The Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto attended the 100th Anniversary Celebration for the Darussalam Gontor Modern Islamic Boarding School (PMDG) in Ponorogo Regency, East Java, on Saturday (9/19/2026).
The Ministry of Religious Affairs stated that Islamic boarding schools with more than 1,000 students can establish a Nutrition Fulfillment Service Unit (SPPG) kitchen as an effort to accelerate the expansion of beneficiaries.
The Pati Sub-regional City Police, Central Java, have arrested the caretaker of the Ndolo Kusumo Islamic Boarding School in Tlogowungu District, Pati, identified as AS.
Pati Police arrested suspect a cleric for allegedly abusing a female student from 2020 to 2024. Read more on the investigation and the suspect's arrest.
The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) emphasized the importance of intensive supervision of educational institutions, particularly Islamic boarding schools (pesantren), to prevent deviations and sexual violence.
Police investigate the deadly roof collapse at a Situbondo Islamic boarding school that killed one student and injured 18 others. Read the full report here.
Indonesia’s largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), to sue Trans7 over a TV program accused of insulting Islamic boarding schools and revered clerics. Read the full report on the controversy.
Indonesia considers using the state budget to build and renovate Islamic boarding schools after Al Khoziny collapse. Read more on Prabowo’s new directive.
Police identify seven more victims from the Al Khoziny school collapse in Sidoarjo as Basarnas extends rescue efforts until all victims are found. Read the full update here.
Bhayangkara Hospital in Surabaya confirms receiving 45 body bags from the Al Khoziny Islamic school collapse in Sidoarjo, East Java. Read the latest updates here.
Basarnas recovered three more bodies from the Al Khoziny school collapse in Sidoarjo, raising the death toll to 17. Read the latest updates on the rescue operation here.
BNPB has started using heavy equipment to recover victims at the collapsed Al Khoziny pesantren in Sidoarjo after search teams found no signs of life; families consented. Read the full report.
