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

People in West Java are flocking to the shopping mall churches to pray.

Islamic & Western Civilization, and Muslims and Christians, have much in common.

A plea to defend Jamaah Ahmadiyah against a modern day witch hunt.

A formal ban on Ahmadiyah gets closer.

Islamophobia in Australia and Bali.

Why people should have compassion, and its relation to theology and religion.

Religion, culture and conversion in Nusa Tenggara.

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

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

The Islamic romance film and novel Ayat Ayat Cinta by Habiburrahman El-Shirazy.

The gathering storm over Geert Wilders anti-Islam film Fitna.

Foreign efforts to eradicate female genital mutilation.

Tempo magazine and its Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper fake.

Media self censorship in Indonesia, a self-censored media.

What if there had been a communist victory in 1965.

Janma interviews Indonesia Matters.

Whether the state ideology Pancasila means anything to Indonesians.

Religious fanaticism, Hitler, and monkeys.

Attempts to have local religions in Kalimantan, such as Kaharingan, recognised by the government.

How to start a political party.

The Al-Zaytun Islamic school has fallen under suspicion of links to Negara Islam Indonesia (NII).

What Islam is and why people love it.

The government is considering making animism an official religion while some conservative Muslim clerics object.

Poverty is the cause of terrorism, says a former Muhammadiyah chairman, not Islam.

Multi-culturalism, or what Indonesians might call pluralism, is often spoken of as key to Indonesia’s make-up and stability.

The Emancipatory Islamic Network, write about the Crusades and get it all wrong.

The infamous Prophet Muhammad cartoons.