Minister of Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin said hajj funds may be used for productive things, including to build infrastructures, and this is allowed by both the Constitution and the fikh (Islamic jurisprudence). “Hajj funds may be invested to build infrastructures as along as it complies with the principles of sharia and prudence and brings […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo attended the launching of Industrial Vocational Education Program managed by PT Astra Otoparts Tbk Cikarang at the Greenland International Industrial Center (GIIC), Deltamas, Central Cikarang Subdistrict, Bekasi, West Java, on Friday (28/7) morning. In his speech, President Jokowi said that after focusing on infrastructure developments, such as seaports, airports, railways outside […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Thursday (27/7) at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, received 22 ulemas (Muslim Clerics) from West Kalimantan Province. During the meeting, Chairman of Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) of West Kalimantan Province H.M. Basri Har said that the meeting was the manifestation of the President’s promise as made during his visit to West […]

Indonesia’s Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) reported that the investment realization from Foreign Investment (PMA) and Domestic Investments (PMDN) in the second quarter this year (April- June) reached Rp170.9 trillion or grew by 12.7 percent compared to the same period last year, which was Rp151.6 trillion. The investment realization also provide jobs for 345,000 people, BKPM […]

Reflected on the current condition of global economy, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said Indonesia’s economy has not performed well compared to other countries. All countries at the moment suffer from pressure on their economic growth. “In the G-20, our country is among the top three, under India and PRC. We must be grateful for this,” the […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo expressed his gratitude following a report by the Governor of Bank Indonesia (BI), which shows Indonesia’s inflation rate in 2015 stood at 3.35 percent. Then, in 2016 at 3.02 percent, and in the first quarter of 2017 was in the range of 4 percent. The final inflation rate in 2016 was […]

Although Indonesia has the biggest number of sharia financial institutions in the world – which includes 34 sharia banks, 58 sharia insurance companies (also known as Operator Takaful), seven sharia venture capitals or sharia pawnshops and more than 5,000 Sharia Micro Financial Institutions, as well as 23 million costumers of sharia products, the country still […]

Currently, the threats to the sovereignty of our nation and state are turning into a multidimensional one. The threats are no longer in the forms of physical threat, but also ideological, political, economic and socio-cultural. President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo made that statement in his introductory remarks at a limited meeting on the Consolidation of State […]

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Wiranto said that it needs to be careful in purchasing alutsista (primary weaponry defense system). There are several things that must be taken into account before purchasing them. First, Indonesia’s region is quite large. Thus, the alutsista must be able to be used to maintain security in […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo asserted that the procurement process of primary weaponry system (alutsista) should be started from interaction between Government, that is, Government to Government (G-to-G). The President wanted that the procurement should comply with the principles of transparency and accountability. “Once again, no tolerance for corrupt, mark-up practices, and I reiterated that the […]