Ms. Khotim and ‘Home for the Ummah’

"Since I was little, I was used to seeing my mother busy outside the house. Indeed, that was something unusual at that time. Moreover,...

Zero Tolerance for Dating Violence

By: Ni’matin Khomsiyah  In a village in the southern area of Pati, there is a culture that when a girl is engaged to her fiancée,...

Afrizal: Bringing the reciprocity messages for Gisting

Afrizal: Bringing the reciprocity messages for Gisting By: Isthiqonita During 12 years he had been appointed as the Chair of  Religious Affairs Office or KUA  in...

Educating Children Needs Parents as Role Models

Kyai Imam Nahe’I, MHI. Imam Nahe'I MHI was born in Malang, on February 12, 1970. He is a writer, researcher, and lecturer at the institution...

The Marriage Law No.1/1974 Contains Many Problems

An Interview with Asnifrianti Damanik, S.H. The issue of marriage has become an interesting issue to discuss from different point of views. Marriage involves the...

Santri and the Challenge of Globalized Information

by: Dina Sri Lutfiana I am a daughter, born as the eldest child with two twin younger brothers. Since sixteen years old, I studied in...

Nur Achmad: A Family Lover and Community Educator

   By: AD Kusumaningtyas The couplet of lyrics were sung by the head men and religious preachers wo gathered in a forum on the strengthening...

ISLAMIC FEMINISM a la Amina Wadud Muhsin

by: Ali Mujib Amina Wadud is a woman who shocked Muslim world by allowing and making herself the Imam and Khatib of Friday praying in...

Asghar Ali Engineer: Because Revelation is Not Contradictory with Reason

By: Risma Hikmawati Born in an elite religious community milieu which later on so close with the gross exploitation in the name of religion, make...

Speaking of Teenagers’ Pregnancy : Who Will Be Responsible?

Speaking of Teenagers’ Pregnancy : Who Will Be Responsible? by: Anis Suadah “I am a teenager. I am expelled from school, while I would just have...