Subversive Groups & Patriotism

… but unfortunately Melanesians have more votes in the USA than migrants from Maluku.)

HT apparently decided the note was an infringement of Indonesia’s sovereignty, hence a lot of nasties with their Darth Vadar lookalike wives screaming on the streets. Farid Wadji of HTI read out a statement: hizbut-tahrir.or.id

We call for the Moslem in Papua to stand side by side with the Moslem all over Indonesia to reject the plan of the Kuffar Colonizer to separate the province from …

Comment by perseus: … Papua is “not a happy place”. Would it be happier as …

Self Promotion Strategies

… however he was reported to be considering who would be a suitable running mate for the presidency, apparently with a preference for an academically inclined youngish person of Sundanese stock - because a Javanese-Sundanese ticket would be hard to beat, ethnicity being an important consideration. okezone

Farmers' Friend Prabowo Subianto

Lieutenant General Prabowo Subianto, the leader of the new nationalist political party Partai Gerakan Indonesia Raya (Gerindra), has embarked on a …

Comment by purba negoro: … and now we are slapping them in the face and stealing …

Malay Loan Words in English

A not very taxing quiz to guess the Malay/Indonesian origins of some words in English.

"Jakarta Guy", as some sort of way of celebrating Indonesian independence day anniversary on 17th August, holds a quiz where Indonesians are asked to guess the Indonesian Malay origins of ten words in English.

Most of them are very, very easy:

The words are:

ketchup
…

Comment by Geordie: … I’m very happy that the language was and is able …

People Not Voting

People not participating in elections, fit to be stripped of Indonesian nationality or sinful.

The proportion of registered voters not taking part in regional and city elections (Golput (golongan putih atau tidak memilih)) this year averages around 40% and the matter has created some controversy.

In early July leader of PDI Perjuangan, Megawati Soekarnoputri, said at a campaign rally …

Comment by Jakartass: … 38 parties have ‘approval’ to campaign in the ongoing …

Sheila Marcia & Roger Danuarta

… Jakarta, and found to be in possession of 0.27 grams of shabu-shabu.

Sheila Marcia, in happier times.

Apart from the drugs, police also confiscated a bong and lighters.

With Roger Danuarta

Her boyfriend, Roger Danuarta, was also arrested and later tested positive to narcotics in his system. It is not clear whether Sheila has been tested yet, or whether she has admitted to using the drugs. okezone

Eka Deli.

Her good friend, gospel and pop music singer, the …

Comment by Geordie: … Sorry PN but it appeared that was exactly what you were …

Indigenous Flag Raising

More flag raising deaths and controversy, this time in Papua.

On 9th August to celebrate "International Day of the World's Indigenous People" (Hari Internasional Bangsa Pribumi) a rally was staged in Wamena at which the "Bintang Kejora" (morning star) flag of the West Papuan independence movement was raised, side by side with the with the United Nations and Indonesian flags in Sinabuk …

Comment by Geordie: … to size itself appropriately to the availability and …

Working Sundays

Whether working on Sundays is a sign of Islamization for the pious Papuans.

In Jayapura on 4th August several thousand Papuans from various church associations marched to the governor of Papua's residence, protesting the recently signed ministerial decree in Jakarta making Sundays official, national work days.

The protestors hoped that Governor of Papua Barnabas Suebu would take up …

Comment by Rambutan: … Not everything happening in Indonesia is motivated by …

Niwatakawaca, Rahwana, Cakil & Pasopati

… http://oai.dtic.mil/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-802

Comment by Oigal: … I said we are all happy you are an amusing xenophobe …

Spiritual Discipline & Fasting

Ramadan approaches, again, and Ross complains that religious leaders are intent on spoiling others' fun and livelihoods.

Ramadan Ranting Underway

The silly season is under way again, as fanatical twits show utter indifference to those for whose welfare their religion might presumably dispose them to care.

I refer to the Clerics' Council, MUI, whose Riau chapter in Batam has demanded that …

Comment by tomaculum: … I’am very, very happy to be immoral. Cheers, I will now …

How to Catch Ms Bule

… gambit of the Kuta Cowboy. White men never open like this. Maybe we should? Ms Bule will be happy to pay for dinner and drinks. However, when the holiday is over, she may not persist in staying in touch. She may decide her Kuta Cowboy was some holiday fun and leave it at that.

Ms Bule is more likely to engage in casual sex away from home. The double standard applies. The man who has many women is a stud; the woman who has many men is a slut. On holiday, lust can be indulged without …

Comment by Purba Negoro: … into your flapping big mouth.

Ryan of Jombang

… one in Jakarta. Police say there are likely still more victims to be found.

