Why Indonesians are not big book readers; ‘Reading Ambassador’ Tantowi Yahya holds forth on the issue and blames poverty.

Starlet Chelsea Olivia on virginity testing for prospective female students of high schools.

Criteria for passing in Depok schools, Ujian Nasional test results plus religious knowledge.

A school principal blames a djinn spirit for an alleged sexual assault on a student.

State imposed religiosity and conformity, or freedom from woeful ignorance of holy texts.

Problematic religious schools on Java, which ones and police monitoring of them.

How hot are the fires in hell and how they are full of women.

The so-called fatwa against the use of social networking sites like Facebook and Friendster.

The building of specifically Hindu religious schools for primary and secondary education in Bali.

Ross finds fault in employers’ obsession with physical appearance.