Indonesia’s top Islamic clerical body, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), is urging the government and the national legislature (DPR) to create specific regulations concerning LGBTQ+ individuals. The MUI is advocating for legal consequences for LGBTQ+ acts that are more severe than those currently applied to adultery. This demand reflects the organization’s conservative stance on same-sex relations and gender identity. No specific details regarding the proposed regulations or penalties have been publicly released. The call for stricter rules raises concerns among human rights groups regarding potential discrimination and criminalization of LGBTQ+ individuals in the country. Currently, same-sex relations are not explicitly illegal nationwide in Indonesia, but are prohibited in some regions under Sharia law. This push for national regulation could significantly alter the legal landscape for LGBTQ+ rights in Indonesia.