Ryan

Ryan appears to be homosexual, or perhaps bisexual, and some of his killing has been ascribed in the media to the insane jealousy that homosexuals in particular are said to suffer from. One of Ryan's victims, Grady Adam, is said to have liked to wear boots and behaved in a "macho" way. okezone

The Dig.

Although Ryan has only just been arrested, there has been much speculation over what …

Comment by Agus: … killer”? Appalling as it may seem, but such bias …

Kampung Pulo, Pinang Ranti

A violent neighbourhood dispute over a Christian theological college in East Jakarta.

The dispute over the 19 year-old Arastamar Evangelical School of Theology (Kampus Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Injil Arastamar, SETIA) in the Kampung Pulo, Pinang Ranti, Makassar, East Jakarta area flared up again with on July 25th a violent fight breaking out between local Muslim residents and Christian …

Comment by tomaculum: … world, it does not apply as you can see in history, a few …

Adinda Bakrie & Seng-Hoo Ong

Adinda Bakrie marries Seng-Hoo Ong in lavish style in a multi-billion rupiah affair.

The niece of Coordinating Social Affairs minister Aburizal Bakrie , and daughter of former PT Lapindo Brantas owner Indra Usmansyah Bakrie and restauranteur Gaby Djorgie, Adinda Bakrie married Seng-Hoo Ong on July 25th, her new husband himself belonging to a wealthy business family, in Singapore.

…

Comment by Mindert: … Gie, who made an appeal to his fellow ‘chinese …

Political Campaign Posters & Slogans

… clear which main party was supporting Khofifah - the Kabah party, PPP.

Leather jacket man appeared on a great number of election banners even though he wasn't running for office. He is from the Partai Patriot (the "Party of youth"), which seemed to go all-out for Khofifah.

Sutjipto

Sutjipto and Ridwan Hisyam are not particularly well-known figures and their campaign relied on the appeal of Megawati and the core support of the PDI Perjuangan. Unlike the other candidates, …

Death Row Inmates & Debate

… office to receive a copy of the Supreme Court’s rejection of the strangely reluctant 'martyrs’ appeal. (You’d think all those gorgeous maidens in paradise would be a destination eagerly sought!)

Amrozi

I’m not totally familiar with the geography of government buildings in Jakarta, but one would have imagined that a keen tukang ojek could have fetched that necessary scrap of paper across town inside half an hour. Never mind! Clearly there is no great sense of urgency in the …

Comment by dewaratugedeanom: … time Amrozi et al. appear in the media to publish also …

Reasons for Divorce

… society, because state and society cannot be ordered properly unless families are stable and happy.

Umar's data on cases, and causes of divorce, with the reasons given for separation as

incompatibility (because of adultery) - 54000 cases
disharmony - 46000
economic hardship - 24000
interference by relatives - 9000
family crisis - 4700
forced marriage - 1700
domestic violence - 900
polygamy - 879
biological defect (like infertility) - 580 …

Comment by Tom Simunovic: … A woman disappointed with the marriage, and all …

Dewi Perssik & Wong Telu

… or so ago seen a similar PRJ recorded show, which lasted for the best part of an hour, so by the approach of 9 p.m. we were assuming that we'd got the date wrong.

Dewi Perssik

Then, after a fairly obscure band (nothing to do with PRJ) had been playing old rock for no obvious reason since about eight, suddenly I was jolted from my computer by Ms. Perssik's voice. There she was, and there she continued - for less than ten minutes!

Does anybody have any idea what motivated TVRI to …

Comment by Ross: … a real effort to appreciate her audience. TVRI …

Indonesians vs. Jakarta Expats

… you think of any other differences between Indonesians and foreigners? Share them in the comments!

Comment by AchmadSudarsono: … Alot of things happened in the 14th century - like Jews …

Modern Day Javanese Girls

… "This is Java!", (he's imploring others to submit themselves to anything and everything Javanese, apparently). gatra

Curator Rain Rosidi said by "Java" what was meant was not restricted to ethnically Javanese people alone, partly because Javaneseness has already clearly been influenced by external forces.

Comment by DisgustedbyKemunafikan: … modernism is so appealing. Easy care attitude is …

Digital Divide

Indonesia still lags well behind its neighbours in proportion of people with internet access.

The General Manager of Telkom's Sumatera Division, M. Awaluddin, said in Medan on 30th June that the proportion of Indonesians who understood and used the internet was still very small compared to countries like Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, that the "digital divide" was still gaping.

