Luthfi Assyaukanie is a liberal Indonesian Muslim intellectual and puts out a good stream of writing on Islam topics.

The Nahdlatul Ulama's fatwa against television gossip shows.

Indonesia scores poorly on an index of the level of government, and social, interference in religious affairs.

The long march of militant Islam through the institutions, on the university campuses of Aceh, with some fearing that Aceh may be the springboard for groups such as the PKS to dominate other areas.

Waai village in central Maluku, destroyed in the sectarian war of 2001, rebuilds.

As two people are caned for adultery in Aceh a report comes out claiming that women and the poor are victimised by sharia law in the province.

The Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) have reaffirmed their committment to the secular state, among other goings-on at their national conference in Surabaya.

A small percentage of Indonesian Muslims have carried out violence in the name of Islam and a large percentage say they are prepared to do so.

Sexual immorality is the enemy of not only Muslims in Indonesia but also Christians, says a senior religious leader.

Politically minded Muslims are urged not to keep regretting the fact that the state does not have an explicitly Islamic basis.

Hasyim Muzadi of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) says Islamic boarding schools are not breeding grounds for terrorists.

The Partai Bulan Bintang (PBB), or Crescent Star Party, is holding its national conference and the issue of sharia law is on the minds of the leadership of this Islamic party.

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

The Jakarta Post continues its lone battle against sharia.

The depiction of religiously observant Muslims on television has increased greatly in recent years but some remain unhappy at the stereotypical nature of such depiction.

The Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) says there are no regional regulations that apply Islamic law.

Abu Bakar Ba'asyir says the leaders of the country put their souls at risk by not applying Islamic sharia law.

The "Jaringan Islam Emansipatoris", or Emancipatory Islamic Network, write about the Crusades and get it all wrong.

The issue of the "Palestinians" keeps occupying the minds of Islamic oriented political forces in the country.

Hasyim Muzadi of the Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) says his organisation should act as a bridge linking Islam to the West, but only the European part of the West.