A troupe of sexy dancing girls has the otherwise sleepy town of Pekalongan hot and bothered.

PDI Perjuangan candidates Bibit–Rustriningsih win the Central Java election.

Sadanand Dhume’s My Friend the Fanatic - Travels with an Indonesian Islamist.

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

Bali bomber Amrozi finds love in prison, and marries today, while his execution nears.

Why there is so much church persecution in western Java.

Achmad worries that Indonesia’s U.F.O. technology will be lost to foreigners.

Women are not allowed in the Sultan mosque in Ternate.

International Hijab Solidarity Day is marked in Semarang.

PLTN Muria, and nuclear energy in general, is haram too, for some.

Light, airy batik fashion is best.

The leader of Jamaah Islamiyah (JI), Abu Irsyad alias Zarkarsih, is captured by police.

The hunt for terrorist Abu Dujana.

Rates of violence against women.

The city of Yogyakarta plans to build a Knowledge Park, or “Taman Pintar”, to spur on the information technology industry.

An official from a body that seeks to educate the public on elections says many local and regional elections are marred by candidates use of religious symbols and language.