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Some observers of the dynamics of religiosity in Indonesia have argued that there has been a conservative turn in Indonesian Islam. What is defined as Islamic conservatism is a type of religiosity ...

Last July, the debate over the wearing of the hijab again caused a stir in Indonesia, when a 16-year-old Muslim student was allegedly forced to wear it by teachers at a public school in the city of ...

A teacher at a state junior school in Indonesia's East Java has been fired after shaving the heads of fourteen girls for not wearing the headscarves correctly. Muslim and non-Muslim girls have been ...

JAKARTA — Indonesia has banned schools from forcing girls to wear Islamic “hijab” headscarves after the case of a Christian pupil pressured to cover up sparked outrage in the world’s most populous ...

(Jakarta) – The Indonesian government should better enforce a revised state school uniform regulation to protect girls and women from being required to wear the hijab, Human Rights Watch said today.

We write in advance of the 98th pre-session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (“the Committee”) and its review of Indonesia. This submission focuses on mandatory hijab regulations, Indonesia ...

A school on Indonesia's main island has partially shaved the heads of more than a dozen girls, its headmaster said Monday, after they were accused of wearing their Islamic hijab headscarves ...

GARUT, Indonesia (Reuters) - With their heads covered with Islamic headscarves, the three members of the Indonesian band VoB ("Voice of Baceprot" or "Noisy Voice") do not look like your typical heavy ...