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Covering geo-political news and current affairs across Asia

Tag: Islamic Defenders Front

Posted inIndonesia

Widodo has no fear with Christian police chief pick

by John McBeth January 19, 2021January 21, 2021

JAKARTA – President Joko Widodo’s nomination of a Christian to serve as the first head of the Indonesia National Police in 46 years signals further pushback against the Islamic conservatives who have given him his biggest political headaches during his six years in power. Currently chief of the powerful Criminal Investigation Agency, often the stepping stone […]

Posted inIndonesia

More tinder for extremist fires in Indonesia

by John McBeth January 11, 2021January 14, 2021
Posted inIndonesia

Widodo bites back at Islamic militants in Indonesia

by John McBeth December 31, 2020January 5, 2021
Posted inIndonesia

Highway killings set to ignite Indonesian tensions

by John McBeth December 8, 2020December 12, 2020
Posted inIndonesia

Indonesia brass barks back at Islamist’s ‘moral’ threat

by John McBeth November 22, 2020November 24, 2020
Posted inIndonesia

The Islamic cleric who Widodo fears the most

by John McBeth November 18, 2020November 22, 2020
Posted inIndonesia

Firebrand’s homecoming puts Indonesia on new edge

by John McBeth November 11, 2020November 13, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Widodo strikes back at creeping Islamization

by John McBeth August 29, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

The battle for West Java

by John McBeth April 9, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, World

Nowhere safe for Indonesia’s top exiled extremist

by John McBeth November 12, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, Singapore

Jakarta’s new governor in a bait-and-switch

by Erin Cook February 6, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Israel, Middle East, Oceania, World

Religio-political forces on rise in Indonesia, new paper argues

by John McBeth December 18, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Oceania, World

The Islamist to watch in Indonesia

by Luke Lischin December 13, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka

Rohingya crisis a political hot potato in Indonesia

by John McBeth September 25, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, World

Indonesia’s gay community driven underground after police raids

by Gayatri Suroyo and Stefanno Reinard June 30, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East

Communal violence powder keg in West Kalimantan

by John McBeth May 31, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Middle East, Oceania

Jakarta governor race headed for volatile second round

by John McBeth February 15, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Middle East, Oceania, World

Islamic vigilante group in the spotlight

by John McBeth January 26, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Greater Bay Area, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Middle East, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia, World

A rising tide of Islamic intolerance

by David Hutt January 26, 2017February 18, 2020

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