Reading and writing in Arabic is a must for civil servants and village heads in Bogor.

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

Whether teenagers know how to put on a condom, free condom distribution to prostitutes, and condoms in schools.

Clare recounts his daughter's experience of having a child out of wedlock in Yogyakarta.

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

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

People not participating in elections, fit to be stripped of Indonesian nationality or sinful.

Ramadan approaches, again, and Ross complains that religious leaders are intent on spoiling others' fun and livelihoods.

A troupe of "dirty dancing" girls has the otherwise sleepy town of Pekalongan hot and bothered.

The Front Pembela Islam are back in action, raiding places and publicly shaming sinners.

Police in some areas are keeping up the pressure on courting and adulterous couples, by raiding night spots and cheap hotels.

Marrying off old and poor people and those living in sin, it's mass wedding ceremony season.

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

Some of Abu Bakar Bashir's village musings have Australians upset.

Boisterous youth groups in search of alcohol and the attractions of Batam.

Whether Valentine's Day is a Jewish conspiracy.

Celebrity thugs and murderers in prison and on TV, Enrico Guterres, Theo Toemion, and the "lovely" Lidya Pratiwi.

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

Whether New Year's Eve parties are inappropriate in Indonesia.

Some fear the rise of a morality police.

Sex cinemas, and how non-Muslims should behave during Ramadan.

Ross asks whether the government is willing to bring some Muslims into the 21st century.

The provincial backwaters of Java are awash with homemade student sex videos.

Maria Eva, deeply religious woman and star of the Golkar porn flick, a hive of contradictions.

Update for the story of Lilies Lindawati, the pregnant mother of two convicted of soliciting in Tangerang.

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