Alex Aan faces jail for posting 'God doesn't exist' on Facebook, renewing fears for atheists in the world's most populous Muslim country.

A leader of the country’s second-largest Muslim organization says the Ahmadiyah sect are members of Islamic society despite some of their beliefs differing from more mainstream forms of the religion.

For many, the rejection by indigenous Dayak tribesmen in Central Kalimantan of the presence of the Islamic Defenders Front is understandable, given the hard-line group’s track record, while others say there’s more to the incident than meets the...

A field research study in Central Java by the Setara Institute found that young radical Muslims are an army of potential recruits for Jihadist groups. Recent arrests of young terrorism confirm the study’s findings.

Rights activists and religious leaders have urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to dismiss Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali for his frequent statements that could fuel persecution against minority groups in the country.

Mosques located in state-owned buildings are now being used to propagate radical or hardline teachings that sow the seeds of terrorism, the chief of Indonesia’s terrorism handling agency said.

The constant harassment of members of the Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) Taman Yasmin is evidence of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s failure to protect minority groups in the country.

This year alone, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono used 19 of his speeches to encourage people to embrace tolerance, the Setara Institute for Democracy and Peace has counted.

The continuing saga of the Gereja Kristen Indonesia (GKI) Taman Yasmin church in Bogor, West Java, is a stark example of the government’s inability to protect minority groups despite legal decisions upholding their right to build a place of...

A survey by human rights watchdog Setara Institute has found that West Java was the least tolerant province in 2011, registering the largest number of religious violence cases.