Foreign men marrying Indonesian women and a $50,000 security guarantee.

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

Latest book bannings from the Attorney General's Office, revisionist history and religious pluralism.

The sad cautionary tale of Anastasia, her Italian lover boy, their bule baby, and her cuckolded husband.

State imposed religiosity and conformity, or freedom from woeful ignorance of holy texts.

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

Cultural protectionism and Big Brother in Indonesian film making law, the UU Perfilman.

Jakarta's anti begging law in the light of constitutional freedom of speech.

Ross finds shameful bigotry in the fair city of Tangerang.

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

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

Two international reports on police and military brutality and abuses of human rights.

Blogs and social networks are helping Indonesians to become more vocal and to fight for free speech.

Ross rails against hospital debt collectors on reality television.

A drive-by shooting, the anti-corruption chief accused of murder, and a beautiful golf caddy.

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

Press freedom issues over an alleged money politics scandal involving Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono.

Educating the public about the pornography bill and legal challenges against UU Porno at the Constitutional Court.

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

Ross finds fault in employers' obsession with physical appearance.

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

Perceptions of corruption at government departments, and the use of brokers at immigration offices.

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.

A tale of two not very likeable characters - Roy Suryo reports Dewa 19 & Ahmad Dhani to the police for flag desecration.

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

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 full translation into English of the somewhat controversial 2008 Indonesian pornography laws.

Ross on sharia lite in Tangerang and Mayor Wahidin Halim's re-election bid.

The proposed Pornography law is to be passed next week, and grumblings from Bali.

Religious leaders in Aceh worry about what young people are getting up to before, during, and probably after, Ramadan.

How the Sharia authorities of Aceh persuade citizens to get on with their religious obligations.

Ross sees sinister motives behind renewed debate over the death penalty.

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.

Explanations for the FPI violence at Monas, blaming the victims, the government, and foreign plots.

Video of the Front Pembela Islam attack on a religious freedom rally in Jakarta, and president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's response.

Bali bomber Amrozi finds love in prison, and marries today, while his execution seems to be nearing.

Rima says the government creates distractions and the media willingly participate, to hide the real problems of Indonesia.

Rogue Wan sees sinister forces behind the anti-Jamaah Ahmadiyah witch hunt.

A formal banning of the unorthodox Muslim sect Jamaah Ahmadiyah becomes more likely.

Locking up the underpants of female massage parlor workers.

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

Pressure on the government to enact special laws against religious cults, blasphemy trials in Jambi, and the United Nations showing interest.

Ross continues to be infuriated by the lovely Julia Suryakusuma, and other intellectuals.

Yusril Ihza Mahendra, legal theorist, presidential aspirant, and Admiral Cheng Ho film star.

Ross fumes against sharia byelaws in Indonesia.

Corruption allegations against Bank Indonesia governor Burhanuddin Abdullah.

The Miss Indonesia beauty contest in Palembang is accused of spreading syphilis.

The PKS broadens its electoral and cultural horizons, in Bali.

Why there are so many attacks on churches in western Java.

Whether to ban Islamic sects like Ahmadiyah.

Whether women soldiers and policewomen can wear Muslim headscarves.

Dukun/shaman practices in Indonesia.

The police object to being labelled the most commonly bribed institution.

Agam recommends changes to laws on lobbying.

Some fear the rise of a morality police.

The MUI rides the anti-heretic wave to more money and influence.

Whether Indonesia should introduce military conscription.

Laws that discriminate against women.

Political stability and rule of law conditions, 1996 to 2006.

Islamic law hinders reconstruction in Aceh.

The Wahidiyah movement is attacked in Tasikmalaya.

Laws against giving money to street beggars.

Press freedom is threatened in the outcome of the Soeharto vs. Time libel case.

Four ways you can possibly get around the law against mixed-religion marriages.

Centrist political leaders, young and old, criticise religion based laws.

The nightspots of Batam are urged to close down for Ramadhan.

Ross asks whether the government is willing to bring some Muslims into the 21st century.

President Yudhoyono is disturbed by a group of dancing separatists in Ambon.

Human rights violations against Abu Dujana (Yusron Mahmudi/Ainul Bahri) and his children.

Governor Sutiyoso and anti-Australianism and street thuggery.

So-called sharia laws are no threat to Indonesian unity, Indonesians are just conservative.

A 3gp sex movie in Madura has clerics calling for tighter laws against pornography.