A smouldering civil war among the elites, Army power plays, and Chinese scapegoats.

The shame of Indonesian football, Bonek, Persebaya Surabaya supporters, run amok.

President Yudhoyono's attention focus, the Bibit-Chandra case vs electricity crisis in Jakarta.

The protests and furore over allowing the burial of killed extremists in and around Solo.

Problematic religious schools on Java, which ones and police monitoring of them.

Monitoring Ramadan mosque sermons in the war on terrorism.

Ross finds shameful bigotry in the fair city of Tangerang.

Different approaches to Abu Bakar Bashir from the police and military in Central Java.

Child crime, the convictions of ten boys aged under 16 for playing a gambling game in Tangerang.

Noordin M Top not dead after a Densus 88 raid in Temanggung, in another raid in Bekasi a car bomb is found.

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.

Madrotter on Bandung rockers "Homicide", their music and battles with the FPI.

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

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

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

A policeman from Aceh as police chief of Bali, and near naked tourists on motorbikes.

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

A provincial police chief on Java requires policemen to improve their image by being seen as religiously observant.

Demilitarization in Papua, Aceh, and Maluku, the difficult process of removing military influence in politics.

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

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.

Sectarian violence over classroom blasphemy allegations in the Central Moluccas near Ambon.

Beautiful, possibly thuggish actress Marcella Zalianty, the last moments of a celebrity goat, and creative use of cutlery.

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

Two stories of physical abuse of Indonesian maids abroad, in Saudi Arabia and Malaysia.

A film that touches on events of 1965 starring Marcella Zalianty and directed by Eros Djarot runs afoul of the police.

Politicians waging war on poverty via billboards, and bus riding buskers in Jakarta.

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.

Cases of religious leaders and teachers abusing their authority and proximity to children.

Rather attractive young actress Sheila Marcia is caught with drugs, as is her boyfriend whatshisname.

More flag raising deaths and controversy, this time in Papua.

Homosexual serial killer Ryan of Jombang, eleven victims and counting.

A violent neighbourhood dispute over a Christian theological college in East Jakarta.

BIN intelligence chief Syamsir Siregar is accused of having too big a mouth.

A troupe of "dirty dancing" girls has the otherwise sleepy town of Pekalongan hot and bothered.

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

A police chief explains about the SKB edict against Ahmadiyah and under what terms arrests will be made.

Arrests of dozens of Front Pembela Islam and Komando Laskar Islam members in Jakarta, and forced closures of FPI branches in central and eastern Java.

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

Police in some areas are keeping up the pressure on courting and adulterous couples, by raiding night spots and cheap hotels.

A church is burned down in Purwakarta, West Java by local people feeling slighted at the lack of response to their protests over its construction.

Spew looks back on the May 1998 riots and the issues of mass rapes, anti-Chinese sentiment, and how the rioters came to be judged.

The Indonesian state remains vigilant against acts of treason and threats to its integrity, serious or otherwise.

Impatient people in West Java province who can't wait for the banning of the Ahmadiyah sect.

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

Areocam on whether the state or parents have the right and responsibility to prevent children's access to pornography.

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

Easter celebrations in Indonesia, a service in Bogor is broken up, mayhem in Atambua, everywhere else humdrum.

Boisterous youth groups in search of alcohol and the attractions of Batam.

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

Likely criminal charges against Tempo magazine for blasphemy against Christianity.

Massage parlours in Jakarta, and what might be going on in them.

Whether Jemaah Islamiyah is a terrorist organisation, and the current situation in Central Sulawesi.

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

Ahmadiyah makes changes to its beliefs and avoids being banned by the government.

Iqhbal Sukokiman takes on the tough issue of Australian pedophiles in Indonesia.

The experts say soft Islam is sweeping the country, not hard Islam.

Jakartass' guide to living in Jakarta for foreigners.

What future for Indonesia, as New Year approaches?

Whether women soldiers and policewomen can wear Muslim headscarves.

It's the season for attacks on mosques and Islamic schools in West Java.

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

Some fear the rise of a morality police.

An LDII mosque is attacked in Jember.

The Wahidiyah movement is attacked in Tasikmalaya.

A Batak church in Tangerang, West Java is attacked.

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.

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

Policemen in Padang go looking for VCD and DVD porn.