The following stories talk about the subject ‘West Java’.
Voters in Indramayu are threatened with hellfire by Irianto MS Syafiuddin unless the Golkar Party is supported in 2009.
Reading and writing in Arabic is a must for civil servants in Bogor.
Goyang under threat again, whether the governor of West Java wants to ban jaipong dance for being too sexy.
Dealing with the Zionist movement and Freemasonry in Bandung, calls for banning of the Rotary & Lions Clubs.
Mixing Sundanese disco music and Islam is a recipe for trouble in West Java, and community “mediation”, as Ross finds out.
Local people in Tasikmalaya are roused to action to prevent mysterious cave men and women rituals.
Indonesian students of Islam encountering western anti-orthodox religion philosophy, like God is dead statements.
The Dutch state being sued over war crimes at Rawagede, West Java.
Paranormal figure Ki Gendeng Pamungkas enters the world of politics in Bogor.
The next target of Islamic fanatics will be old Javanese customs and traditions.
The MUI attempts to unseat Dedi Mulyadi in Purwakarta for a musical analogy.
PKS ideology, recent electoral wins, and the 2009 general and presidential elections with Tifatul Sembiring.
A church is burned down in Purwakarta, West Java.
The Indonesian state remains vigilant against acts of treason and the following trials and penalties.
People in West Java are flocking to the shopping mall churches to pray.
Those people in West Java who are too impatient for the Ahmadiyah ban.
A victory for Islamic parties in the West Java election, led by Ahmad Heryawan and Dede Yusuf.
Government efforts to regulate the internet and block access to websites thought inappropriate.
Easter celebrations in Indonesia, a service in Bogor is broken up, mayhem in Atambua.
Why there is so much church persecution in western Java.
An increase in the current minimum wage in Indonesia.
The Ahmadiyya sect acknowledges Muhammad as the last prophet, and Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as simply a teacher.
Rhoma Irama advises Indonesian Muslims to stop fighting each other.
The Wahidiyah movement is attacked in Tasikmalaya.
A church in Tangerang, West Java is attacked.
Indonesia ranks highly for internet sex searches.
Sex slavery in Indramayu, West Java and Jakarta, Indonesia.
Permadi & Yuddy Chrisnandi claim that diseases are spread by foreigners.
Rates of violence against women.
The Jakarta MRT, Mass Rapid Transit train system, is planned to open in 2014.
The Al-Zaytun Islamic school has fallen under suspicion of links to Negara Islam Indonesia (NII).
Sundanese cultural groups are vanishing.
The witch doctor Ki Gendeng Pamungkas has cast his voodoo spell on George Bush.
Nissan has committed $60 million over the next few years to increase its market share in Indonesia, and plans to shortly launch the new Livina model.
TVS Motor Company, producers of motorcycles, of India sees Indonesia as the base for its operations in South East Asia.
The Royal Doulton Company is happy with its investment in Indonesia and plans to put another $125 million into its operations here.
Textiles producers are being encouraged to modernise their equipment with the offer of subsidies on loan repayments.
Rebekka Zakaria, Eti Pangesti & Ratna Bangun in prison for running a Christian kindergarten in which some Muslim children attended.
The red-light district of Saritem, in Bandung, may be about to be closed.
Some villagers in Sukabumi, West Java force a Mujahidin Council training camp to disperse.
An official from a body that seeks to educate the public on elections says many local and regional elections are marred by candidates use of religious symbols and language.
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.
Bandung is in West Java province and West Java has the reputation of being a fairly strict place in terms of the prevailing interpretations of Muslim beliefs and practises.
A speech by an Indonesian police chief on radicalism and national security.
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