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 […]
Wednesday Forum, 1 March 2017, Yogyakarta In this weekly Forum, held jointly by CRCS and ICRS, guest speakers, professors and students present their ideas about a variety of topics in religion and culture. On 1 March, Maria Inggrid Nabubhoga, who is at present doing research in the course of the project ‘Indonesian Mirrors’, spoke at […]
Workshop for campus journalists, organized by SEJUK The digital revolution is not just a blessing for nowadays democracy, but it also poses challenges and threats. Movements of anti-democracy and trespassing human rights as reflected by, for instance, the increasing indulgence of Islamophobia and hatred against immigrants in Europe, could expand and become epidemic through social […]
JAII members express their concern about the present situation in Indonesia. The diversity of religions, beliefs, customs, traditions and cultures that co-existed in this archipelago for thousands of years, is currently challenged, as identity issues are played off through the interests of power pragmatism. Press Release JAII – bhs. Indonesia Press Release JAII – English […]
