The racial and religious prejudice faced by the Jakarta governor of Chinese descent, who is now imprisoned for blasphemy, is not a new phenomenon in Indonesia. Ethnic Chinese and Christians in Indonesia have experienced systematic and prolonged discrimination throughout the nation’s history. Earlier this month, former Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, better known as Ahok, was […]
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Discrimination against minority groups in Indonesia, such as cover-ups, is a forced force and the prohibition of Christian worship often results in portrait violence which is considered normal as a minority group. Recently there have been incidents of persecution of Christian minority groups’ religious activities in several regions in Indonesia. So, what makes it difficult […]
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The rise of Western media coverage that always stigmatizes and slanders the Islamic state is the latest report from Gallup Inc, which found that seven out of 10 adults in the world have actually felt happiness in the past year. Interestingly, Indonesia’s population is one of the 20 happiest Islamic countries in the world. Among […]