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Gojek motorcycle riders in Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia. The name Gojek comes from the term “Ojek” or motorbike taxis [16] commonly found throughout Indonesia. It was founded in 2010 with 20 motorbike drivers. [17] Gojek app was launched in January 2015, [18] and in less than two years, the app racked up nearly 30 million downloads. [19]
Darul Islam ( lit. meaning House of Islam ), [ 6] also known as Darul Islam/Islamic Armed Forces of Indonesia ( Indonesian: Darul Islam/Tentara Islam Indonesia, DI/TII), is a Islamist group that's goal is to fight for the establishment of an Islamic state in Indonesia. It was established in 1942 by a group of Muslim militias, coordinated by the ...
The history of the arrival of Islam in Indonesia is somewhat unclear. [1] One theory states that Islam arrived directly from Arabia as early as the 9th century, during the time of the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates. Another theory credits Sufi travelers for bringing Islam in the 12th or 13th century, either from Gujarat in India or from Persia. [2]
t. e. The National Principles ( Malay: Rukun Negara; Jawi: روکون نݢارا ) is the Malaysian declaration of national philosophy instituted by royal proclamation on Merdeka Day, 1970, in reaction to the 13 May race riots, which occurred in 1969. [ 1] The riots proved at that time that Malaysian racial balance and stability was fragile.
In Indonesia, state-owned enterprises ( Indonesian: Badan Usaha Milik Negara (BUMN)) play an important role in the national economy. Their roles includes contributor for national economy growth, providing goods or services which are not covered by private company, employment provider, providing support guidance to small and medium businesses ...
Indonesian speaker. Indonesian ( Bahasa Indonesia; [baˈhasa indoˈnesija]) is the official and national language of Indonesia. [8] It is a standardized variety of Malay, [9] an Austronesian language that has been used as a lingua franca in the multilingual Indonesian archipelago for centuries.
Islam is the largest religion in Indonesia, with 87.06% of the Indonesian population identifying themselves as Muslims, based on civil registry data in 2023. [3] [b] In terms of denomination, the overwhelming majority are Sunni Muslims; the Pew Research Center estimates them as comprising ~99% of the country's Muslim population in 2011, [4 ...
According to the Pew Research Center in 2017, the largest Muslim population in a country is in Indonesia, a country home to 12.7% of the world's Muslims, followed by Pakistan (11.1%), India (10.9%) and Bangladesh (9.2%). [ 8][ 19] About 20% of Muslims live in the Arab world. [ 20]