Punishment for sin, a minister blames disasters on depravity & corruption of Indonesians.

A review of "The Indonesia Reader", an anthology of Indonesian history, culture and politics.

Japanese AV idol Maria Ozawa's plans to work in Indonesia outrage religious leaders.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A new government agency to tackle internet porn in the villages of Java.

The Islamic romance film "Ayat Ayat Cinta", political Islam, and pesantren prodigies.

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

Some fear the rise of a morality police.

Pornography and indecency in Indonesia causes rape and lifetime misery.

The young people of Indonesia are industrious porn video makers.

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

Members of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) are threatening to boycott television, unless they get their way on the gossip show issue.

The Broadcasting Commission is examining the question of "porno" on cable television channels.

The Miss Universe contestant from Indonesia, Nadine Chandrawinata, has strutted about in a bikini, to the displeasure of some.

Expatriate pop singer Anggun visited Jakarta recently and left us with her opinions on the anti-pornography bill.

A group of liberal Muslim leaders said at a conference on Saturday that the prevalence of mob rule threatened to cause the break-up of the country.

The man in charge of the committee dealing with the anti-porn bill has said that the bill will likely be debated on in the parliament in June 2006 and then passed into law because the opposition to it is so insignificant.

The two largest parties in the parliament, Golkar and PDI-P, appear likely to push for changes to the anti-porn bill. The two parties between them have 237 of the 550 seats in parliament.

A roundup of some of the current opinions regarding the proposed new law against indecency and pornography.