In …

Comment by Purba Negoro: … continue this apparent paleological insistence on a …

Political Acronym List

… Kasih

Partai Kongres

In Aceh, where local parties are permitted, six out of ten applicants succeeded in registering. kompas

Partai Aceh, PA

Partai Aceh Aman Sejahtera, PAAS

Partai Bersatu Atjeh, PBA

Partai Daulat Aceh, PDA

Partai Rakyat Aceh, PRA

Partai Suara Independen Rakyat Aceh, SIRA

Those which were rejected: okezone

Partai Aliansi Rakyat Aceh Peduli Perempuan (PARA)
Partai Darussalam (PD)
Partai …

Comment by kinch: … post Suharto’s appointment of Feisal Tanjung (I knew a …

Power Blackouts

Planned electricity blackouts in some areas of Jakarta in July. Don't panic!

The state electricity company, PT PLN (Persero), has announced that between 11-25 July 2008 rolling power blackouts will occur, for seven hours at a time, in Jakarta (certain parts of Gambir, Kebayoran, and Kramat Jati) and parts of Tangerang, between the hours of 08.00-15.00 and 15.00-22.00 WIB.

The reason …

Comment by PrimaryDrive: … again as proud and happy indonesians.

Mandi

… woman had washed she should perform a check on herself to make sure that she felt comfortable and happy. After that, once out in the world, the main thing was to avoid worrying and instead to laugh a lot.
A Lux short movie, starring Dian Sastro, "Bukan Kesempatan yang Terlewat".
All three ladies agreed that no matter how much mandi was done it was all useless unless women "had brains". Luna Maya said girls with little life experience who couldn't engage in conversation never …

Comment by tomaculum: … conversation never appeared beautiful, no matter what …

Islamic Olympic Games

Hosting the Islamic Games in Serang is Banten Governor Ratu Atut Chosiyah's new obsession.

The Governor of Banten province, Ratu Atut Chosiyah , fresh from playing host to a national Quranic recital contest, the 22nd Musabaqah Tilawatil Quran Nasional (MTQN) in Serang, has a new, she says
obsession

to make Banten the host of the Islamic version of the Olympic Games, for the …

Comment by Irman: … that happened in indonesia that based on …

Mega 2009

… , and her chances of success largely seem to depend on forming the best coalition, and having an appealing running-mate, or at least one more appealing than her 2004 partner, dull Hasyim Muzadi. These are the names which are usually mentioned in this respect:

Akbar Tandjung
Wiranto
Sultan Hamengkubuwono X
Hidayat Nur Wahid
Sutiyoso

Other figures who have been mentioned in the past:

Agung Laksono
Jusuf Kalla
Din Syamsuddin

Megawati's best chance of …

Comment by shorty: … skills, populist appeal based on sentiment and emotion, …

Pocong Horror

… bet to draw in audiences, says one Tasha Hadifitri. This is not entirely a problem by itself, the appalling standard of the films is however.

The main point of the films, says Tasha, is just to show as much gore and violence as possible, without bothering whether the story makes sense, and the producers keep re-using the same figures of horror in each film, like the dreaded hopping/floating pocong ghost, or the kuntilanak vampire.

A Pocong.

Tasha goes on to complain that such …

Comment by Purba Negoro: … behind such crappy Indonesian films: They are …

Sexy Dancing

… move about acrobatically on stage in all sorts of interesting and frankly mesmerising directions, apparently for the purposes of promoting a brand of cigarettes.

Gaggle of sexy dancers milling about.

Critics complain that the sexy dancing was done in an open arena, the Kajen Alun-alun (city square), clearly visible to anyone and everyone, including lots of children, and right in front of the Kajen Grand Mosque, and that the act went on without any policemen or public order officers …

Comment by Alex: … incident that happened in a village, and this was …

Sanur Escorts, Bali

The escort girls of Sanur's red light district are cheering Spain's victory in Euro 2008.

Residents of the red light district/ lokalisasi at Sanur, Bali have been complaining that the Euro football Cup has deprived them of business, with their usual customers preferring to stay at home and watch men kick a ball back and forth.

Lila, a working girl from Jember in East Java, says it …

Comment by Patrick: … PDI acting as self appointed vigilantes in Java raiding …

Annisa Trihapsari

… Her husband Sultan Djorghi is said to be very pleased Annisa covers up, and it makes them a happier couple, Annisa Trihapsari says.

Annisa Trihapsari, jilbabed.

Annisa, as an actress, hopes that prospective employers will understand her situation and provide her with roles where the wearing of the scarf is possible. inilah

Comment by Lairedion: … She can always apply for such a position in …

Fiskal Tax & NPWP

The fiskal exit tax is to be abolished, for registered taxpayers, to encourage the payment of income tax.

From 1st January 2009 those with a tax-file number (NPWP, Nomor Pokok Wajib Pajak), and their dependents, will no longer be required to pay the 1 million rupiah fee upon leaving the country, called fiskal . From 1st January 2011 the "fiskal free" policy will be extended to all …

Comment by Rob: … Dude… It will happen. The RUU has been the subject of …

Acha Septriasa in Malaysia

… and missing home.

