Freedom of Religion & Worship

May 2025

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – May 26, 2025

Jakarta – Research by the Setara Institute for Peace and Democracy has concluded that the state of freedom of religion and belief (KBB) in 2024 showed signs of regression or setbacks at the end of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo' administration and the begin

January 2025

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Tempo – January 4, 2025

M. Raihan Muzzaki, Amirullah, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid says the ruling by the Constitutional Court (MK) requiring Indonesian people to have a religion is a digression.

December 2024

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – December 12, 2024

Jakarta – Indonesian Human Rights Watch (Imparsial) says that the number of violations against freedom of religion in Indonesia has declined over the last four years.

September 2024

News/Indonesia
Liputan 6 – September 3, 2024

Winda Nelfira, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia hopes that Pope Francis' visit to Indonesia on September 3-7 can be used as a momentum to urge the Indonesian government to resolve past gross human rights violations.

August 2024

News/Indonesia
CNN Inonesia – August 10, 2024

Jakarta – The Setara Institute for Peace and Democracy supports the removal of a recommendation from the Forum for Religious Harmony (FKUB) in order to establish a house of worship in Indonesia.

June 2024

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – June 23, 2024

Jakarta – The Setara Institute for Peace and Democracy recorded 217 incidents involving 329 acts violating freedom of religion and belief (KBB) throughout 2023. This figure is a significant increase compared with the previous year which stood at 175 incidents with 333 violations.

August 2023

News/Indonesia
Tempo.co – August 2, 2023

Eka Yudha Saputra, Adelia Stevina, Jakarta – The National Police Criminal Investigations Directorate (Bareskrim Polri) for General Crimes has officially declared the founder of the Al Zaytun Islamic boarding school (pesantren) Panji Gumilang as a suspect on charges of

July 2023

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – July 4, 2023

Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition is urging the national police criminal investigations directorate (Bareskrim) to halt the investigation into the head of the Al Zaytun Islamic boarding school (Ponpes), Panji Gumilang, for alleged

June 2023

News/Indonesia
Detik News – June 22, 2023

Jakarta – Indonesia's top Islamic body the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) has issued fatwa (edict) Number 38/2023 on laws concerning women being mosque preachers (khatib) in the context of Friday prayers (salat Jumat).

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – June 7, 2023

Jakarta – The chairperson of Indonesia's peak Islamic body the Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI), Utang Ranuwijaya, says that Ministry of Religious Affairs and Ministry of Home Affairs Joint Regulation (PBM) Number 9 and 8 of 2006 on the Establishment of