Cultural protectionism and Big Brother in Indonesian film making law, the UU Perfilman.

Educating the public about the pornography bill and legal challenges against UU Porno at the Constitutional Court.

The proposed Pornography law is to be passed next week, and grumblings from Bali.

The Sharia Banking Act is passed into law, and opposition to it from Christian legislators.

Rima says the government creates distractions and the media willingly participate, to hide the real problems of Indonesia.

Government efforts to regulate the internet and block access to porn websites.

Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (PKS) melebarkan jangkauan daerah dan budayanya di Bali.

The PKS broadens its electoral and cultural horizons, in Bali.

Some fear the rise of a morality police.

Whether Indonesia should introduce military conscription.

[Updated] The long, tortuous journey of the RUU Anti Pornoaksi Pornografi is approaching its end.

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.

Regional laws based on Islamic sharia and their effect on homosexuals.

The RUU APP is again being debated in the parliament, but may have now been reduced to just the RUU Pornography.

The International Religious Freedom Report 2006 by the American Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.

Javanese language and script are dying and president Yudhoyono is one who is concerned.

The controversial anti-pornography bill has run into problems in the parliament.

Mohamad Guntur Romli of the Liberal Islam Network (JIL) is questioned by police over blasphemy allegations.

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

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.

The authorities of Makassar, South Sulawesi, are tackling the issue of schoolgirl skirt length.

It's not just conservative Muslims who don't like the Playboy brand, some Balinese Hindus are less than enthused as well.

Ex-president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid has been reported to the police for insulting Islam.

Los Angeles Times' writer Richard C. Paddock produces an interesting article on the pornography law.

Sinta Nuriyah Wahid, the wife of former president Abdurrahman Wahid, is suing the Betawi Brotherhood Forum (FBR) for slandering women.

Expatriate pop singer Anggun visited Jakarta recently and left us with her opinions on the anti-pornography bill.

The Indonesian Ulema Council has issued 19 new fatwas.

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

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.

The question of the listing of religious affiliation national identity cards (KTP).

A demonstration today in Jakarta against draconian public decency laws with the marchers dressing up in traditional costumes of various regions in Indonesia.

The man in charge of the committee dealing with the anti-porn bill has said that the bill will likely be debated on in the parliament in June 2006 and then passed into law because the opposition to it is so insignificant.

The battle over the anti-pornography and public display of sexuality bill is far from over. Today tens of thousands of Muslims rallied in the capital of Lombok island, Mataram, and were addressed by the mayor of that fair city, who said that women who dressed sexy were asking to be raped.

We briefly mentioned in Porn Wars the attitude of the Indonesian Mujahadin Council, Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI), towards those in Bali who objected to some of the provisions in the anti-pornography and indecency law. Looking at what the MMI had to say in detail opens ones eyes to certain Muslim attitudes to Bali and the Balinese.

Tons of porn news today, get yer porn here.

A good article in Tempo magazine appeared recently on the matter of the anti-pornography and indecency bill that framed the question in terms of a conflict between Arab cultural imperialism (Islam) and native Indonesian culture.

The contradictions at the heart of the make up of the Indonesian nation are on display in a somewhat comical way presently in the attempts by Islamist lawmakers in Jakarta to enact a new, draconian law against pornography (pornografi) and supposed public indecency (pornoaksi).