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

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

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

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".

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.

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

Perseus on white girls not going for Asian guys, and differences between white women and Indonesian women.

Too many elections might be pushing up the divorce rate, with women leading the way.