The following stories talk about the subject ‘Christian’.
Sectarian mapping of cities to prevent conflict, as another church, in Bekasi, is closed.
Ross finds shameful bigotry in the fair city of Tangerang.
Noordin M Top discovers blogspot and complains of American plunderers and soccer Crusaders.
Taoists are clamouring to have their religion recognised by the government.
Usage of religious symbolism in politics, examples of election campaign posters.
Agnes Monica annoys Malaysians for unusual reasons, with her new hit song Allah Peduli.
Another East Timor in Papua, lack of development in the province, and racism by other Indonesians towards Papuans.
Protests against the Israel attacks in the Gaza Strip mirror those over the 2006 Israeli invasion of Lebanon.
Sectarian violence over classroom blasphemy allegations in the Central Moluccas near Ambon.
Treespotter looks at capital punishment around the world, and an argument in favour of it.
Two religion based political parties deciding to become more diverse and inclusive, or not.
American led societal transformation, intercession and the prophetic marketed in Indonesia.
People from East Nusa Tenggara continue to play out 16th century European theological battles.
Whether working on Sundays is a sign of Islamization for the pious Papuans.
A violent neighbourhood dispute over a Christian theological college in East Jakarta.
Immigration to West Papua is said to be creating the conditions for sectarian conflict.
The Sharia Banking Act is passed into law, and opposition to it from Christian legislators.
Rima says religion and religiosity are to blame for much of Indonesia's, and the world's, troubles.
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.
Dewi Sandra, who is not Sandra Dewi, reassures her fans that she has not re-flipped on the religion front.
Politically aware young lady Sandra Angelia scores a crushing victory for East Java in Miss Indonesia 2008.
Church services in malls, people in West Java are flocking to shopping malls in order to pray.
Fatkhuri says Muslim and Christian civilization have much in common.
Whether the PDI-P is a party of thugs, Christians and communists.
The film "Ketika Cinta Bertasbih" and not hurting the feelings of religious minorities.
Timdog on world religions and local beliefs in Nusa Tenggara.
Sandra Dewi on quickies, spying, faith, naked photos, and Keanu Reeves.
Lairedion on the banned movie about the Bali bombings, "Promised Paradise".
Ross continues to be infuriated by the lovely Julia Suryakusuma, and other intellectuals.
Likely criminal charges against Tempo magazine for blasphemy against Christianity.
Ross fumes against sharia byelaws in Indonesia.
Why there are so many attacks on churches in western Java.
Indonesia is founded on discrimination against minorities, says Dragonwall.
Muslims and Christians get along just fine in North Sulawesi.
A Batak church in Tangerang, West Java is attacked.
Muslim-Christian live-in programs.
Four ways you can possibly get around the law against mixed-religion marriages.
A site specialising in introducing beautiful Asian women for marriage and dating with European and American men.
Christianisation through sodomy, hypnosis, and kidnapping is rampant in Indonesia.
The Arastamar Evangelical School of Theology (SETIA) in Jakarta has attracted the attention of Islamic militants.
The decline of fertility rates and the problems this may cause.
Whose side are the security forces on? asks Ross.
Dating girls and women in Medan, North Sumatra.
The story of the most wanted man in Poso, Basri, who was caught by police recently.
Meeting, dating, and having a relationship with single mothers and single parents in Indonesia.
What Islam is and why people love it.
Poverty is the cause of terrorism, says a former Muhammadiyah chairman, not Islam.
Some possible reasons for the references to Islam given within Pope Benedict's speech.
Rebekka Zakaria, Eti Pangesti & Ratna Bangun have completed sixteen months of their three-year prison sentence for running a Christian kindergarten in which some Muslim children attended.
The "Jaringan Islam Emansipatoris", or Emancipatory Islamic Network, write about the Crusades and get it all wrong.
The Tentena marketplace bomb, and aftermath,
A review of recent news on the pornography and morality bill as thousands of Muslims rallied in Jakarta in support of it yesterday.
Indonesia remains on the "Watch List" in the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom report for 2006.
Whether to apply Islamic law to non-Muslims in Aceh.
A Christian pre-school in Tangerang, Banten, near Jakarta, was surrounded by a mob yesterday which demanded that it close down.
The law on building houses of worship.
Majelis Mujahidin in Indonesia leader Fauzan Al-anshori on "The New Crusade".
A study of youth political & religious affiliation.
Religious persecution in Indonesia.
The Muhammadiyah organisation in Indonesia, the second largest Muslim social group in the country and of a modernist bent, has offered buildings it owns such as schools and halls for the use of Christians on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
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