Nahdlatul Ulama's youth group GP Ansor recommits to fighting poverty and embracing tolerance at its 79th anniversary celebration.
Islam teaches us to love God's creation, not just on April 22nd, but every day, one cleric says.
In Indonesia, a country which has had ongoing concerns about youth recruitment by militants, news of the Boston Marathon bombing struck a familiar chord.
Revered members of the community say parents and guardians have a critical role to play in influencing the younger generation to embrace the cherished ways of life in the Deep South, which are being torn apart by addictions and the raging insurgency.
With extremist groups targeting the young and vulnerable, schools are preparing to place more emphasis on steering students in the right direction. But some worry the move could mean less time for math and languages.
Participants at an ASEAN-UN workshop stressed the need to defuse tensions before they can spiral out of control and threaten stability elsewhere in the region.
Residents of all faiths want to work hard to preserve the tradition of co-existence they enjoy on the island.
Despite some recent incidents of sectarian conflict, the government maintains the country has a tolerant society.
Several houses of worship in Indonesia have been closed or torn down because they lacked the required approval. But some say even mainstream mosques are usually built without a permit.
The peace process is further along than it has ever been, even if the latest round of talks in Malaysia fell short of expectations.
Members of Indonesia's largest Muslim organisation join the protest calling for the protection of religious freedom.
Outwardly, Fajar Sidiq appeared to be a responsible, devout and successful young man. But police say he was the bomb maker for a shadowy terrorist cell.
Indonesia's military promises transparency and justice after confirming that rogue soldiers carried out shocking prison murders in Yogyakarta.
Millions of Indonesians living abroad would participate more in politics if they had legislators representing their unique concerns, proponents of the idea say.
Local residents convey their hopes for the embryonic peace process, while criticising militants for their deviation from Islam's teachings.
Stopping the flow of terrorist money across borders is vital to containing violent extremism. APEC members are looking at ways to co-ordinate their efforts.
Although the election is a year away, the political scene is already rife with speculation about who will lead the country after ten years with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the helm.
A court hands down stiff sentences for two men who assisted acts of terrorism in the lead-up to Aceh gubernatorial elections in 2012.
The fight against drug abuse requires co-operation and information-sharing from stakeholders at multiple levels.
Residents of an East Jakarta sub-district are taking a lead in community waste management – offering solutions to a growing problem in Asia's swelling cities.
The launch of negotiations is significant but the fractured nature of the Deep South insurgency poses a challenge, says top political analyst Thitinan Pongsudhirak in an exclusive interview with Khabar Southeast Asia.
Increasingly fragmented, short of resources, and unsure what they are fighting for, terrorist cells turn to armed robbery to raise funds.
The Millennium Development Award recognises the teachers, administrators and regular citizens who have worked hard to take the region forward in turbulent times.
An unusual congregation in front of the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta was an apparent effort to refocus attention on growing religious tensions in West Java.
International interfaith conference discusses need for dialogue, collaboration in tackling modern problems in the region.
Enthusiastic reception of a hijab-wearing singer at The Java Jazz Festival showed the world what many believe is Indonesia's true nature as a nation: creative, harmonious, and peaceful.
![Members of Gerakan Pemuda Ansor (GP Ansor), the Nahdlatul Ulama youth group, perform during the opening of its 79th anniversary celebration. The choir sang the Indonesian national anthem, Indonesia Raya, and the Ansor marching song. [Okky Feliantiar/Khabar].](/shared/images/2013/04/30/130430_OKKY_ID_GPANSOR_VG-150_100.jpg)
![An environmental activist with dirt smeared on his body helps escort a model of the earth through the streets of Surabaya, East Java in honour of Earth Day. [Stringer/Khabar].](/shared/images/2013/04/29/130429_OKKY_EARTHDAY_ID_VG1-150_100.jpg)
![Islam does not teach violence, Minister of Religious Affairs Suryadharma Ali said on April 23rd, as he condemned the Boston bombings. [Stringer/Khabar].](/shared/images/2013/04/27/130427_ANDHIKA_ID_BOSTONBOM-150_100.jpg)
