Religion

Reclaiming Jakarta with the Forum Betawi Rempug

An interview with Sana Jaffrey

Jakarta’s urban poor see Habib Rizieq Shihab as a homegrown symbol of resistance and rebelliousness in the midst of their own marginisation 

In an election year, a reunion of the 212 Movement reflects a changing political landscape for urban Islam, but is there also a changing of the guard?

In the month before the fasting period, Javanese Muslims perform a diversity of sacred rituals

Does religious environmentalism have a future in Indonesia?

A controversial regulation governing the call to prayer sparks a campaign aimed at taking down the Religious Affairs Minister

Practices such as Imlek masses are a welcome example of tolerance and plurality

Religious belief and sexual identity collide often for an atheist meeting up with gay Muslims

The pandemic is posing unprecedented challenges for Muslims this fasting month of Ramadan

There is no singular understanding of moral piety for queer Muslims 

LGBT activists are working with religious allies and others to promote faith-based tolerance

Kesalehan moral tidak dipahami secara tunggal di kalangan Muslim queer

Yogyakarta’s Dawn Prayer Bikers are converting an outlaw tradition into a prayer ritual

Mudik forms a bogus redemption for many precarious workers amid a lack of decent jobs in both rural and urban areas

Premarital sex must be acknowledged as unavoidable, to end a vicious cycle of lost potential

The historically hardline defenders of Islam plan to enter the political mainstream by softening their rhetoric and abandoning hate speech