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Muslims should not have been startled by Nahdlatul Ulama’s (NU) recent call for an end to addressing non-Muslims as kafir (infidel). This opinion, arising from NU’s latest national conference in West Java, is not unprecedented. Although some may see it as trivial, it is significantly important within the religious state of affairs in today’s Indonesia. (English)
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Unlike many other terrorists, the Australian-born gunman in Christchurch attack was proud that what he did was an act of terror. He believed Muslim immigrants and their high birthrate will soon make European civilization collapse. “It’s white genocide,” he said. This article is an Indonesian reflection on his manifesto. (Indonesian)
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Indonesia’s post-reformation era has witnessed Islamists’ efforts to appropriate Pancasila. They claim that Pancasila serves their aspirations more than the secular parties. In response, progressives have tried to make a counter-narrative. Yet this narrative is not adequate as one needs to examine the conditions that have enabled (and constrained) this contestation of Pancasila’s reinterpretation. (English)
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Among the parties that are participating in Indonesia’s 2019 elections, there have been none more overt on capitalizing on people’s nostalgia for the New Orde era than the newly formed Berkarya Party. Led by Soeharto’s youngest son, Tommy Soeharto, and by Prabowo’s former wife, Titiek Soeharto, the party has now joined in an alliance with the Islamic Defenders Front. (English)
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Why did hate spin in the case of Guan Yu Chinese deity statue in Tuban, East Java, not lead to anti-Chinese mobilization as it did in Tanjungbalai, North Sumatera? What are the cultural and religious backgrounds in Tuban that has made its society more immune to sectarian propaganda? A Wednesday Forum talk by Dr Evi Sutrisno provided an answer to these questions. (Indonesian)
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Chinese New Year (Imlek) has been named a national holiday and celebrated across Indonesia’s cities since the forth president Abdurrahman Wahid annulled the New Order’s policy that restricted Chinese cultural expression in public. An Imlek celebration was held for a week under the name Pekan Budaya Tionghoa (PBT), in Yogyakarta, and a CRCS student took photos of this event. (Indonesian)
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CRCS provides tuition-free scholarship for applicants for the 2019/2020 academic year, with preference for students who graduated from non-Islamic colleges/universities. The admission process will start in late April. Students accepted for these scholarships will help CRCS’ research and public education activities.
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