![Elders from the nine villages of Choboh subdistrict in Narathiwat gathered with their family for a special ceremony April 18th. The event provided a forum in which revered senior members of the community could share their experiences and views. [Rapee Mama/Khabar]](/shared/images/2013/04/26/130426_RAPEE_TH_ELDERS-150_100.jpg)
![Surrounded by classmates, Farras Nadhim (centre) studies his move during a chess match at a Jakarta gymnasium in September 2010. Indonesia plans to implement a new school curriculum in July, emphasising moral education to curb radicalism and crime. [Romeo Gacad/AFP]](/shared/images/2013/04/25/130425_YENNY_ID_CURRICULUM-150_100.jpg)
![Rohingya Muslims from Burma pray at a detention centre in Medan, North Sumatra on April 7th. They were transferred from nearby Belawan immigration detention centre after eight Burmese Buddhists were killed there on April 5th by Rohingya. [Photos by Melli Yanti/Khabar]](/shared/images/2013/04/24/130424_ISMIRA1_ID_MYANMAR_V-150_100.jpg)
![Balinese Hindus perform prayers in Jagatnatha Temple in Denpasar on Galungan, March 27, 2013. [Ni Komang Erviani/Khabar].](/shared/images/2013/04/23/130423_ERVIANI_ID_TOLERANCE-150_100.jpg)
![The Victims of Religious Freedom/Belief Violations Solidarity (SOBAT KBB) held a press conference in Jakarta on March 18th announcing the establishment of its new group to fight intolerance in Indonesia. [Yenny Herawati/Khabar].](/shared/images/2013/04/22/130422_YENNY_ID_TOLERANCE_V-150_100.jpg)
![The Indonesian flag flies amid the wreckage of the Taman Sari Batak Protestant Christian Church in Setu, Bekasi, near Jakarta. The local government demolished the building with a bulldozer on March 21st. At the time, the congregation was in the process of obtaining a building permit. [Okky Feliantar/Khabar]](/shared/images/2013/04/20/130420_OKKY_ID_KOMNASHAM-150_100.jpg)
![Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal (centre) attends the first meeting of the Transition Commission in Manila on April 3rd. The Philippines and Muslim rebels resumed talks in Kuala Lumpur April 9th-11th. [Jay Directo/AFP]](/shared/images/2013/04/19/130419_ANDHIKA_PH_PEACEPROC-150_100.jpg)
![Approximately 300 Indonesian religious minority leaders including Shia clerics, Ahmadiyah followers, and Batak Christian Protestant church members march in front of the parliament Monday (April 8th). Protesting against religious intolerance and discrimination in the country, they shouted "we have rights" and "stop intolerance". [Adek Berry/AFP].](/shared/images/2013/04/18/130418_YENNY_ID_TOLERANCE-150_100.jpg)
![Tasikmalaya, West Java native Khoerudin holds a picture of his son, Fajar Sidiq, after his arrest by anti-terrorism forces in late March. [Stringer/Khabar]](/shared/images/2013/04/17/130417_YENNY1_ID_TERRORISTA-150_100.jpg)
![Hundreds of people gather for a candlelight vigil at the Tugu Monument in Yogyakarta on March 24th to condemn shootings inside the Cebongan prison in Sleman, Yogyakarta. [Photos by Yudah Prakoso/Khabar].](/shared/images/2013/04/16/130404_YUDAH1_ID_PRISON_VG-150_100.jpg)
![President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono delivers a speech in Jakarta soon after his victory in the July 2009 presidential election. Heading into 2014 national elections, Indonesian voters living abroad are demanding representation in the national legislature (DPR). [Ismoyo/AFP].](/shared/images/2013/04/15/130409_ISMIRA_ID_OVERSEASRE-150_100.jpg)
![Muslim Thai schoolchildren attend a class in a Pattani school. More than 5,000 people have been killed since 2004, when separatist unrest escalated in the Deep South provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat. An autonomous Malay Muslim sultanate existed in the area until mainly Buddhist Thailand annexed it in 1902, triggering decades of tension. [Tuwaedanyia/AFP]](/shared/images/2013/04/13/130413-SOMCHAI_TH_TALKS2-150_100.jpg)
![Leaders pose for a group photo at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Russia's far eastern port city of Vladivostock on September 9th, 2012. An APEC Senior Officers Meeting in Surabaya on April 7-8th discussed how member countries can protect their economies from damages inflicted by terrorism. [Alexander Nemenov/AFP].](/shared/images/2013/04/12/130412_OKKY_ID_APECTTF2-150_100.jpg)
![Students wear masks of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (C), ex-president Megawati Sukarnoputri (L) and outgoing Vice President Jusuf Kalla (R) during a rally following Indonesia's July 2009 presidential election. Both Megawati and Jusuf are likely to run for president again in 2014. [Adek Berry/AFP]](/shared/images/2013/04/11/130411_OKKY_ID_ELECTIONS-150_100.jpg)
