Obscure branches of the MUI have their 15 minutes of fame in protest at the '2012' doomsday movie.

A branch of the Sufi sect Tarekat Naqsyabandiyah is the latest target of the MUI.

Mixing Sundanese disco music and Islam invites bigotry and later "mediation" in West Java, as Ross finds out.

The hardline stand taken by Indonesian clerics against homosexuality wins applause from Ross.

Ahmadiyah makes changes to its beliefs and avoids being banned by the government.

The experts say soft Islam is sweeping the country, not hard Islam.

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

Indonesia doesn't need a Grand Mufti, the MUI is enough.

Mini theocracy in Bogor and Padang.

Building a Pentecostal church in Bangka-Belitung.

Action is urged against the Indonesian Islamic State (NII, Negara Islam Indonesia) movement.

The Padang government wants school religious textbooks to be more Islamically correct.

Female students at the University of Indonesia no longer ride around on Vespa scooters half naked.

Regional branches of the Ulema Council are urged not to be limp-wristed about encouraging local sharia laws.

President George Bush's upcoming visit is attracting some vocal, and humorous, opposition.

Yusman "Gus" Roy says he intends to continue conducting services in both Indonesian and Arabic after having been released from prison.

Excitable Bogor residents go on the rampage against heresy again.

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

Theocracy in action in West Sumatra as the city government of Padang teams up with the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI), and the mob, to close down a mosque used by the heretics of the Jamiyatul Islamiyah.

The Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) advises what should not appear on television screens during the upcoming "holy month" of Ramadan.

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

Stories of mob action against churches in Indonesia tend to very often emanate from West Java, as another church, near Bandung, was closed on July 16th.

Forty-two percent of people do not want those of other faiths to build houses of worship in their neighbourhoods, says a survey.

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

The Nahdlatul Ulama's fatwa against television gossip shows.

While Depok heads down the road of instituting strict morality laws two candidates for mayor of Jakarta say sharia is not on the agenda for the national capital.

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

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

The Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) says there are no regional regulations that apply Islamic law.

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

The Indonesian Ulema Council has issued 19 new fatwas.

Former presidents of the country are not immune from the attention of hardline Islamic groups.

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

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

A convert to Christianity in the west Java town of Tasikmalaya has been imprisoned for insulting Islam.

Voices have been raised that the largest Muslim organisation in the country, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), is moving towards intolerance.

Indonesia remains on the "Watch List" in the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom report for 2006.

The leader of the East Java regency of Banyuwangi has been accused of blasphemy.

The Indonesian Ulema Council is in the process of creating an anti-sin ordinance for Jakarta.

Interview with the deputy chairman of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), Ma'ruf Amin, on the houses of worship law, from the Jakarta Post.

It appears a number of areas in Indonesia are suffering from an outbreak of demonic possession. So says the Indonesian Ulema Council who place the blame for the outbreak on lack of good religious indoct....ehm, education in schools.

The Babur Ridho religious school in Medan, north Sumatra, is accused of deviant, mystical, Islamic teachings. The Indonesian Ulema Council, always vigilant against anything that smells of heresy, is investigating.

Amidhan, the chairman of the Indonesian Ulema Council and a member of the National Commission on Human Rights, gives his reasons for supporting the anti-porn and public indecency bill in an interview with the Jakarta Post.

Great article in the Los Angeles Times of March 20th entitled "Separation of Mosque and State Wanes in Indonesia" dealing with the persecution, under blasphemy laws, of Yusman Roy, who sits in prison for the crime of having led prayers at his local mosque in the language of his country and people - Indonesian.

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.

A proposal by the government Family Planning body to install two condom vending machines in west Sumatra province has met with the stern resistance of the local branch of the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI), Indonesian Ulema Council.

A roundup of some of the current opinions regarding the proposed new law against indecency and pornography.

From the Jakarta Post (can't link to the page it's gone). Police on the island of Batam near Singapore went about shopping centers yesterday looking for girls in sexy clothes to warn them of the dangers of sexual assault. They caused quite a stir.

Ahmadiyah and the struggle for Indonesia.

Ahmadiyah homes attacked in Lombok.