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Indonesia: 129 dead, over 200 injured as riots erupt in stadium after league soccer match

OpIndia Staff -
Confrontations were reported between supporters of the 2 rival soccer clubs inside the Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java.
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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)
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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
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