation of an opposition activist who claimed that bruising on her face was caused by a politically motivated assault but later admitted that it was due to cosmetic surgery.
'Red Scare' puts pressure on Indonesian president
Reuters, Published on 27/09/2017
» JAKARTA: Indonesian police will deploy as many as 30,000 personnel to guard an anti-communist rally on Friday, as the country’s military chief and Islamist groups stoke fears of a hard left revival in the world’s most populous Muslim nation.
Indonesia president: I'll tackle extremism, wealth inequality
Reuters, Published on 16/08/2017
» JAKARTA -- Indonesia's president said on Wednesday that the world's most populous Muslim-majority country needed to pull together to meet the threat of extremism and safeguard a constitution that enshrines religious freedom and diversity.
Indonesia names Islamist leader in porn case
Reuters, Published on 29/05/2017
» JAKARTA -- Indonesian police on Monday named an Islamist leader as a suspect in the exchange of pornographic messages and photos, a new legal threat to a cleric who helped organise mass Muslim rallies against Jakarta's former Christian governor.
A Bible and a cell for Jakarta governor
Reuters, Published on 11/05/2017
» JAKARTA -- Jakarta's once hugely popular governor is being held in a simple room at a high-security detention centre, his only comforts a Bible and visitors twice a week. It's a grim new life following his conviction for insulting Islam in Muslim-majority Indonesia.
Protests in Jakarta after blasphemy verdict
Reuters, Published on 10/05/2017
» JAKARTA - Hundreds of supporters of Jakarta's Christian governor sang patriotic songs outside the Indonesian capital's City Hall on Wednesday to protest his imprisonment for blasphemy after a trial that drew concerns over rising religious intolerance.