Acha Septriasa, one of our Top 10 "hottest" women, whose full name is apparently Jelita Septriasa, has since a few months ago been living in Malaysia, where she is studying film production at Lim Kwok Wing University in Kuala Lumpur.

Acha Septriasa

Acha says that she struggles to adapt to life in Malaysia, and very much misses her hometown of Jakarta. She's returned for visits four times already, to take back in the atmosphere of Jakarta, see her family, …

World Peace Forum (WPF)

… Trust.

Din Syamsuddin, doing his bit.

Leader of Muhammadiyah, Din Syamsuddin, who also happens to be the head of CDCC, said on the 25th that he was very happy with the conclusion of the first session of the WPF talk-fest, that a new common understanding of the causes of world conflict had arisen despite the varied backgrounds of the participants.

Din's colleague, Rizal Sukma, head of the organising committee, went into more detail saying that the delegates had unanimously agreed …

Comment by Jens Arni: … survive, as it is apparent to all animals in the animal …

News Portals & Traffic Statistics

… actual per-day visitor estimates.

Portals

The sites that attempt to be very comprehensive, appeal to women, and have plenty of celebrity news (= traffic). Link

So on a good day, of late, Detik.com alone can manage 200,000 visitors. The rank of my new personal favourite, inilah.com, is still flat-lining.

Detik

The Detik property is broken up into a number of separate sites, add them all together, and no other portal/news site in Indonesia comes close, despite its …

Comment by Patung: … Maybe it sort of applies to non-ecom sites as well, …

Chinese Tourism

… than that.

Indonesia had a 600 year old relationship with China, he said, and had plenty of appealing destinations, so there was no reason it should be beaten by other countries in attracting Chinese tourism.

Oemar said that in an effort to gain more Chinese tourists an "Indonesia Week" display/exhibition will be held in Wangfujing, a big shopping mall in Beijing, in September 2008, around the time of the Olympics. antara

Comment by oemar: Appreciative of all comments, pls note …

Bibit–Rustriningsih

… while others raised the likely related suggestion that bribing of voters played some role. antara

Comment by perempuan rantau: … they’re really happy with Rustriningsih as their mayor. …

Munir & Muchdi PR

… The former deputy head of the country's spy service, BIN, has been taken into custody, apparently voluntarily, in connection with the murder of the rights activist Munir. He is presumably meant to be the brains behind Pollycarpus, the rather dim-looking Garuda pilot who is already behind bars for the homicide.
Muchdi, left.
Major-General Muchdi Purwopranjono's arrest is something akin to a deputy chief of the CIA being hauled in for questioning in relation to somebody like …

Comment by Wilson: … adverts for crappy Aussie beer in England; during the …

Malaysia - RI Relations

… Predictably, most of the comments were expressions of anger. However, this news issue has not appeared on any online news source in Malaysia until now. Similarly to what happened during previous tensions, the Indonesian side looks more frustrated than its neighbor.
Probably, for this year, this is the first public tension involving Malaysia. Prior to this, the number of disputes are nearly countless. Nevertheless, the tensions were dominated at the level of people to people …

Comment by mirax: … indonesian maids - apparently, the employers are afraid of …

Seeds of Conflict in Papua

… brand of Christianity to the province, and this creates its own problems, he said. ranesi

Comment by dewaratugedeanom: … during the UUD APP (anti-pornography law, read sharia …

Islamic Banking System

… passed into law, and opposition to it from Christian legislators.

The Sharia Banking bill (RUU Perbankan Syariah) was enacted on 17th June and won the support of most political parties with the only opposition coming from the Partai Damai Sejahtera (PDS), a Protestant/Evangelical party.

Retna Rosmanita Situmorang of the PDS (Central Sulawesi) says the sharia banking bill is not needed as there are already provisions for sharia rules in the Banking Act (UU Perbankan) of 1992 as …

Euro Cup 2008

Lairedion on the Euro 2008 football championship, and the Indonesian connection.

Football Mania!

Lately Indonesia Matters seems to be flooded with all kinds of intellectuals and literature experts boasting to one another with pompous language and the amount of books they have read. Being somewhat bored with the creeping elitism here let me take you with me to the "triviality" of …

Comment by Shloka: … I was terribly disappointed after Germany couldn’t make …

Literary Parody

… I was much cleverer now! Oh yes, much cleverer! (Don’t let the fact that my character doesn’t appear to have developed at all worry you; I told you already – bigger themes!)

I drank a glass of water and began work on a story. I was writing in Ancient Greek, a language I spoke with ease.

