Stories About ‘Sin’

The following stories talk about the subject ‘Sin’.

Reading & Writing Arabic

Monday, February 16th, 2009, by Patung. 12 Comments

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


Gestapo Tactics & Interrogation

Monday, January 5th, 2009, by Ross. 12 Comments

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


Condom Know How & Distribution

Friday, November 21st, 2008, by Patung. 34 Comments

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


Single Mothers in Yogya

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008, by Guest Writer. 98 Comments

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


Beach Parties & Riding Pillion

Friday, September 5th, 2008, by Patung. 15 Comments

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


Persuasion Techniques

Friday, August 22nd, 2008, by Patung. 7 Comments

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


People Not Voting

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008, by Patung. 32 Comments

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


Spiritual Discipline & Fasting

Thursday, August 7th, 2008, by Ross. 30 Comments

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


Sexy Dancing

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008, by Patung. 15 Comments

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


Moral Virtue Vigilantes

Monday, June 30th, 2008, by Patung. 7 Comments

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


Forbidden Love in Cheap Hotels

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008, by Patung. 32 Comments

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


Group & Mass Weddings

Monday, May 19th, 2008, by Patung. 18 Comments

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


Internet Blocking & Regulation

Friday, March 28th, 2008, by Patung. 23 Comments

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


Bashir on Martyrs & Maggots

Monday, March 24th, 2008, by Patung. 50 Comments

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


Youth Groups & Activists Running Amok

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008, by Patung. 58 Comments

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


Jewish Conspiracy

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008, by Patung. 106 Comments

Whether Valentine's Day is a Jewish conspiracy.


Celebrity Jailbirds

Monday, February 11th, 2008, by Ross. 6 Comments

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


Miss Indonesia

Friday, February 1st, 2008, by Patung. 23 Comments

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


New Year’s Eve Parties

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007, by Patung. 18 Comments

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


Morality Police

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007, by Patung. 13 Comments

Some fear the rise of a morality police.


Sex Cinemas

Thursday, September 20th, 2007, by Patung. 25 Comments

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


Aceh Abominations

Monday, August 6th, 2007, by Ross. 10 Comments

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


Student Sex Videos

Thursday, February 15th, 2007, by Patung. 51 Comments

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


Maria Eva

Saturday, December 2nd, 2006, by Patung. 144 Comments

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


Lilies Lindawati

Friday, June 16th, 2006, by Patung. 3 Comments

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


Anggun C Sasmi

Monday, May 29th, 2006, by Patung. 51 Comments

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


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