Posted on May 29, 2008 by pormadi
Indonesia’s fragile diversity
The bloody sectarian conflict in Maluku first erupted in 1999 [EPA]
Parts of Indonesia descended into religious violence right after Suharto’s fall.
Ten years on, the country is now enjoying a relative religious harmony but frictions remain in some pockets.
In fact, the International Crisis Group says communal tensions represent the biggest danger to peace in Indonesia [...]
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Posted on May 28, 2008 by pormadi
28/05/2008 03h37
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Americans are becoming increasingly worried about the struggling US economy as home sales remain stuck in a rut and as red hot oil prices stoke inflation fears, a flurry of reports showed on Tuesday.
The world’s largest economy has grown at a sluggish 0.6 percent pace, on an annualized basis, during the [...]
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Posted on May 10, 2008 by pormadi
Mohamad Abdun Nasir , Jakarta | Sat, 05/10/2008 10:34 AM | Opinion
This newspaper ran an article by Muhammad Ismail Yusanto, a spokesperson of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), about sharia and the caliphate (April 23), as a reaction to an article written by Bramanto that appeared several days before. Such a discourse is very healthy. [...]
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Posted on May 9, 2008 by pormadi
Have we ever asked ourselves why we must go to school? We will probably say that go to school to learn languages, mathematics, geography, religion and many other subjects. That answer is quite correct. However, why do we have to learn those subjects? And do we only study those things at school?
When we study the [...]
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Posted on May 9, 2008 by pormadi
Matias Sinaga , Surabaya | Fri, 05/09/2008 9:38 AM | Opinion
Numerous articles promoting Islam as a tolerant, non-violent and peace-loving religion have decorated the pages of magazines, tabloids and newspapers, both locally and across the globe, since the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center, an attack that has religion as its [...]
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