My 17th wife came into the room. My 17th wife was a formidable woman, powerful, brave, intelligent, beautiful and strong!

“Oh Wonky!” she gasped, demurely, fluttering her delicate …

Comment by timdog: … she said unhappily. “Look, we have to have a …

Religion & Religiosity

… Christmas with them. Back then, we were not suspicious with one another, we were all like one big happy family, with real problems, none of which originated from religion. Those were good times.

I also remember being taught that religious people, specifically Muslims, go to heaven (if they're good) and others do not. As kids, our schools taught us communism equals atheism and therefore very, very bad. This is deeply embedded in our minds which is why many Indonesians feel somewhat afraid or …

Comment by dewaratugedeanom: … they even let it happen in front of everybody, these …

Neighbour Misunderstandings

… was no different from other western countries in enmity to Indonesia and the Islamic world.

Happy Australian Muslim tv presenter on "Salam Cafe".

However from his observations and talks with Australian Muslims he found that, for example, Muslim women were free to wear the jilbab without any disapproval from the government, that Muslims had full religious freedom, and even had their own television program, "Salam Cafe", on a government owned station, SBS.

Bambang Arif Rahman from …

Comment by kinch: … a bit stressful happens. This wasn’t a Chinese …

My Friend the Fanatic

… Belajar Islam dari Yahudi ("Learning Islam from Jews" - seems to be a critique of the Orientalist approach to Islam)
Mossad (Behind every conspiracy)
Kebangkitan Freemason dan Zionis di Indonesia ("The Rise/Resurgence of Freemasonry & Zionism in Indonesia")
Jejak Freemason dan Zionis di Indonesia ("Acts of Freemasons & Zionists in Indonesia")
Lobi Zionis & Rezim Bush ("The Zionist Lobby & the Bush Regime")

Although it seems Herry's works are …

Comment by santana: … this really has happened and which most real since power …

Habib Rizieq Shihab

Well-fed FPI head man Habib Rizieq has plenty of celebrity visitors to keep him company in police lock-up.

Rotund Front Pembela Islam (FPI) leader Habib Rizieq Shihab, arrested on June 4th for the FPI attack on a religious freedom rally in Jakarta on June 1st has kept in the news despite his imprisonment.

Famous Visitors

Habib has received a string of visitors, one of the …

Comment by Abdul Khalid al Jumhuri: … who recently appointed a real Jew as an Ambassador …

SKB Ahmadiyah

A police chief explains about the SKB edict against Ahmadiyah and under what terms arrests will be made.

On June 9th the ministerial edict against the Ahmadiyah sect was finally issued. Depending on whose interpretation is accepted it is either or both a "warning" and an "order" that the Jemaat Ahmadiyah Indonesia (JAI) cease its activities, or at least those activities which are deemed …

Comment by Aluang Anak Bayang: … me of what had happened in Europe 5-600 hundreds of …

Good & Bad Citizens

… who dissented from his clique's interpretation of his own. And this is the tail, a state-sponsored apparatus of intolerance, that wags the governmental watch-dog.

No wonder it hasn't bit or even barked over the past ten years, since the FPI started its rapacious illegality, under the auspices, as the current Defence Minister reminded us in yesterday's Jakarta Post 9/6, of Jakarta's Police Chief. What happened to FPI thugs who ransacked Star Dei, or vandalised the Playboy office ? Nothing? …

Comment by djoko: … authorities should approach FPI as it now exists? Law …

Improve Your Writing in English

Using software to improve your written English, auto-correction of grammar, punctuation, and spelling mistakes.

Particularly if you're Indonesian and want to write in English, or you have to for some reason, and you are worried about spelling and grammar mistakes in your writing then Whitesmoke's "All-in-One English Writing and Grammar Software" may be the answer to your …

Comment by dewaratugedeanom: … I’m happy to do some “surreptitious …

Ustad Jefry Al Buchori

Smiling, celebrity Muslim cleric Ustad Jeffry Al Buchori has no time for the Front Pembela Islam.

Ustad Jefry Al Buchori, often called Uje, telegenic and popular Muslim preacher, says the behaviour of the Front Pembela Islam (FPI) in its attack on a religious freedom rally in Jakarta held by the Aliansi Kebangsaan untuk Kebebasan Beragama dan Berkeyakinan (AKKBB) recently has to be …

Comment by Ross: … was sufficiently appalled at a celebrity keeping company …

Chinese & Asian Stereotype

… no point of lying, so I said, yes. Next thing I know, I lost my first new friend.

I found what happened really baffling as I was friends with mostly non-Chinese when I was in High School. I rang my friends from High School who then told me that they saw me as my own person first before they saw me as a Chinese, therefore I was OK. But in general, they said they would prefer to have "Indonesian friends".

