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Muslim Punk Rock: A Mash-Up of Piety and Politics
Jakarta :: Indonesia | about 1 hour ago
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When Jimi Hendrix smashed his guitar in the 1960s, it was clear he was attacking "The Establishment." When a Muslim punk rocker smashes up a guitar outside an American Muslim convention, the now-standard rock 'n' roll trope gains a few new meanings. These...
Tags: Muslim-American, Texan Muslim, muslims punk, punk rocker, Birth of Punk Islam, Kourosh Poursalehi, Indonesia, Jakarta, Taqwacore, Punk subculture, Secret Trial Five, Islam, The Kominas, Punk rock, Michael Muhammad Knight, The Taqwacores, Entertainment Culture
Indonesia's richest double wealth in a year: Forbes
Jakarta :: Indonesia | about 2 hours ago
Credibility Indonesia's 40 richest people have doubled their wealth in the past year to 42 billion dollars, mainly on the back of commodities like coal and palm oil, Forbes magazine reported on Thursday. The elite club has surpassed its previous total-wealth record,...
Tags: billion dollars, palm oil, Grand Indonesia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Business Finance, Billionaire, Bumi Resources, Aburizal Bakrie
Indonesian park's elephants mated to persuasion
Jakarta :: Indonesia | about 3 hours ago
Credibility Indonesia — The wild bull elephant stood menacingly in the clearing, trumpeting in annoyance and anger, its brain racing with a chemical that unleashes a throbbing headache. It was mating season, and the bull was desperate for a partner. Was this a good...
Tags: Indonesian, Indonesia, Jakarta, Tesso Nilo National Park, Riau, Sumatra, Gaja, Elephants
Three injured in Indonesia plane panic
Jakarta :: Indonesia | about 4 hours ago
Credibility Three people on an Indonesian plane were injured in a panic on Thursday at the international airport in Bali when they saw smoke coming from an engine. The accident occurred after all the passengers on the plane operated by Batavia Air were onboard...
Tags: Indonesia, Jakarta, Disaster Accident, Batavia Air
Indonesia central bank keeps rate unchanged at 6.5%
Jakarta :: Indonesia | about 4 hours ago
Credibility Indonesian central bank on Thursday put its benchmark interest rate on hold at 6.5 percent for a fourth straight month to spur economic growth, the bank said in a statement here. The decision is in line with expectation of seven analysts surveyed...
Tags: Indonesian, central bank, economic growth, Indonesia, Jakarta, Economy of Indonesia, Indonesian rupiah, Business Finance, Asian Financial Crisis, Inflation, Ukrainian financial crisis
Indonesia should grab potential FDI from foreign house buyers: association
Jakarta :: Indonesia | about 4 hours ago
Credibility Housing and Infrastructure, said that all these years, the Indonesian government has been focusing less to attract FDI from overseas house buyers whereas other Asian countries do it. "Malaysia has program called 'Malaysia my second home' while Thailand...
Tags: Indonesian, FDI, Lukman Purnomosidi, housing buyers, foreign housing, Indonesia, Jakarta, M. H. Lukman, Indonesian rupiah, Politics
Canadian mother urges son, other Tamils to abandon boat in Indonesia
Jakarta :: Indonesia | about 5 hours ago
Credibility T he Canadian mother of a Sri Lankan asylum seeker has urged her son and his 246 fellow Tamil shipmates to abandon hopes of reaching Australia and to disembark in Indonesia from the moored freighter where they have languished for almost two months.
Tags: Indonesian, Indonesia, Jakarta, Refugee, Forced migration, Kevin Rudd, Demography, S. Rajaratnam, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Population, Right of asylum, Javanese people, Immigration to Australia
Oceanic Viking pics up new asylum seekers
Jakarta :: Indonesia | about 5 hours ago
Credibility The Oceanic Viking was on its way back from Indonesia following the end to a month-long stand-off between Australian authorities and 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers aboard the Customs vessel. It is unclear whether the asylum seekers intercepted today had...
Tags: THE Oceanic Viking, asylum seekers, Indonesia, Jakarta
161 Indonesian Hajj pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia
Jakarta :: Indonesia | about 10 hours ago
Credibility Indonesian government-sanctioned hajj organizer said that at least 161 Indonesian Hajj pilgrims had died due to various illnesses when they conducted their religious duties in the holy cities of Macca and Madhinah in Saudi Arabia this year, Antara news...
Tags: hajj pilgrim, Indonesia, Jakarta, Monarchy, Saudi Arabia, Arabia, Western Asia, NYPD Blue, Law Crime
Subhash Projects begins mining at Indonesian coal block
Jakarta :: Indonesia | about 13 hours ago
Credibility PT Bism mine along with power equipment maker Emco last year for about $40 million. Emco the rest. "The infrastructural activity at the mine was on for a year and we began mining last month," Sethi said. The mine has reserves of over 100 million tonnes....
Tags: SPML, Indonesian, Anil Sethi, subhash projects, coal block, Indonesia, Jakarta, Fuels, Economic geology, Coal
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