As the fasting month of Ramadhan approaches efforts at "sweeping" of places of dubious moral worthiness, such as bars and brothels, tends to increase.

Javanese language and script are dying and president Yudhoyono is one who is concerned.

Some villagers in Sukabumi, West Java force a Mujahidin Council training camp to disperse.

The Ulema Council, Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI), says female circumcision is necessary for Muslims.

Agni Pratistha wins the 2006 Putri Indonesia contest.

A homeless, mentally disturbed man was burnt to death by a mob in west Java.

A regency in the west of Java has ordered that boys and girls be taught in separate classrooms, in co-ed schools.

Stories of mob action against churches in Indonesia tend to very often emanate from West Java, as another church, near Bandung, was closed on July 16th.

The plans of some militant Muslims to go to fight in Lebanon and the government's and others' reactions to them.

The hunt for Noordin M. Top in East Java.

While Depok heads down the road of instituting strict morality laws two candidates for mayor of Jakarta say sharia is not on the agenda for the national capital.

Rich Arab men seeking quickie "marriages", and then quickie divorces, in the resort town of Puncak, near Jakarta, may no longer be welcome.

The Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) have reaffirmed their committment to the secular state, among other goings-on at their national conference in Surabaya.

Police in Depok are carrying out a sweep of adult magazines and tabloids which they claim contribute to sexual violence against women.

The death toll for the tsunami on the southern coast of Java has gone beyond 500.

Islamic Defenders Front, FPI, chairman Habib Riziq cancels plans to attend an event due to fear of being attacked.

The city of Depok in West Java is keeping up the pressure on sinners.

The threat of communism continues its resurgence.

Update for the story of Lilies Lindawati, the pregnant mother of two convicted of soliciting in Tangerang.

Pressure on the existence of sharia type laws in the provinces grows as fifty-six members of parliament in Jakarta demand their annulment.