Chinese are rich,
Chinese keep to themselves,
Chinese are arrogant, …

Comment by Purba Negoro: … they should reapply for the legal migration they …

FPI, Komando Laskar Islam & Munarman

Arrests of dozens of Front Pembela Islam and Komando Laskar Islam members in Jakarta, and forced closures of FPI branches in central and eastern Java.

FPI - Jakarta

On 4th June 58 members of the Front Pembela Islam (FPI, Islam Defenders Front) were arrested at FPI headquarters in central Jakarta. The leader of Komando Laskar Islam [KLI], the sub-group of the FPI said to be …

Comment by Shloka: … stated that the apparent rotation of the celestial …

Blaming the Victim & Others

Explanations for the FPI violence at Monas, blaming the victims, the government, and foreign plots.

Ahmadiyah

Head of the Muslim Lawyers' Team (Tim Pengacara Muslim,TPM), Mahendradatta, says the Monas incident was caused by the AKKBB side making deliberately provocative speeches, saying such as things as

the FPI are Laskar Kafir (Infidels' Front) and Laskar Setan (Satan's …

Comment by timdog: … for supra-gender application of the C-word… If …

Insiden Monas, FPI & AKKBB

Video tindak kekerasan Front Pembela Islam saat parade kebebasan beragama di Jakarta, dan tanggapan Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Video pemberitaan serangan Front Pembela Islam (FPI) terhadap Aliansi Kebangsaan Kebebasan Beragama dan Berkeyakinan (AKKBB) yang berkumpul di Silang Monas, Jakarta menandai peringatan hari Kesaktian Pancasila tanggal 1 Juni. Sekitar 200 orang anggota FPI …

Comment by Dian: … kafir (Al-Kafiruun).. Katakanlah: “Hai …

FPI & Aliansi Kebangsaan untuk Kebebasan Beragama

… came this from president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono antara

I am deeply concerned with what happened yesterday afternoon, by the attack carried out by a certain organisation and certain people, the law has to be upheld against them.

Comment by Lairedion: … As you know it happened to me earlier. So if the FPI …

FPI - Laskar Kafir, dikuasai Mossad

Keterangan mengenai kekerasan FPI di Monas, menyalahkan korban, pemerintah dan persekongkolan asing.

Pimpinan Tim Pengacara Muslim (TPM), Mahendradatta, mengatakan bahwa insiden Monas terjadi karena pihak AKKBB dengan sengaja memprovokasi dengan melontarkan kata-kata seperti

FPI Laskar Kafir dan Laskar Setan

Provokasi lainnya termasuk fakta bahwa parade AKKBB ilegal, tanpa ijin …

Comment by tomaculum: … memang sedaaappp. Perut saya jadi keruyukan, nih. …

Jakarta Public Transport

… few weeks ago a short article on the 'dangers' of travelling on Jakarta public transportation appeared in the Jakarta Post. I've mislaid the original because I've been too busy to scribble much but I was so amazed by its tone of paranoia that I vowed to post a comment when I had time.

Buses are still cheap despite the price hikes, and in bad traffic, what advantage is there in paying a fortune to sit simmering in a taxi? Better to pay Rp6000 on a bus and share the groans with somebody …

Comment by Rob: … It was a little disappointing that it did not include …

Forbidden Love in Cheap Hotels

… Rojikan (30) and Rahmawati Wulansari (30) were dishonorably discharged from the police force. It appears they had been warned by superiors three times previously to stop seeing each other. antara

Comment by indahs: … article is still appeared in the revision. I wish media …

Gereja Dibakar

Sebuah gereja dibakar di Purwakarta, Jawa Barat oleh penduduk setempat yang merasa diremehkan karena protes mereka atas pengalihfungsian bangunan tidak di tanggapi.

Gereja dibawah naungan Yayasan Abdi Karya (Yadika) di Desa Citeko, Kecamatan Plered, Purwakarta, Jawa Barat dibakar oleh penduduk setempat.

Bangunan tersebut sebelumnya digunakan sebagai pabrik genting dan telah mencapai …

Comment by Purba Negoro: … yet generally happy and tolerant responsible society. …

Purwakarta Church Burned Down

A church is burned down in Purwakarta, West Java by local people feeling slighted at the lack of response to their protests over its construction.

In Citeko village, Plered district, Purwakarta, West Java on 20th May a church run by the Abdi Karya Foundation (Yadika) was burned down in an attack by hundreds of local people.

The building had formerly been a tile factory and was in the …

Comment by Rob: … you did not disappoint! Unless you born & grew …

Dewi Sandra

… talking about religion but all the rumours in the media have forced her hand. dewi-sandra.com

Comment by Rob: … for it! If she is happy where she is, then she should …

Group & Mass Weddings

… getting up to no good.

