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

The protests and furore over allowing the burial of killed extremists in and around Solo.

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

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

Fatwa on superstitious beliefs in arts and pop culture television.

The swine flu scare, H1N1, effects on tourism and industries, and whether it is manmade.

Want to get away and lie on a beach? Read on.

The Righteous Dude recommends inter-city trains for tourists, and maybe locals too.

Signs of the end of the world are read at a dangdut concert in Blora, while spectators are barely moved.

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

Purba on eating habits and foods of Indonesians, prevalence of diabetes and obesity.

Willie Soon & Christopher Monckton, climate change sceptics, on temperature levels in Indonesia and the "saving the planet" mantra.

Purba on Barry Soetoro aka Barack Obama's Indonesian connection.

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

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.

Ross defends the monarchical principle and the Sultan of Yogyakarta's authority.

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

Whether westerners and expats in Indonesia are viewed as miserable and unfriendly people.

Ramadan etiquette for unbelievers, by Purba Negoro.

Callum on slash and burn farming, energy subsidies, ways to tackle the issues of high food and fuel prices.

Islamic boarding schools are under increasing pressure from radical elements, says Syamsir Siregar.

Purba Negoro on the future of Javanese language, and learning some easy words and phrases.

Ross worries that the next target of Islamic fanatics will be old Javanese figures and traditions.

Homosexual serial killer Ryan of Jombang, eleven victims and counting.

Results for the East Java election and photos of some campaign banners, posters and slogans for each team.

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

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

Bibit–Rustriningsih's win in Central Java continues PDI-P domination, with the PKS a distant third.

Timdog gives Pramoedya Ananta Toer the literary parody treatment.

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

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

The Justice Party's ideology, recent electoral wins, and chances of success for 2009 general and presidential elections.

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.

Marrying off old and poor people and those living in sin, it's mass wedding ceremony season.

How many men taught the Javanese their Islam, how far they succeeded and whether the Javanese are really just heathens.

Spew says Indonesians are being denied much of the country's greatest literature, for political reasons.

The Indonesian state remains vigilant against acts of treason and threats to its integrity, serious or otherwise.

Church services in malls, people in West Java are flocking to shopping malls in order to pray.

Impatient people in West Java province who can't wait for the banning of the Ahmadiyah sect.

Islamic parties on track for victory in the West Java election.

Locking up the underpants of female massage parlor workers.

Artistic Surabaya women make statements by decorating their bras.

Government efforts to regulate the internet and block access to porn websites.

Some of Abu Bakar Bashir's village musings have Australians upset.

Google insults the people of Indonesia with their sub-par maps.

Foreign efforts to eradicate female genital mutilation.

American military intelligence agencies and how they gather information about Indonesia.

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

The nature of the massacres of 1965-66.

Minimum wage rates for 2008 throughout Indonesia.

Jakartass' guide to living in Jakarta for foreigners.

Achmad's Christmas Tips on Insulting People.

It's the season for attacks on mosques and Islamic schools in West Java.

Doomsayers predict disaster for Indonesia as sea levels rise.

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

The almost frenzied war on Muslim heretics.

Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama duke it out in Banyuwangi.

Achmad says Indonesians have a body odor problem.

Mini theocracy in Bogor and Padang.

Video of an FPI raid on people not fasting for Ramadan.

Posing naked on the internet and death threats.

Rhoma Irama advises Indonesian Muslims to stop fighting each other.

The Trans Java toll road is probably going to be built shortly.

An LDII mosque is attacked in Jember.

The Wahidiyah movement is attacked in Tasikmalaya.

A Batak church in Tangerang, West Java is attacked.

International Hijab Solidarity Day is marked in Semarang.

Muslim preachers make too many jokes.

Muslim-Christian live-in programs.

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

Traditional Javanese wayang golek rod puppets, painted, with batik clothes.

Schoolgirl virginity tests in Indramayu.

Dangdut dancing and singing in Cianjur for independence day.

Fish bombs, or terrorist bombs.