Edition 27 July 2020

A New Light for a Boarding School Community

Responding to Stones with Tofu

A New Light for a Boarding School Community

Najmatul Millah and her husband built an Islamic boarding school in Jember, East Java, which features a more formal curriculum. She spreads the word about fulfilling women’s rights.

Responding to Stones with Tofu

Irwan Masduqi’s Islamic boarding school in Yogyakarta was nearly torched because he loudly spoke up for tolerance. His school accepts non-Muslim students.

Preacher of Human Rights

Marzuki Wahid loudly voices his support for gender equality and equity. He co-founded an Islamic education institution focused on gender and human rights studies.

Teungku Meulaboh’s Safe House

Umi Hanisah is the first woman in Aceh to found and lead an Islamic boarding school. At her school, children victims of sexual and domestic violence as well as armed conflict find refuge.

Sharing and Qur’an Study

Ratna Ulfatul Fuadiyah combines religious teaching with economic empowerment. Religious teachings tend to be more easily accepted.

Killer Professor Counters Radicals

Alivermana Wiguna eliminated a radical group at his university. His student was sent as a spy.

Six Islamic teachers fight to nurture tolerance and equality. They preach from village to village, guiding their communities. They have been rejected and threatened, some have even been driven away, their schools attacked. But they refuse to give up and have consistently promoting interfaith harmony and equity. illustration: tempo/kendra paramita

National

Committee Created After the Rage

Dissatisfied with the performance of his ministers, President Jokowi established a new entity to deal with the effects of the Covid-19. Some doubt its effectiveness.

Economy

Will Shell Leave Masela?

Shell plans to let go of its stake in the Masela Block giant liquid natural gas project, likely because of the project’s change of scheme and the latest economic predictions.

Market Pulse

For Whom the Hundreds Trillion of New Money

Yopie Hidayat (Contributor)

Law

The Sabu Voyage in Sumatra

Taiwanese drug smuggler networks supply nartoctics to Indonesia using fishing boats with falsified documents. Operating as far as Australia’s western coast, they make use of undetected small piers and uninhabited islets near the Riau Islands. This investigation report is the collaborative work of Tempo magazine, Taiwan media The Reporter, Tempo Institute and Free Press Unlimited.

Condemned to Death Abroad

Taiwanese fishermen became crystal meth smugglers due to the big payment. They smuggle the drugs to certain locations.

Law

National Narcotics Agency Chief Heru Winarko: The Taiwanese Network is Highly Secretive

Crystal methamphetamine from Myanmar is often smuggled in by Taiwanese fishermen. National Narcotics Agency (BNN) has identified the ships used for this purpose since 2017, but their names are frequently changed to cover the traffickers’ tracks.

Law

Lobbying in the Balkan Skies

The suspected swindler of BNI Bank’s Rp1.2 trillion, who has been on the run for the past 17 years, was arrested by Serbian police as she had been put on red notice. Her lawyer tried to bribe Serb officials for up to €500,000.

Interview

Johnny Gerard Plate, Communication and Informatics Minister: Don’t Hinder Digital Transformation

A Mid government’s efforts to speed up digitalization of broadcasting, the House of Representatives (DPR) decided to drop the broadcast law revision from its 2020 national legislative priorities.

Picture Window

When Sparks Fly

Two men are attacking each other during a traditonal torch war ceremony in Tegalsambi village, Jepara, Central Java, Monday, July 21. The thanksgiving celebration is conducted by implementing health protocols limiting the duration and number of participants to prevent Covid-19 transmission./ANTARA/Yusuf Nugroho/foc.