The wearing of trousers, jeans, or any tight clothing becomes illegal for women in West Aceh.

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

State imposed religiosity and conformity, or freedom from woeful ignorance of holy texts.

Wailing and gnashing of teeth in Aceh over the shameless Putri Indonesia 2009.

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

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

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

Is political Islam down and out in 2009? Islamic parties look for reasons for their failure.

Ross sees parallels between the Justice Party/PKS, and the PKI of old.

Ross rails that Gestapo style methods of interrogation are used by the sharia police in Aceh.

Ross on the bigotry of teachers of religion in Islamic schools, ideological jilbabs, and Dewi Persik.

The US financial crisis opens the door for alternative economic models, like sharia finance.

Ross on sharia lite in Tangerang and Mayor Wahidin Halim's re-election bid.

Religious leaders in Aceh worry about what young people are getting up to before, during, and probably after, Ramadan.

Perseus on Francis Fukuyama and whether Islamism will derail Indonesia's new democracy.

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

A Betawi figure worries that many immigrants to Jakarta are too narrow in their cultural perspective.

The Sharia Banking Act is passed into law, and opposition to it from Christian legislators.

Sadanand Dhume's My Friend the Fanatic - Travels with an Indonesian Islamist.

Rogue Wan sees sinister forces behind the anti-Jamaah Ahmadiyah witch hunt.

Ross continues to be infuriated by the lovely Julia Suryakusuma, and other intellectuals.

Ross fumes against sharia byelaws in Indonesia.

The Finance Ministry's $1 billion sharia bond issue.

Islamic law hinders reconstruction in Aceh.

Islamic law helps tourism in Aceh.

Centrist political leaders, young and old, criticise religion based laws.