Sectarian mapping of cities to prevent conflict, as another church, in Bekasi, is closed.

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

Women's hair issues dominate discussions at an East Java clerics' meeting.

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.

Monitoring Ramadan mosque sermons in the war on terrorism.

Fatwa on superstitious beliefs in arts and pop culture television.

Ross finds shameful bigotry in the fair city of Tangerang.

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

Noordin M Top discovers blogspot and complains of American plunderers and soccer Crusaders.

Muslim only housing estates and gated communities in Jakarta and surrounds, and Halal Bogor.

Whether western intelligence agencies are bent on causing mayhem in Indonesia.

Islamic solidarity with the people of Xinjiang, or not, condemning, and getting along with China.

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

Mufidah Kalla & Uga Wiranto are hot stuff in the battle for Muslim votes, while Mrs Ani is urged to cover up.

The so-called fatwa against the use of social networking sites like Facebook and Friendster.

The new book "The Islamic State Illusion", taking on hardline Islam in Indonesia.

BI governor Boediono for vice president, whether a neo-liberal and not religious enough.

Dealing with enemies on the left and the right keeps Nahdlatul Ulama leaders busy talking.

Is Jakarta one of the worst third world hellholes?

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

Who is behind the recent violence in Aceh, and the sharia laws.

What's the worst sinetron ever? Ross reels at the sight of Hareem.

Usage of religious symbolism in politics, examples of election campaign posters.

Agnes Monica annoys Malaysians for unusual reasons, with her new hit song Allah Peduli.

Bright ideas are coming thick and fast from the East Java police chief, this time headscarves for policewomen.

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

Voters in Indramayu are threatened with hellfire unless the Golkar Party is supported in 2009.

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

Another East Timor in Papua, lack of development in the province, and racism by other Indonesians towards Papuans.

Dealing with the Zionist movement and Freemasonry in Bandung, calls for banning of the Rotary & Lions Clubs.

The six new fatwas from the Majelis Ulama Indonesia, from vasectomies to abstaining at election time.

Celebrity Islamists, including mother daughter team Emilia Contessa and Denada Tambunan, line up for the Development Party in 2009.

Ross rails that faraway refugees in the Middle East excite more sympathy than refugees in Lombok.

Mixing Sundanese disco music and Islam invites bigotry and later "mediation" in West Java, as Ross finds out.

Ross rails that Gestapo style methods of interrogation are used by the sharia police in Aceh.

Protests against the Israel attacks in the Gaza Strip mirror those over the 2006 Israeli invasion of Lebanon.

Has Megawati got the necessary Islamic credentials to be president, again, or does she like shopping too much.

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.

The importance of rituals, public signs reminding people about their obligations to perform salaat, daily Muslim prayers.

The Mumbai terror attacks heighten resolve in Indonesia to fight terrorism, and dealing with wrong impressions about religion.

MUI leader Cholil Ridwan says Kompas newspaper is a western papist tool for attacking Islam.

Ross on the bigotry of teachers of religion in Islamic schools, ideological jilbabs, and Dewi Persik.

Muslim yoga enthusiasts are asked to suspend their yoga activities while the MUI examines whether it is haram.

Website and blog owners scramble to delete offensive cartoons as the government, MUI and PKS bear down on them.

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

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 minority within a minority, organization and numbers of Chinese Muslims in Java and North Sumatra.

Ross rails against the minister of religion over dictating what date Eid Al Fitr celebrations should be on.

Some of the ways the PKS attempt to win the hearts and minds of ordinary people and voters.

Two religion based political parties deciding to become more diverse and inclusive, or not.

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

On why the Islamic world fell into backwardness, and the key to future success.

Ramadan etiquette for unbelievers, by Purba Negoro.

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

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

The MUI attempts to chase the regent of Purwakarta out of town, for a musical analogy.

Ross questions the motives of Islamic groups' sensitivity over Papua.

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

A Betawi figure worries that many immigrants to Jakarta are too narrow in their cultural perspective.

Lovely actress Annisa Trihapsari formally becomes a jilbaber.

Immigration to West Papua is said to be creating the conditions for sectarian conflict.

Rima says religion and religiosity are to blame for much of Indonesia's, and the world's, troubles.

Visiting Indonesian Muslim leaders discover that Australia seems to be a haven of tolerance and religious freedom.

Well-fed FPI head man Habib Rizieq has plenty of celebrity visitors to keep him company in police lock-up.

Ross complains that the government is trying to restrict the activities of the wrong people, Ahmadiyah instead of Muslim militants.

Smiling, celebrity Muslim cleric Ustad Jeffry Al Buchori has no time for the Front Pembela Islam.

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

Keterangan mengenai kekerasan FPI di Monas, menyalahkan korban, pemerintah dan persekongkolan asing.

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

Dewi Sandra, who is not Sandra Dewi, reassures her fans that she has not re-flipped on the religion front.

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

Confusion reigns as to whether Bali gubernatorial candidate I Gede Winasa is Muslim or Hindu, or both.