religion

Commentary: Criminalising sin? Indonesian society not as conservative as elites imagine

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Commentary: Criminalising sin? Indonesian society not as conservative as elites imagine

WHERE IS THE PRESSURE FROM What is of concern in today’s Indonesia is that all of the political parties unanimously agreed on criminalising these “sins”. Did the pressure to do so come from societal conservatism? Broad findings from the INSP show that Indonesians remain moderate, secular, and multicultural in their outlook. Asked whether Islam is compatible with … Read more

A pioneering initiative in G-20 to build a God-centric value system

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Did God exist? This question bothered the West for centuries. One of the earliest arguments for the existence of God, which Immanuel Kant called “ontology”, was given by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Anselm, in 1078 AD. “Id quo maius cogitari nequit”, Anselm argued, meaning “there must be that (thing), the greater than which cannot be … Read more