Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat
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Why Indonesians should boycott the Israel & New Breed concert in Jakarta (opens the original)
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People gather to stage a demonstration in front of the US Embassy to show solidarity with Palestinians on the second anniversary of the war in Gaza on October 07, 2025 in Jakarta, Indonesia. [Eko Siswono Toyudho – Anadolu Agency] On 24 October, the American gospel singer Israel Houghton plans to perform in Jakarta with his band, Israel & New Breed. Reports say tickets are still on sale. Indonesians must not buy them. Anyone who fills that hall is giving a public welcome to a man who stood with I
Yemen’s war is closer to Indonesia than it looks (opens the original)
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Yemeni government forces conduct search and clearance operations after announcing that they regained control of the strategic Mount Qarfan from Houthi forces in the Ash Shamaytayn district of Taiz province, Yemen, on September 23, 2026. [Marwan Abdullah Yahya Saeed Al-shabi – Anadolu Agency] Yemen, a country at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, is about 7,000 kilometres from Jakarta. It feels far away. But this month, its war came closer to Indonesian families, workers and prices. Yemen
Indonesia’s Bandung Institute of Technology must investigate, and end, its Israel exchange link (opens the original)
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This picture taken on August 15, 2025 shows the Indonesian national flag fluttering behind trees in Ibu Kota Nusantara (IKN), the planned new capital of Indonesia, East Kalimantan. [Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images] This week, a screenshot began moving fast across Indonesian social media. It came from an Instagram account called Ganesa Space, and it showed something students did not expect to see. The image was a page from the online exchange system used by Bandung Institute of Tech
Macaronis Resort in Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands: The Israeli link and the ownership questions that remain unanswered (opens the original)
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The flags of Indonesia (L) and Israel (R) displayed together [AI generated image] Macaronis Resort sits on a small island in the Mentawai Islands, off Sumatra, Indonesia, famous among surfers for its powerful wave. In late August 2026, it became the subject of a different kind of attention when claims spread on Indonesian social media that it was secretly owned by a man linked to Israel. The man at the centre is Natan Baril, a Brazilian lawyer and businessman who founded and runs his own law fir
Jakarta watches, waits, and weighs its options on the Mecca Pact (opens the original)
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L), Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C), and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (R) sign a trilateral defense agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on August 7, 2026. [TUR Presidency/ Murat Cetinmuhurdar – Anadolu Agency] When Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement on 7th August, declaring that an attack on one signatory would be treated as an attack on all three, the reaction from most of the Muslim world’s capi
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