Mixed emotions.

One of the couples, that of Siroj and Tunah, appeared not to know each other very well. 75-year old Siroj said he was told his blushing bride's name a little while ago but right now he couldn't remember it. But

The main thing is that after this I have a wife.

He had needs, which until now had been satisfied by an obliging friend:

Usually I do that once a day.

Gamelan music played in the background during the ceremony, the …

Comment by commenter: … it’s gonna be a happy ever after aye?

Single Indonesian Women

… I thought getting a job would be an easy task, because an overseas degree must have been more appealing than a local degree, right?

Wrong. It was difficult for me in finding a job. I sent out resumes after resumes only to usually receive zero response, and even if I did manage to score some interviews, they never led anywhere.

I had thought that my resume and the abundant amount of work experience I had was something that would have floored them - but it seems a lot of work …

Comment by Nia: … I’m really happy with that. He’s also excited …

ML, Mau Lagi

… the film ML (Mau Lagi?) ("Do you want more?") had been scheduled for release on 15th May but now appears to have been delayed.

Protests

Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) leader Amidhan said in Jakarta on 13th May that "ML" should be banned from cinema screens, because it had pornographic overtones and was insulting to women. The MUI had already sent its request to the Department of Culture and the Lembaga Sensor Film (LSF).

Amidhan says he hasn't seen the film yet, but he has …

Comment by Nona: … and living happily with kids who are free to choose …

I Gede Winasa

… affiliation depending on circumstance.

Villagers from Winasa's home town of Tegalcangkring approached the Bali Legislative Council to inform legislators that Winasa has two religions, they being Hinduism and Islam.

They claimed that Winasa affirmed himself to be a Hindu in his winning bid for office as Regent of Jembrana, yet when he married the Javanese Muslim Ratna Ani Lestari in Banyuwangi, East Java he put himself down as a Moslem. jakartapost

I Gede Winasa

And a …

Comment by Rob: … Will this ever happen? Who knows but perhaps a …

May 1998 Jakarta Riots

… down. Every year after the movement, media and political and social analysts reflect on what has happened and has been happening since Suharto was ousted. Since reform is the grand theme, these reflections therefore highlight the progress of reform in Indonesia. Although many topics can be written regarding reformasi in Indonesia only democracy and political reforms are arguably having much more attention than other issues.

Having said this, I would like to shift the focus away from …

Comment by dragonwall: … exactly what had happened. And all they do is prove …

Conspiracy Theories

Conspiracy theories among opinion leaders in Sumatra, American-Zionist and British conspiracies.

Zionist Conspiracies

The President of LBH Perjuangan Hukum dan Politik, Aldian Pinem, said in Medan, North Sumatra, in early April that the Geert Wilders short movie " Fitna " was an attempt to create the impression that all violence in the world was caused by Muslims.

This was not …

Comment by Rob: … alone will never happen. If population was the …

Miss Sandra Angelia

… Sulawesi was Runner Up II, but enough about them.

Preacher Man's Daughter

Sandra is the happy result of a union between Christian pastor Yusak Hadisiswantoro and Asti Tanuseputra. Her grandfather, Abraham Alex Tanuseputra, is the founder of the Bethany "Successful Families" Church.

Eastern Values Girl

Sandra says she is not at all used to wearing skimpy, revealing clothing, and she is very aware that as a preacher's daughter she has to be careful in this area.

On …

Comment by Hardolin: … wrong thing that happened during my grand father …

Amrozi Execution

… that's it.

Impatient

Another TPM lawyer, Achmad Midhan, says he can't understand what is happening with the plans for the execution and why the TPM's third request for a judicial review of the case is being ignored. kompas

If they're brave enough just do it now! It's strange, there are over 90 death penalty cases where the legal processes are complete but the executions haven't been carried out. The Attorney General's office should respect our client's efforts to have their …

Comment by Geordie: … what’s going to happen but seeing as we’ve also been …

Political Isms

The various ism problems that Indonesia faces, neo-liberalism, capitalism, imperialism, colonialism, and materialism.

Neo-isms

Lieutenant General Soeryadi, the new head of the Retired Officers Association of Sumatra, said in late February that the greatest dangers facing Indonesia today are:

neo-liberalism
neo-capitalism
neo-imperialism

These forces combined …

Comment by dewaratugedeanom: … course. What is happening now in Congo? If you are …

Islamic Syncretism Examples

… tradition, he said. antara

Heathens

The Wali Songo were known for their pragmatic approach to converting the Javanese to Islam, and many pre-existing Javanese practises often derived from Hindu and Buddhist sources were Islamised and incorporated into the new faith, thereby being allowed to survive.

