Hamzah Haz says Muslims are less inclined to vote for Islamic parties now than in the past.

A survey says over a third of Indonesian Muslims desire an Islamic state, while half don't, among other things.

The PKS has won positions in about 60% of elections for regional heads of government in recent years.

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.

A round-up of recent news on the RUU APP, the anti-pornography bill.

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

The Islamically oriented Prosperous Justice Party, PKS, is considering whether to change the railway law so that it requires every train to provide a women-only car.

Parliamentarians have agreed to drop the sharia issue while vice president Jusuf Kalla continues to offer his thoughts on the matter.

The issue of the "Palestinians" keeps occupying the minds of Islamic oriented political forces in the country.

The attempts by legislators to have Islamic type laws repealed have met with a lukewarm response from the government.

Pressure on the existence of sharia type laws in the provinces grows as fifty-six members of parliament in Jakarta demand their annulment.

Some stories from around the country on morality lifting efforts by the authorities and police and the less than pleased response of some.

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

The growing application of sharia based laws in the province of South Sulawesi, and elsewhere, is bound up in the role of a group called the Preparatory Committee for the Application of Islamic Laws.

The Partai Keadilan Sejahtera, PKS, is the bearer of gifts for both lowly schoolteachers and the Hamas government in the West Bank alike.

The city of Depok near Jakarta has been led by the Islamist PKS, Prosperous Justice Party (Partai Keadilan Sejahtera), for 100 days now. Their record in this time is coming under increasing attack.

The Partai Damai Sejahtera, PDS, says that they do not want to be viewed as a religious party.

The communist threat in Indonesia remains unabated it appears with the discovery of some "communist" graffiti by the roadside in Bogor yesterday causing much consternation.

The first Indonesian version of Playboy magazine came out today. Despite the fact that it does not contain nudity and is not any more raunchy than other established magazines its publication has met with much opposition.

Yoyoh Yusroh, a member of the Islamist Prosperous Justice Party, PKS, in supporting the proposed law against public indecency, says women need to be protected from globalization.

It's common practice for analysts of Indonesian politcal affairs to divide parties into two groups, Islamist, and secular, but this is an over-simplification.

Tons of porn news today, get yer porn here.

An electoral poll carried out in December 2005 and published in early February 2006 make for some interesting perusing given recent events and trends in the parliament in Jakarta.

The election results for the 2004 parliamentary and presidential elections.

Protests in Surabaya, Bandung against the Muhammad cartoons.

A study of youth political & religious affiliation.