Indonesia: Not cool to date
Saying no to dating is part of a growing ultraconservative social movement in Indonesia being spread through Instagram and WhatsApp.
Saying no to dating is part of a growing ultraconservative social movement in Indonesia being spread through Instagram and WhatsApp. βWhen I look at couples, I see my old self, how I used to be affectionate in public, holding hands, hugging,β says 23-year-old Yati, βand now I think thatβs disgusting.β When Yati broke up with her ex, she didnβt just swear off dating; she joined Indonesiaβs anti-dating movement - Indonesia Without Dating. Its leaders say dating is expensive, gets in the way of study, and - most importantly - is against religious teaching. For Assignment, Simon Maybin discovers it is part of a wider youth-led surge in conservative Islam in the worldβs most populous Muslim-majority country. Opponents see the phenomenon as a backwards step for women and a threat to Indonesiaβs religious pluralism.
Presenter: Simon Maybin
Producer: Josephine Casserly
Editor: Bridget Harney
Music at the end of the programme was Tubuhku Otoritasku by Tika and The Dissidents.
(Image: Yati at an βIndonesia Without Datingβ demo. Copyright: Simon Maybin/ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ)
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The Indonesian movement trying to ban dating
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