Prominent Indonesian Muslims striding the world stage, winning prizes, and on important lists.

Islamic solidarity with the people of Xinjiang, or not, condemning, and getting along with China.

Indonesia can't get enough of the news that Barack Obama has won the US election.

Who would be the best running mate for Megawati in the 2009 election.

The World Peace Forum in Jakarta finds out the causes of terrorism and violence in the world.

Sadanand Dhume's My Friend the Fanatic - Travels with an Indonesian Islamist.

Justice Party politician Hidayat Nurwahid's wife-to-be, the lovely widow Diana Abbas Thalib of Kemang.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and Indonesia's relationship with Israel.

Soon to be ex-Governor of Jakarta, Sutiyoso, intends to run for president.

Golkar's religious roadshow, led by Priyo Budi Santoso.

Sharia can be applied without making Indonesia an Islamic state.

Fish bombs, or terrorist bombs.

Hizb ut-Tahrir's caliphate conference in Jakarta.

Reactions to the visit of Israeli parliament members to Indonesia.

A Muhammadiyah university lecturer was fired for recommending the saying of "Merry Christmas".

Hasyim Muzadi plans to cool the Sunni vs Shia conflict in Iraq.

A Garuda plane burst into flames upon landing in Yogyakarta.

Fourteen people have died in Poso during shoot-outs with anti-terrorist police.

Muhammadiyah chairman Din Syamsuddin plans to reach out to the lower class "abangan" supporters of the PDI-P.

Islamic New Year is a time for moderation in religion, say Hasyim Muzadi and Din Syamsuddin.

Internet porn sites should be blocked by the government, say religious leaders.

Maria Eva, deeply religious woman and star of the Golkar porn flick, a hive of contradictions.

Members of Muhammadiyah have formed a new political party, Partai Matahari Bangsa.

Muhammadiyah is planning to enter the world of pageants.

The PDI-P is forming an Islamic wing of the party, the Baitul Muslimin.

Some see the roots of the conflict in Poso as a struggle between militarism and democracy.

Muslims are numerically superior in Indonesia but quantity does not lead to quality, says Muhammadiyah boss Din Syamsuddin, nor does it lead to power, says Abu Bakar Ba'asyir.

Another Muhammad cartoon controversy in Denmark has stirred ill-will among some Indonesian Muslims.

There has been some rioting in Atambua, West Timor, over the execution of Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus Da Silva and Marianus Riwu.

Pope Benedict's speech and the muted reaction of Indonesian Muslim leaders.

The Ulema Council, Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI), says female circumcision is necessary for Muslims.

Indonesia is not taking Israel's rejection of its plan to send peacekeeping troops lying down.

Indonesian intellectuals work themselves into paroxysms of outrage over Israel's invasion of Lebanon.

The plans of some militant Muslims to go to fight in Lebanon and the government's and others' reactions to them.

The long march of militant Islam through the institutions, on the university campuses of Aceh, with some fearing that Aceh may be the springboard for groups such as the PKS to dominate other areas.

The middle eastern crisis and Indonesian reactions to it.

The chairman of the Ulema Council, the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI), has asked the government to ban Playboy magazine.

Politically minded Muslims are urged not to keep regretting the fact that the state does not have an explicitly Islamic basis.

Muslim political groups are taking a keen interest in events in Israel and Lebanon.

Articles from the world's press increasingly focus on the lack of moderation in Indonesia and Indonesian Islam.

Noteworthy articles and links from the world's press: polygamy, extremism, porn, it's all here.

Tony Blair was only prepared to meet with "moderate" Islamic leaders in Indonesia, perhaps preferring to avert his eyes and ears from those who aren't counted in this category.

An alliance between the Russian & Islamic world.

In the wake of withdrawing its embassy staff in Jakarta the Danish foreign ministry has now ordered all Danes in Indonesia to leave the country immediately.

At a news conference in Jakarta the chairman of Muhammadiyah, which is a modernist Islamic social group with about 25 million members, Din Syamsuddin, said that religious harmony was difficult in Indonesia because Christianity and Islam were by nature proselytising faiths and naturally collided with each other.

Ahmadiyah homes attacked in Lombok.

The Muhammadiyah organisation in Indonesia, the second largest Muslim social group in the country and of a modernist bent, has offered buildings it owns such as schools and halls for the use of Christians on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.