How memes promote interfaith, multiculturalism and nationalism Authors: Ambar Sari Dewi, A.S., & Sujibto B.J. Memes have become an important medium for expressing multiple intentions on the internet. Social media has advanced increasingly, making memes a contestation zone, an active hook for delivering information, and an expression of counterradicalism. Memes are a very effective way […]
Women’s Thoughts, Agency and Movements Inspired by scriptures This antology of narratives by religious activists promoting the unification of feminism and religion, is a product of collaboration between the Netherlands-Indonesia Consortium for Muslim-Christian Relations (NICMCR) Gender Working Group with the Gender Studies Study Program and Gender Research Center of the University of Indonesia (PRG SKSG-UI). […]
De Zoon van de Gazelle Anak Rusa Mencari Tuhan is a contemporary retelling of a famous story (Hayy Ibn Yaqzan) from twelfth-century-Spain (Al-Andalus), the heyday of Arab-Islamic civilization. The book tells of a boy who grows up on a deserted island and is raised by a gazelle. Not knowing how he got there he sets […]
The journey of interconnectedness and interdependence in different religious landscapes Given the historical ties between Indonesia and the Netherlands, young people in the Netherlands should have the opportunity to learn more about its former colony, Indonesia, its people, culture and religious landscape. That was the reason why the Netherlands-Indonesia Consortium for Muslim-Christian Relations (NICMCR) decided […]
Indonesian immigrants’ discourse on religion and modernity in the Netherlands Maria Inggrid Nabubhoga In the Dutch debate on religion in the public arena, Indonesian immigrants tend to be neglected, as the debate tends to concentrate on Muslim immigrants, particularly from Morocco and Turkey. This study examines the discourse of Indonesian immigrants about religion and modernity […]
