In a world where headlines often emphasise division, quiet gatherings of young people from different faith traditions are rewriting the story. Across…
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For more than four decades, Prof. Dr. M. Din Syamsuddin has stood at the centre of Indonesia's religious life, guiding the Muhammadiyah movement, chairing the…
For many Australians hearing the word "jihad" in a news bulletin or at a train platform, a particular image often springs to mind. It is shaped by headlines…
Indonesia stands at a remarkable crossroads. As the world's largest Muslim-majority country and the third-largest democracy, its foreign policy carries weight…
Trust between faith communities grows through repeated, ordinary encounters. It is built when a mosque, church, synagogue, temple, gurdwara, or secular…
In Islamic intellectual history, disagreement has often been treated as a responsibility rather than a failure. Scholars debated law, theology, ethics and…
When SARS-CoV-2 began spreading across Asia in early 2020, Indonesia's second-largest Islamic organisation, Muhammadiyah, found itself facing an unprecedented…
When the Parliament of the World's Religions opened its plenary sessions in Chicago, the assembly hall filled with representatives of Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish,…
Religious communities are increasingly shaped by digital media. Sermons are streamed, charitable appeals circulate through messaging apps, and religious advice…
Islamic leadership in Indonesia and the Middle East grows from shared religious foundations, yet it operates within markedly different political, cultural and…