On May 9th, the North Jakarta District Court ruled a verdict of 2 years imprisonment against ex-governor of Jakarta Basuki Tjahaya Purnama or Ahok. This ruling also brought a wave of reactions in the Netherlands. Many started to doubt the state of religious tolerance in Indonesia, now that it seems that even judges bow to […]
Campus UGM, Yogyakarta The Gadjah Mada University (UGM) in Yogyakarta, Central Java, has committed itself to be a Pancasila-campus by taking concrete action of clearing the campus mosque from radical activities and the Caliphate ideology. This was announced by UGM’s new rector, Prof. Panut Mulyono,during a gathering (silaturahmi) with the press […]
The Multicultural Society is no drama or illusion The Netherlands has been engaged in a multiculturalism debate since many years. Studies have principally centred on communication between native-born Dutch people and migrants, until now. This research, conducted by Jennifer Vos, focuses on the interactions between Muslim and Christian migrants from the former Dutch colonies of […]
by: Theodora van Boven In 2016, I’ve had the opportunity to contribute to the NICMCR-conference about Religious Education for Tolerance (Ambon, August 2016) by mapping the status quo of religious education in public and religiously-affiliated secondary schools in both counties. The aim of this study was to provide insights in possibilities and different ways to […]
VU University, Amsterdam, 27-20 March 2017 by: Corrie van der Ven From 27 until 29 March 2017 the Special Branch of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) for the Netherlands organized “The 1st Biennial International Conference on Moderate Islam in Indonesia. Rethinking Indonesia’s ‘Islam Nusantara’: From Local Relevance to Global Significance.” Consortium representatives Ruard Ganzevoort, Karel Steenbrink, Yaser […]
