Explanations for the FPI violence at Monas, blaming the victims and others, the government, and the CIA.

Indonesia’s lukewarm response to Kosovo statehood.

The west feels threatened by the rise of Islam in Indonesia.

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

News on the current global economic recession, preparing for and surviving a recession, how recession proof is Indonesia.

Australia insults president Yudhoyono.

One Indonesian, Partahi Mamora Halomoan Lumbantoruan, was killed in the Virginia Tech massacre.

Visitor Askan asks what is up with Indonesians and Arabs and Israel.

Poverty is the cause of terrorism, says a former Muhammadiyah chairman, not Islam.

The references to Islam given within Pope Benedict’s speech.

Yusril Ihza Mahendra, the State Secretary and chairman of the Islamist Crescent Star Party (PBB), says Indonesia should orient itself more towards the United States, rather than China.