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29 Okt Kekerasan Bisa Dihindari
JAKARTA, KOMPAS – Kekerasan di Indonesia bisa dihindari meskipun konflik kerap kali terjadi. Hal tersebut tak hanya bisa diwujudkan lewat peran negara, tetapi juga komitmen bersama masyarakat dengan mengedepankan identitas kesatuan. Buku Konflik dan Perdamaian Etnis di Indonesia karya Samsu Rizal Panggabean (alm) diluncurkan dan didiskusikan...
25 Okt Countering Radicalization with Local Wisdom
The Jakarta Post | Opinion | Fri, October 25 2013, 11:45 AM Hanging above a small street connecting two kampongs, around 12 kilometers from Bukittinggi, a banner — colored in black, yellow and white — says “Anda memasuki kawasan wajib berperilaku Islami” (You are entering an...
21 Okt Between Spirituality and Steel
“Seawater evaporates and makes up the clouds. As it evaporates it becomes fresh. That’s why it is worthier for you to perform pilgrimage on foot than riding a horse, worthier riding a horse than riding in a car, worthier riding in a car than by...
16 Okt Religiosity and The Festivity of Blood
A row of women, mostly above 30-years-old, enthusiastically joined a circle of spectators around the slaughtering spot. They wore slippers and most of them had sarongs as their long-skirts. Some of them had contributed to buying cattle for the offerings. The commotion of people chatting suddenly...
04 Okt Education That Builds Tolerant Minds
Around 50 people sat on the carpet in the school hall and listened to the lecture on how to achieve higher spirituality through understanding Sufism. They were university lecturers, school teachers and around forty junior and senior high school students. That Saturday night, they learned together...
21 Jun Hell and Religious Learning
Jakarta Post | Fri, June 21 2013 | Paper Edition | Page: 6 One night, when we were about to sleep, my 5-year-old daughter said, “Daddy, I want to wake up early and perform dawn prayer (subuh) with you tomorrow morning.” Spontaneously, I asked, “Why?” She quickly answered and it...
05 Apr ‘Ruko’ Churches and the Issue of Islamization
Jakarta Post | Fri, April 05 2013 | Paper Edition Page: 7 Not more than one 200 meters from our house, there are more than two ruko (shop houses) that for as long as I can remember have been used as places of worship every Sunday. During...
26 Nov Policing Vigilantism againts Religious Minorities in Indonesia
Paper presented at Conference on "Pluralism vs Intolerance," Centre for Democratic Institutions, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, November 26, 2012. (Please, do not to be cited without permission) Human rights institutes in Indonesia report an increase of incidents of sectarian and interreligious conflict in Indonesia. These include...
30 Sep Where is The Voice?
A popular quote says 'silence is golden'. However, this quote is never a single truth. Silence oftentimes could backfire as with the case of violence. By being silent, violence could reproduce violence, and this selfrepeating process will create a vicious circle. It is this destructive...
30 Jun Landscape, Memory, and Contested Identity: Living Interreligiously in Indonesia Today
This presentation was originally written for and presented at the International Conference on Religion, Business, and Contestation, Petaling Jaya, University of Malaya, 28 June 2012. In this presentation, I will discuss three interconnected elements that depict current interreligious life in Indonesia, which are the religious landscape, the...
24 Jun Disputed Churches in Jakarta – Seminar and Report Launch (Melbourne)
Source: http://www.cicak2.com.au/index.php?r=event/view&id=352...
18 Jan How to Worship without Fear in Indonesia
Improving peaceful coexistence between majority and minority religious groups in contemporary Indonesia remains an uphill challenge for the country’s commitment to religious freedom. The role of the state is crucial in nurturing this relationship. The ongoing obstruction of the establishment of the GKI Yasmin Church in...
23 Mei Minority Troubles in Indonesia
"Encounter", ABC Radio, Australia Sunday, 22 May 2011 The pulsing, talkative pluralism of Indonesia must deal with a difficult strain of intolerance for minority religious beliefs and practices. There's some dangerous and challenging ground here, for majority and minorities, and a government that shows a deal of...