Howling opposition and worshipful support of the visit of president Obama to Indonesia.

Sectarian mapping of cities to prevent conflict, as another church, in Bekasi, is closed.

Constitutional Court hears case on free interpretation of religions, a human right or recipe for anarchy.

Murderous menstruating zombies in soft-porn horror flick "Hantu Puncak Datang Bulan".

Women's hair issues dominate discussions at an East Java clerics' meeting.

Mystics and Islamists battle it out in a Javanese village, Andrew Beatty's "A Shadow Falls".

The tabloid sensation of sex change recipient Agus Wardoyo aka Nadia Ilmira Arkadea.

Prominent Indonesian Muslims striding the world stage, winning prizes, and on important lists.

Punishment for sin, a minister blames disasters on depravity & corruption of Indonesians.

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

Clerical, non bewildered reaction to Barack Obama's winning of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Wailing and gnashing of teeth in Aceh over the shameless Putri Indonesia 2009.

Two clouds with silver linings, Tommy Suharto's bid for Golkar, and sharia stoning laws in Aceh.

The vanishing of burqa clad actress Soraya Abdullah and possible connections to terrorism.

Problematic religious schools on Java, which ones and police monitoring of them.

Other worldly factors in climate change, are Indonesian students right?

Short story competition on the culture wars, Timdog and Ross go head to head.

How hot are the fires in hell and how they are full of women.

Monitoring Ramadan mosque sermons in the war on terrorism.

Fatwa on superstitious beliefs in arts and pop culture television.

Ross finds shameful bigotry in the fair city of Tangerang.

Ross rails against continued neglect of Ahmadiyah people in Lombok.

As the holy month approaches the thoughts of sultry, sexy actresses turn to matters of religion.

Blasphemous farting attempts in Probolinggo see police swing into action against a kejawenist rebel.

Noordin M Top discovers blogspot and complains of American plunderers and soccer Crusaders.

Muslim only housing estates and gated communities in Jakarta and surrounds, and Halal Bogor.

Whether western intelligence agencies are bent on causing mayhem in Indonesia.

Alternative views of the terror attacks in Jakarta, Islamic extremism or rogue political and security forces.

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

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

Mufidah Kalla & Uga Wiranto are hot stuff in the battle for Muslim votes, while Mrs Ani is urged to cover up.

The so-called fatwa against the use of social networking sites like Facebook and Friendster.

The new book "The Islamic State Illusion", taking on hardline Islam in Indonesia.

BI governor Boediono for vice president, whether a neo-liberal and not religious enough.

Dealing with enemies on the left and the right keeps Nahdlatul Ulama leaders busy talking.

What lonely women want, what adults get up to, Sasak singers get in trouble for suggesting answers.

Whether to ban "nikah siri" informal marriages, Rhoma Irama and Abu Bakar Bashir are on opposite sides.

Who is behind the recent violence in Aceh, and the sharia laws.

Is political Islam down and out in 2009? Islamic parties look for reasons for their failure.

What's the worst sinetron ever? Ross reels at the sight of Hareem.

Ross sees parallels between the Justice Party/PKS, and the PKI of old.

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

The magical faith healing stone of young boy Ponari is big business for a small village in East Java.

A provincial police chief on Java requires policemen to improve their image by being seen as religiously observant.

New York Times - Clinton Praises Indonesian Democracy

Voters in Indramayu are threatened with hellfire unless the Golkar Party is supported in 2009.

Reading and writing in Arabic is a must for civil servants and village heads in Bogor.

Goyang under threat, whether the governor of West Java wants to ban jaipong dance for being too sexy.

The six new fatwas from the Majelis Ulama Indonesia, from vasectomies to abstaining at election time.

Revalina S Temat gets stoned in the latest blockbuster Islamic theme movie, "Perempuan Berkalung Sorban".

Celebrity Islamists, including mother daughter team Emilia Contessa and Denada Tambunan, line up for the Development Party in 2009.

Ross rails that faraway refugees in the Middle East excite more sympathy than refugees in Lombok.

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

Ross rails that Gestapo style methods of interrogation are used by the sharia police in Aceh.

Has Megawati got the necessary Islamic credentials to be president, again, or does she like shopping too much.

A teenage Australian girl from sunny Queensland finds Islam in Lampung and becomes a revert.

Bias in the media, examples of Islamist bias on television have Ross railing.

Sectarian violence over classroom blasphemy allegations in the Central Moluccas near Ambon.

Local people in Tasikmalaya are roused to action to prevent mysterious cave men rituals.

The importance of rituals, public signs reminding people about their obligations to perform salaat, daily Muslim prayers.

The Mumbai terror attacks heighten resolve in Indonesia to fight terrorism, and dealing with wrong impressions about religion.

MUI leader Cholil Ridwan says Kompas newspaper is a western papist tool for attacking Islam.

Ross on the bigotry of teachers of religion in Islamic schools, ideological jilbabs, and Dewi Persik.

Muslim yoga enthusiasts are asked to suspend their yoga activities while the MUI examines whether it is haram.

Website and blog owners scramble to delete offensive cartoons as the government, MUI and PKS bear down on them.

The Justice Party-PKS is not a bringer of Saudi Arabian Wahabi Islam to Indonesia, says its leader.

Treespotter looks at capital punishment around the world, and an argument in favour of it.

Clare recounts his daughter's experience of having a child out of wedlock in Yogyakarta.

Ross lambasts the legal profession for its tolerance of the Tim Pembela Muslim (TPM), the Muslim Lawyers' Team.

The controversy over a politician-cleric's marriage to an underage girl in Semarang.

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.

Ross rails against the minister of religion over dictating what date Eid Al Fitr celebrations should be on.

Islamic rituals of courting and romance, how to woo your Muslim bride the taaruf way.

The MUI's laundry list of complaints about television programming this Ramadan, including effeminate male roles.