Posts with tag: Conservative Islam

Child marriage surges amid Covid-19 and growing conservatism

Economic downturn due to the pandemic is exacerbating drivers of child marriage, risking gender equality and children’s rights, writes Laras Susanti.

What is Ma’ruf Amin doing?

Politics, Public health, Religion

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has been conspicuously absent from efforts to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr Daniel Peterson looks at what he has been up to.

Indonesia's obsession with ideology: the case of the Pancasila bill

Law, Politics, Religion

Abdurrachman Satrio writes that the debate on the Pancasila bill is missing the point. The real concern is that Pancasila can be easily abused for anti-democratic purposes.

When religion meets Covid-19 in Indonesia: more than a matter of conservatives and moderates

Analysis, Public health, Religion, Society

It is overly simplistic to label those who defy recommendations on physical distancing to worship at mosques, churches and temples as radicals or extremists, writes Dr Nadirsyah Hosen.

Child marriage: Constitutional Court finally ditches religious arguments

Analysis, Gender, Law

The Constitutional Court recently ruled that the current marriageable age of 16 for girls was unconstitutional. Dr Dina Afrianty examines the landmark decision – a remarkably different outcome to the last time the Court heard the issue.