A map of the provinces of Sulawesi.

Twelve provinces in Indonesia are thought to have a serious problem with trafficking of women and children.

The A&W fast food store in downtown Manado is accused of having attempted to force all female employees to wear headscarfs.

Taking it one step at a time in Makassar, a new law on the sale of alcohol in South Sulawesi has been agreed upon.

Poso in central Sulawesi has been wracked by civil disturbances and bombs the last few days.

Noviana Malewa is still undergoing treatment after a beheading attempt in Sulawesi last year.

The way that the trial and execution of Fabianus Tibo, Marinus Riwu, and Dominggus da Silva was carried out, and its aftermath, may have served to poison relations between some in Indonesia.

Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus Da Silva and Marianus Riwu are due to be executed on either the night of Thursday the 21st, or the morning of the 22nd.

The Ulema Council, Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI), says female circumcision is necessary for Muslims.

Cornelius Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus da Silva, and Marinus Riwu are due to be executed fifteen minutes after midnight, Saturday 12th August.

The plans of some militant Muslims to go to fight in Lebanon and the government's and others' reactions to them.

The mayor of Bulukumba in south Sulawesi says non-Muslims support the imposition of sharia law in his regency.

The Tentena marketplace bomb, and aftermath,

The authorities of Makassar, South Sulawesi, are tackling the issue of schoolgirl skirt length.

A bomb exploded in the Eklesia church in Poso, central Sulawesi.

Pressure on the existence of sharia type laws in the provinces grows as fifty-six members of parliament in Jakarta demand their annulment.

Some stories from around the country on morality lifting efforts by the authorities and police and the less than pleased response of some.

Over the last month police in Poso, central Sulawesi, have discovered the remains of 700 people killed in sectarian violence in 2000.

The growing application of sharia based laws in the province of South Sulawesi, and elsewhere, is bound up in the role of a group called the Preparatory Committee for the Application of Islamic Laws.

Indonesian police appear to have made a breakthrough in the infamous and appalling case of the beheading murders of three Christian schoolgirls in Poso, Sulawesi last year.