Islamic solidarity with the people of Xinjiang, or not, condemning, and getting along with China.

Some of the last holdouts against Islam on Java convert under the guidance of Hidayatullah.

Intelligence tests for presidential candidates, and how do Indonesians fare in world IQ rankings.

Demilitarization in Papua, Aceh, and Maluku, the difficult process of removing military influence in politics.

A minority within a minority, organization and numbers of Chinese Muslims in Java and North Sumatra.

Timdog on popular stereotypes about Madura and the Madurese, and the rumoured sexual prowess of the women.

Purba Negoro on perceived threats to national unity.

People from East Nusa Tenggara continue to play out 16th century European theological battles.

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

Modern day Javanese girls showing off their bras and underwear willy nilly, and the position of Javanese culture today.

A Betawi figure worries that many immigrants to Jakarta are too narrow in their cultural perspective.

Spew looks back on the May 1998 riots and the issues of mass rapes, anti-Chinese sentiment, and how the rioters came to be judged.

What Singkawang in Kalimantan is famous for, friendly people and wife selling.

Foreign efforts to eradicate female genital mutilation.

Indonesia's lukewarm response to Kosovo statehood.

What if the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) had taken over in 1965.

Dukun/shaman practices in Indonesia.

Indonesia is founded on discrimination against minorities, says Dragonwall.

The president doesn't need to be ethnically Javanese.

The nature of the 1965-66 pogroms in Indonesia as they occurred in East Java province.