In the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation, the Acehnese are proud of the fact that their province is among the first places — if not the first place — Islam arrived in Southeast Asia ...

Acehnese rebels and the Indonesian government signed a peace agreement in August 2005 aimed at ending nearly 26 years of a bitter separatist campaign, which has left nearly 15,000 people, mainly ...

"It's a testament to the fortitude of the Acehnese people to see how Banda Aceh has risen from the waters." Clark goes on to cite the locals, their culture and the moving tsunami memorials as some ...

Water several metres high in some areas swept through villages in eastern and northern Aceh, killing 70 people and washing away bridges and roads. Another 39 drowned or were buried in landslides ...

A number of the Acehnese you speak to in the documentary mention that Aceh was far more resistant to Dutch colonialism than the rest of the East Indies. How does this help explain the experience of ...

A veteran of wars and disasters, she says she has never seen such utter destruction and tells us about her experience and the terrible reality for tens of thousands of Acehnese people who lost ...

The entire cost of their Hajj is funded by the proceeds of their own coffee farm, which they’ve worked on tirelessly for ...

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In December 2022, the Aceh People’s Representative Council (DPR) officially enacted the 2022 Qanun (regional regulation) on the Acehnese language. This regulation mandates that the use of ...

An Acehnese woman prays and reads the Koran at a mass grave for tsunami victims, during the 2004 Tsunami Commemoration ceremony in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 26 December 2024. EFE/EPA/HOTLI ...

Acehnese women have long been integral to the history of their region, particularly after the 2004 tsunami, one of Indonesia's deadliest natural disasters, and the Helsinki Peace Agreement , which ...