Some orthodox minded Muslims today regard these examples of syncretism as intolerable pagan rituals while Agus Sunyoto, another scholar, says one such practice, that of …

Comment by Toro Kambali: … the room and snapped the princes’ ‘boning love’ …

Jewish Medal of Valor

… in politics.

Our country is full of lies and PKB has the courage to deal with them, and it appeared that the shooting of my house is aimed at frightening me.

The attempt to assassinate his house failed however and things were looking up:

But I have to put PKB back on the right track, as some branch offices of the party have been frozen because of their lies. Thank God, now everything is better.

Whether a valorous plea or not, he said:

Just pray for my safety, as I may …

Classic Literature Reading Lists

… Will it be better if they ask a question on what have these works contributed to the Indonesian arts and culture?

Comment by Finally Woken: … don’t know what happens now, but I remember that my …

Sandra Dewi Blog Boyfriend

… of time, and she heard that it was possible to meet men on the internet. kompas

It could happen. I really enjoy communicating with my fans. I'm single at the moment, it's possible I could get a boyfriend on the internet.

This lucky blog-walker could be you, if you're a man.

Marketing 2 - Video

Here is our heroine Sandra, starting off with a screeching "Hi", making her unabashed and professionally produced pitch as to why you should go blogging with her. She makes no …

Comment by Agent - X: … long as she’s happy.. I’m happy for her..! Go …

FPI Murder Incitement Video

Video of "firebrand" FPI/Front Pembela Islam preacher Ahmad Sobri Lubis advocating murder.

The speech about the Ahmadiyah sect given by Ahmad Sobri Lubis to a gathering of the Islam Defenders' Front/Front Pembela Islam (FPI) in which he makes several incitements to murder.

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Comment by Abdul Khalid al Jumhuri: … of our domestic stapple food (rice) production, and …

Julia Perez & Kamasutra

Julia Perez distributes free condoms with her latest musical masterpiece, "Kamasutra".

Free Condom

Professional exhibitionist and singer Julia Perez 's new album "Kamasutra" has a giveaway condom packet in the CD cover sleeve.

Julia Perez, in some of her glory.

Condomization

In the town of Samarinda in Kalimantan on 27th April dozens of women university students …

Comment by Rob: … Not going to happen! So, let’s legalize more bad …

Shopping Mall Churches

… have an official permit to hold religious services.

Although the lack of a permit probably applies to most mosques, as well, considering that according to an official in Surabaya, East Java, 90% of the houses of worship in that city don't have a permit, irrespective of which religion. tempo

Saipul Abdullah of the Islamic Defenders Front explains that the FPI have a three-step process for dealing with illegal churches:

ask for proof of their legal status
issue a …

Comment by timdog: … highlighting an apparent double standard, and then …

VIP Escort

… detik

VVIP procedures are fixed, when a VVIP enters a place then those procedures apply. For example, airports have their own rules, but when a VVIP goes there the VVIP rules take precedence.

Major General Suwarno, right

I'm not talking about whether it's alright or it's not alright. If Pak Kalla walks from Monas to Hotel Indonesia where am I supposed to pick him up? I was going to pick him up at Hotel Indonesia so how am I supposed to get there?

VIP's …

Singkawang Brides

… of the "marriage", - because she was put to work as a prostitute, abused, or was simply very disappointed with life in the new country.

How to Get a Wife in Singkawang

Most of the men who come to Singkawang looking for young women to marry are from Taiwan, China, Malaysia, or Singapore. These men arrive, get in touch with a broker, the broker then approaches a family with a suitably aged girl and generally offers the parents about five million rupiah (a bit over $500) for …

Comment by Shloka: … Sha’ria-approved Islamic whore city, another …

Al Manar Television

Lebanese Hizbullah television become available to Indonesian viewers courtesy of Indosat.

Since some time this month the Lebanese Shia radical group Hizbullah's own television station, Al Manar , has begun broadcasting to Indonesian audiences via Indosat's Palapa C2 satellite.

Head of Public Relations for Indosat, Adita Irawati, says: detikinet

Al Manar is a new client, they …

Comment by Lairedion: … Not my appetite. - Hustler TV is generally …

Wag the Dog à la Indonesia

… Barry Levinson's " Wag the Dog " rings a familiar bell. It is somewhat similar to what has been happening lately in Indonesia.

The government knows the people is much more aware of the situation around them nowadays, the people can see right through them, and the people can see their impotence. So what do they (the government) do to take control of the situation? They create decoys as a weapon of mass distraction. They throw bait at the Indonesian media who in turn almost always turn …

Comment by Dykarg: … me really sad is apperently we like it. Even in the …