Adults were asked how important religion is in their lives. Of the countries included in the surveys, Indonesia ranked first, with 98 percent of respondents saying religion was very important in ...

The town of Poso has acquired an unenviable reputation for some of the region's worst inter-religious violence. The town of Poso was the focal point for much of the violence Hostilities first surfaced ...

Historian Nazeer Ahmed claims that the people in present day Malaysia and Indonesia were “impressed by the honesty and ...

As he continues to promote religious harmony, Pope Francis visited Jakarta's Istiqlal Mosque, the largest mosque in Southeast Asia, on Thursday. Together with the country's Grand Imam and other ...

On March 14, UCA News reported Indonesia’s human rights minister, Natalius Pigai, calling for new legislation on religious freedom to replace the previous religious harmony law. However, no details ...

JAKARTA, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Wednesday urged political leaders in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, to guard against religious extremism, which he said ...

While praising Indonesia’s constitution, which guarantees religious freedom, Francis also warned in an address following a meeting with President Joko Widodo that the diversity of the world’s ...

SINGAPORE — Pope Francis met with Nasaruddin Umar, the grand imam of Southeast Asia's largest mosque, on Thursday, in a meeting in Indonesia centered on fighting climate change and religious ...

This is not the first time that Indonesia has used blasphemy laws to put people behind bars. Although the country promotes itself as a bastion of tolerance in the Muslim world, religious ...

Francis, 87, began on Monday a 12-day, four-country, two-continent odyssey. JAKARTA, Indonesia -- As he continues to promote religious harmony, Pope Francis visited Jakarta's Istiqlal Mosque, the ...