Largest mosque in Southeast Asia, Istiqlal Mosque cancels Friday prayers
Following orders from President Joko Widodo to the people in the world's most populous Muslims nation to curb mass religious gatherings to contain the coronavirus.
Fri Mar 20 2020
Indonesian security forces, businesses brace for hardline Islamic protest
Thousands of protesters, led by the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), are expected to demand the resignation of the Jakarta governor, a Christian, over claims that he insulted the Koran.
Fri Nov 04 2016
QZ8501 crash victims' bodies can be left to decompose at sea, says Grand Imam
Bodies of AirAsia flight QZ8501 victims that have suffered extensive decay and unrecognisable can be left to submerge in the water, said Istiqlal Mosque grand imam, Ali Mustafa Yakub.
Sun Jan 04 2015