Who is behind the recent violence in Aceh, and the sharia laws.

Ross sees parallels between the Justice Party/PKS, and the PKI of old.

Ross rails that faraway refugees in the Middle East excite more sympathy than refugees in Lombok.

Mixing Sundanese disco music and Islam invites bigotry and later “mediation” in West Java, as Ross finds out.

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

MUI leader Cholil Ridwan says Kompas newspaper is a western papist tool for attacking Islam.

Ross rails against the minister of religion over dictating what date Eid Al Fitr celebrations should be on.

Ross worries that the next target of Islamic fanatics will be old Javanese figures and traditions.

Ross questions the motives of Islamic groups’ sensitivity over Papua.

Well-fed FPI head man Habib Rizieq has plenty of celebrity visitors to keep him company in police lock-up.