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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JAKARTA • Indonesian police have detained 141 men who were allegedly holding a gay party at a sauna, an official said yesterday, the latest sign of a backlash against homosexuals in the Muslim-majority country. Officers had on Sunday night raided…
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JAKARTA: Singapore’s Immigration & Checkpoints Authority on Tuesday deported an Indonesian man and woman who allegedly had plans to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Both were deported to Batam. The man, identified…
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – As the world battles a spike in assaults and plots by Islamist militants, Indonesia’s anti-terrorism unit is drawing praise for stemming a wave of bloody attacks in the sprawling Muslim-majority nation. Indonesia has foiled at least 15…
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JAKARTA — Indonesian militants supporting Islamic State (IS) planned to attack a police post on New Year’s eve with machetes and knives, the authorities said on Monday, as the country’s elite anti-terror squad foiled yet another attack. The latest incident…
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