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Long Reads Islam-State Relations under Prabowo: More Carrots and More Sticks, But Less Progressive and Less Civil? Published This Long Read examines President Prabowo Subianto’s relationship with the various Islamic organisations in Indonesia. [1]

DHAKA -- Hundreds of hardliners from the banned group Hizb ut-Tahrir streamed onto the streets of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka this month to call for an Islamic state ruled by religious law. [2]

JAKARTA/KUALA LUMPUR -- Five young men stand in single file on a rickety stage. Behind them, a line of loud, screeching amplifiers transforms their anger into a hailstorm of pounding sonic bullets. [3]

JAKARTA -- On Friday thousands of members of hardline Muslims groups -- including the Islamic Defenders Front, the United Islamic People Forum and the Betawi Rembuk Forum -- staged a rally outside Indonesia's House of Representatives. [4]

CAIRO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Middle East policy was tested in dramatic fashion during his trip to the region this week by militants calling themselves the Islamic State. [5]

DUBAI -- The diplomatic standoff between Iran and Saudi Arabia, spurred by the execution of a Shiite cleric by Riyadh, threatens to plunge the Middle East deeper into turmoil, squashing any hopes of bringing a swift end to the Syrian civil war. [6]

Mosul refugees: the Church’s love and warmth vs the Islamic State madness (Videos) Fr Samir spoke to four heads of family who fled in 2014 with the arrival of the Islamic State. [8]

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[1] TH fulcrum.sg · 2026-02-27 · 85% match

Islam-State Relations under Prabowo: More Carrots and More Sticks, But Less Progressive and Less Civil?

Long Reads Islam-State Relations under Prabowo: More Carrots and More Sticks, But Less Progressive and Less Civil? Published This Long Read examines President Prabowo Subianto’s relationship with the various Islamic organisations in Indonesia.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-03-19 · 44% match

Islamist revival in Bangladesh as law and order spirals downward

DHAKA -- Hundreds of hardliners from the banned group Hizb ut-Tahrir streamed onto the streets of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka this month to call for an Islamic state ruled by religious law.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-05-25 · 43% match

Punk and metal bands riff on conservative Islam

JAKARTA/KUALA LUMPUR -- Five young men stand in single file on a rickety stage. Behind them, a line of loud, screeching amplifiers transforms their anger into a hailstorm of pounding sonic bullets.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-09-29 · 37% match

Fear of communist revival grips Indonesia

JAKARTA -- On Friday thousands of members of hardline Muslims groups -- including the Islamic Defenders Front, the United Islamic People Forum and the Betawi Rembuk Forum -- staged a rally outside Indonesia's House of Representatives.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2015-01-21 · 37% match

Islamic State issues ultimatum to Japan

CAIRO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Middle East policy was tested in dramatic fashion during his trip to the region this week by militants calling themselves the Islamic State.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-01-05 · 36% match

Sectarian conflict raises risks as Bahrain, Sudan join Riyadh

DUBAI -- The diplomatic standoff between Iran and Saudi Arabia, spurred by the execution of a Shiite cleric by Riyadh, threatens to plunge the Middle East deeper into turmoil, squashing any hopes of bringing a swift end to the Syrian civil war.

[7] MM www2.irrawaddy.com · 41% match

Standing with a Pariah

[8] MM asianews.it · 40% match

Mosul refugees: the Church’s love and warmth vs the Islamic State madness (Videos)

Mosul refugees: the Church’s love and warmth vs the Islamic State madness (Videos) Fr Samir spoke to four heads of family who fled in 2014 with the arrival of the Islamic State.

[9] MM www2.irrawaddy.com · 39% match

Equality in Repression

[10] MM www2.irrawaddy.com · 39% match

Religion and Revolution

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