![Aceh residents vote during the province's second election on April 9th, 2012. Two men were convicted and sentenced on March 28th to lengthy prison terms for their role in pre-election terrorism, which culminated in the shooting of PT Telekom workers in Jeumpa district of Bireuen Regency on December 31st, 2011. [Adek Berry/AFP]](/shared/images/2013/04/10/130410-ANDHIKA_ID_ELECTION-150_100.jpg)
![Indonesian students and police officials burn marijuana in Banda Aceh on October 17th, 2012. Authorities destroyed about five tonnes of marijuana confiscated during anti-drug operations in Aceh province. Indonesia has one of the largest illicit cannabis plantations in the Southeast Asia, according to the International Narcotics Control Board. [Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP]](/shared/images/2013/04/09/130409_EMMY_ID_DRUGS-150_100.jpg)
![Supardi, a resident of Rawajati, East Jakarta, produces compost from biodegradable waste. He and his neighbours have drastically reduced their waste output and beautified their community, named an agro-tourism destination by the city government. [Photos by Zahara Tiba/Khabar].](/shared/images/2013/04/08/130408_ZAHARA1_ID_GREENKAMP-150_100.jpg)
![Thai security forces investigate the scene of a fatal bombing attack that killed Captain Siwit Sri-ubyo on March 29th in Narathiwat. Although peace talks with the Barisan Revolusi Nasional and other rebel groups have spurred cautious optimism, violent attacks continue in the Deep South provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala. [Rapee Mama/Khabar]](/shared/images/2013/04/06/130406-SOMCHAI_TH_PEACETALK-150_100.jpg)
![Indonesian police examine evidence seized in Bekasi, West Java on March 13th, 2013, after a raid on an alleged terrorist hideout. Detachment 88 shot dead three suspected militants and seized 14 homemade explosives, an official said. [Stringer/AFP].](/shared/images/2013/04/05/130405_JERRY_ID_TERRORISMFU-150_100.jpg)
![Anti-terror unit Detachment 88 secures downtown Poso, the capital of the regency of the same name in Central Sulawesi, on November 3rd, 2012. "Thanks for securing us," said one resident upon hearing that Poso won a national development award in late March. [Olagondronk/AFP].](/shared/images/2013/04/04/130404_OKKY_ID_POSOMDG_VG1-150_100.jpg)
![Some 250 members from the Batak Christian Protestant Church (HKBP) in Bekasi, West Java, hold an open field service March 31st in front of their former church building. The church was demolished 10 days prior. [Yenny Herawati/Khabar].](/shared/images/2013/04/03/130403_YENNY1_ID_EASTER_VG-150_100.jpg)
![Religious leaders from 16 Asian countries came to Jakarta for the February 26 – March 1st Conference of Muslim-Christian Religious Leaders of Asia, which emphasised that the two religions share a core teaching: love. [Photos: Elisabeth Oktofani/Khabar]](/shared/images/2013/04/02/130402_FANI1_ID_CONFERENCE_-150_100.jpg)
![The Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival (JJF) is an international event that also promotes home-grown traditional music. The West Java-based band Indonesian Bamboo Community was warmly received by audience members at the Ministry of Trade Pavilion on March 2nd. [Photos by Cempaka Kaulika/Khabar].](/shared/images/2013/04/01/130401_CEMPAKA1_ID_JAZZ_VG-150_100.jpg)
![Somchai Nilsri gives the thumbs-up after his victory in the final round of Thailand's Got Talent. The 29-year-old singer-songwriter stirred the nation with a tune he penned himself, recalling more harmonious times in his native Deep South. [Somchai Huasaikul/Khabar]](/shared/images/2013/09/05/130905-SOMCHAI_TH_SOMCHAI-100_67.jpg)
![An East Jakarta teenager balances as he makes his way to the end of a betel nut palm tree bridge placed across the Kalimalang River. In this cherished local tradition, held during Independence Day celebrations, participants are given a chance to cross the bridge and collect gifts placed at its end. [Zahara Tiba/Khabar].](/shared/images/2013/09/02/130827_ZAHARA_ID_JALANPINANG2-100_67.jpg)
![Senior high school students in Madiun, East Java, said mandatory virginity tests would make them afraid to come to school. The topic has been hotly debated in Indonesia after media reported that one school district was planning such tests. [Yenny Herawati/Khabar]](/shared/images/2013/08/31/130828_YENNY_ID_VIRGINITY-100_67.jpg)
![Members of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) attend a 2010 rally in front of Indonesia's constitutional court as it debates a law on blasphemy. The FPI, a hardline group known for its vigilante-style attacks on businesses and individuals, has been accused of undermining democracy and rule of law in Indonesia. [Adek Berry/AFP]](/shared/images/2013/09/04/130904_KSEA_PE_FPI_EXTRA1-270_180.jpg)