Wearing a red hijab and all-encompassing gown, Sakdiyah Maruf cuts an unusual figure in a dark, smokey Jakarta bar as she reels off taboo-breaking jokes to laughter from a rapt audience. She is a rare character in Indonesia — a…
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Two suspected suicide bombers have blown themselves up at a busy bus terminal in Jakarta, killing themselves and three police officers. Five civilians and another five police officers were also injured in the attack, just after 9:00pm (local time) yesterday….
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They came in their thousands, children with their parents, teenagers and adults also in the mix, excited at the prospect of watching a former child star all grown up with grand designs on pop superstardom. It would not have crossed…
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Kemusykilan Rakyat Hukum Membuat Dapur Kubur dan Tanya MUIS Soalan Baru2 ini ada satu keluarga yg kematian ibunya, sebahgian adik beradik mahukan agar kubur ibunya itu dibina dapur seperti yg dilakukan ke atas kebanyakkan kubur2 yg berada di tanah perkuburan…
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JOMBANG, East Java, Indonesia: The world’s largest Muslim youth organisation Gerakan Pemuda Ansor (GP Ansor) – the youth wing of Indonesia’s largest Muslim organisation Nadlatul Ulama (NU) – on Monday (May 22) called for a re-examination of Islamic text to…
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