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

Activists and youth groups running amok in search of alcohol and the attractions of Batam.

Military men in politics and whether the Indonesian people are ready for democracy.

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

Cases of political disappearances in the last years of the Suharto regime.

A group of liberal Muslim leaders said at a conference on Saturday that the prevalence of mob rule threatened to cause the break-up of the country.

The lovely Zaskia Adya Mecca has been enlisted in an anti-abortion campaign in south Sulawesi.