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Islamists in Indonesia force schoolgirls to wear hijab: How the symbol of oppression is first mainstreamed, then becomes a mandate

Siddhi Somani -
While 'liberals' in India try to argue that hijab is a choice and make efforts to mainstream the garment in schools, women in Iran are getting killed and girls in Indonesia are being traumatised for it.
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Indonesia: Islamic college shuts down a student magazine after it exposes sexual assault on campus. Here is what we know so far

OpIndia Staff -
Student magazine Lintas was ordered shut down after it exposed incidents of sexual assault in an Islamic college in Indonesia.
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Social media influencer risks six years in prison and a fine after she poses naked for a picture session under a holy tree in...

OpIndia Staff -
The influencer from Russia might face a £55,000 fine after posing naked under a holy tree on the Indonesian island of Bali.
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Indonesia restores Hindu and Buddhist worship rights at Prambanan, Borobudur temples; declares them as global worship sites

OpIndia Staff -
Indonesia has also officially launched Pawon Temple and Mendut Temple as global worship sites along with Prambanan and Borobudur temple.
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Islamic organisation from Indonesia declares cryptocurrency ‘Haraam’ under Sharia law

OpIndia Staff -
East Java branch of the Indonesia Islamic organisation Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) has deemed crypto Haraam under Islamic law (Sharia law)
World

Indonesia: Sukmawati Sukarnoputri, daughter of former president, performs Sudhi Wadani ceremony, formally converts to Hinduism from Islam

OpIndia Staff -
Sukmawati Sukarnoputri performed the ‘Sudhi Wadani’ ceremony and formally re-converted to Hinduism from Islam.
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As daughter of first Indonesian president converts to Hinduism, read how a Hindu priest had prophesised that glory of Hinduism will return to the...

Dibakar Dutta -
A Hindu priest had prophesised in 15th century that Hinduism will replace Islam as the major religion in Indonesia after 500 years
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Indonesia’s founding president Sukarno’s daughter Sukmawati Sukarnoputri to convert to Hinduism from Islam

OpIndia Staff -
Sukmawati Sukarnoputri will embrace Hinduism in a formal ceremony to be held on October 26th at her ancestral land in Bali
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Mosques in Indonesia to get acoustic fix to soften the volume of loudspeakers, over 70,000 mosques already fixed

OpIndia Staff -
Around half of the mosques in Indonesia have loudspeakers with poor acoustics that is adding up to the noise problem
Entertainment

Bollywood actress Tisca Chopra shares image of Indonesian athlete while congratulating Mirabai Chanu, gets mocked

OpIndia Staff -
Bollywood actress Tisca Chopra shared the image of Indonesian weightlifter Windy Cantika while congratulating Mirabai Chanu.
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