Stories About ‘Lombok’

The following stories talk about the subject ‘Lombok’.

Good & Bad Citizens

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008, by Ross. 30 Comments

Frozen Assets - good citizens in suspended animation.

Group & Mass Weddings

Monday, May 19th, 2008, by Patung. 18 Comments

Marrying off old people and those living in sin, mass and arranged marriage ceremony season.

Julia Perez & Kamasutra

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008, by Patung. 26 Comments

Julia Perez distributes free condoms with her latest masterpiece Kamasutra.

Agama, Adat and Conversion in Nusa Tenggara

Monday, March 31st, 2008, by timdog. 27 Comments

Religion, culture and conversion in Nusa Tenggara.

Treason of the Intellectuals

Friday, February 29th, 2008, by Ross. 60 Comments

The lovely Julia Suryakusuma, and other intellectuals, commit treason.

Communist Victory

Monday, February 4th, 2008, by Achmad Sudarsono. 30 Comments

What if there had been a communist victory in 1965.

Anti Communist Massacres

Friday, January 25th, 2008, by Guest Writer. 66 Comments

The nature of the anti-communist massacres in Indonesia of 1965-66.

Pagan Rituals

Thursday, May 24th, 2007, by Patung. 79 Comments

Arab ideologists of Islam often label the rituals and beliefs of Indonesian Islam as pagan.

Security Forces

Monday, February 26th, 2007, by Ross. 12 Comments

The Indonesian security forces.

Abu Yazid al Bustami

Monday, September 18th, 2006, by Patung. 8 Comments

Sufi heretics in Lombok, of the Abu Yazid al Bustami group, fall foul of the mob and the police.

Islam is Bad for Tourism

Thursday, September 7th, 2006, by Patung. 61 Comments

Attempting to forbid sinful activities forbidden in Islam such as drinking, harms the growth of tourism in Muslim areas.

Salafiyah

Monday, August 28th, 2006, by Patung. 40 Comments

Lombok Muslims keep up the pressure on deviant Islamic sects as the homes of Salafiyah members are attacked in the west of the island.

Inul Turns Off Mataram

Friday, August 25th, 2006, by Patung. 20 Comments

Sexy dancer Inul Daratista is not welcome in the righteous town of Mataram, in Lombok.

Jamaah Wahabi

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006, by Patung. 27 Comments

The fundamentalist Wahabi brand of Islam may not be so welcome in Indonesia after all.

Porn Battle Rages On

Saturday, March 18th, 2006, by Patung. 1 Comment

Porn Battle Rages On.

Islamicization in Lombok

Tuesday, March 14th, 2006, by Patung. No Comments

A scholarly paper looks at the process of Islamicization of the people of northern Lombok.

Lombok Women March for Tradition

Sunday, March 12th, 2006, by Patung. No Comments

Lombok Women March for Tradition.

Ahmadiyah Lombok

Monday, February 6th, 2006, by Patung. 3 Comments

Ahmadiyah homes attacked in Lombok.

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