Posts with tag: Interfaith marriage

Another Marriage Law controversy: is reform overdue?

Human Rights, Law, Religion, Society, Top Stories

The recent marriage of one of President Joko Widodo’s female special staffers, a Muslim, to her Catholic boyfriend has prompted new debate on Indonesia's 50-year-old Marriage Law.

Contemporary Indonesian marriage: who marries whom and why it matters

Analysis, Gender, Religion, Society

Dr Ariane Utomo examines the changing nature of Indonesian marriages, and how considerations of age gap, education, ethnicity and religion play a role in partner choice.

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