Howling opposition and worshipful support of the visit of president Obama to Indonesia.

Constitutional Court hears case on free interpretation of religions, a human right or recipe for anarchy.

Indonesian government and religious leaders defend religious freedom for Swiss Muslims.

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

Dealing with enemies on the left and the right keeps Nahdlatul Ulama leaders busy talking.

Update and results of the East Java election, and winning the votes of the Nahdlatul Ulama faithful.

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

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

Rogue Wan sees sinister forces behind the anti-Jamaah Ahmadiyah witch hunt.

Perselisihan Israel dan Palestina, sekaligus hubungan Indonesia dengan Israel.

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

The MUI rides the anti-heretic wave to more money and influence.

Muslim preachers make too many jokes.

Sharia can be applied without making Indonesia an Islamic state.

Nahdlatul Ulama continues to feel under threat, from politicians, other Muslim groups, and transnational Islamic movements.

Indonesia has suffered a great number of insults to its pride and integrity recently.

Salman Rushdie's knighthood has some people bothered.

Islamic preachers are increasingly teaching a hardline, militant Islam.

Clerics should stay in schools and stay out of politics.

Reactions to the visit of Israeli parliament members to Indonesia.

Pressure on Shia Islamic groups in Indonesia is growing.

Police are hunting down the makers of an anti Islam video.

Indonesia supports UN Security Council Resolution 1747 against Iran's nuclear program, and many are upset.

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

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

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

Disaster prone Indonesia is populated by people weak in faith, or weak in honesty, depending on your view.

Muslim extremists and radicals misunderstand their religion, says a senior cleric.

Television stations show too many soap operas with stories of romance in high schools, says a religious leader.

Conducting Muslim worship services in Indonesian, rather than Arabic, remains invalid, and illegal, says NU boss Hasyim Muzadi.

Hasyim Muzadi of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) worries about the suicide bomber trend.

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

Five national figures will have the opportunity to meet president George Bush.

Crime and prostitution are said to increase during the month of Ramadan.

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

Hasyim Muzadi warns the Islamic faithful to be on guard against weird religious teachings.

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

Luthfi Assyaukanie is a liberal Indonesian Muslim intellectual and puts out a good stream of writing on Islam topics.

The middle eastern crisis and Indonesian reactions to it.

The Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) have reaffirmed their committment to the secular state, among other goings-on at their national conference in Surabaya.

Hasyim Muzadi of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) says Islamic boarding schools are not breeding grounds for terrorists.

The attempts by legislators to have Islamic type laws repealed have met with a lukewarm response from the government.

The threat of communism continues its resurgence.

Hasyim Muzadi of the Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) says his organisation should act as a bridge linking Islam to the West, but only the European part of the West.

There are some who fear that an Indonesian Islamic state is imminent.

The government appears willing to better deal with extremist thuggery.

The proliferation of regional and local laws, and their conflict with national law, receives some attention.

A review of recent news on the pornography and morality bill as thousands of Muslims rallied in Jakarta in support of it yesterday.

A Christian foundation in Surabaya, East Java, reaches out to the masses.

Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) is the largest Muslim body in the country and is chiefly responsible for the reputation of Indonesia as a place of moderate Islam. Its current leader, Hasyim Muzadi, gives his opinions on the sharia debate.