Howling opposition and worshipful support of the visit of president Obama to Indonesia.

Foreign men marrying Indonesian women and a $50,000 security guarantee.

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

Criteria for passing in Depok schools, Ujian Nasional test results plus religious knowledge.

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

Murderous menstruating zombies in soft-porn horror flick "Hantu Puncak Datang Bulan".

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

Mystics and Islamists battle it out in a Javanese village, Andrew Beatty's "A Shadow Falls".

The tabloid sensation of sex change recipient Agus Wardoyo aka Nadia Ilmira Arkadea.

Latest book bannings from the Attorney General's Office, revisionist history and religious pluralism.

Whether barongsai Chinese lion dancing is banned in Aceh, or just a misunderstanding.

Indonesian government and religious leaders defend religious freedom for Swiss Muslims.

Prominent Indonesian Muslims striding the world stage, winning prizes, and on important lists.

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

Obscure branches of the MUI have their 15 minutes of fame in protest at the '2012' doomsday movie.

Two clouds with silver linings, Tommy Suharto's bid for Golkar, and sharia stoning laws in Aceh.

The vanishing of burqa clad actress Soraya Abdullah and possible connections to terrorism.

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

Other worldly factors in climate change, are Indonesian students right?

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

How hot are the fires in hell and how they are full of women.

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.

Ross rails against continued neglect of Ahmadiyah people in Lombok.

As the holy month approaches the thoughts of sultry, sexy actresses turn to matters of religion.

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

Tabloid media sensation Manohara Odelia Pinot, building mosques and being honoured by the Solo kraton.

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.

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.

What lonely women want, what adults get up to, Sasak singers get in trouble for suggesting answers.

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

Taoists are clamouring to have their religion recognised by the government.

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

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

Indonesia's unique interpretation of human rights in respect of freedom of choice in religion, and secularism.

Some Buddhists are, eventually, up in arms over a Buddhist themed club in Jakarta, the Buddha Bar.

The building of specifically Hindu religious schools for primary and secondary education in Bali.

The magical faith healing stone of young boy Ponari is big business for a small village in East Java.

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

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.

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".

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.

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

A teenage Australian girl from sunny Queensland finds Islam in Lampung and becomes a revert.

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.

Local people in Tasikmalaya are roused to action to prevent mysterious cave men rituals.

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.

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.

The Justice Party-PKS is not a bringer of Saudi Arabian Wahabi Islam to Indonesia, says its leader.

Treespotter looks at capital punishment around the world, and an argument in favour of it.

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.

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

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

Indonesian students of Islam encountering western anti-orthodox religion philosophy.

Ramadan etiquette for unbelievers, by Purba Negoro.

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

People from East Nusa Tenggara continue to play out 16th century European theological battles.

How the Sharia authorities of Aceh persuade citizens to get on with their religious obligations.

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.