Dealing with enemies on the left and the right keeps Nahdlatul Ulama leaders busy talking.

Is political Islam down and out in 2009? Islamic parties look for reasons for their failure.

Usage of religious symbolism in politics, examples of election campaign posters.

Indonesia’s unique interpretation of human rights in respect of freedom of choice in religion, and secularism.

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

Treespotter looks at capital punishment around the world, and an argument in favour of it.

Indonesian students of Islam encountering western anti-orthodox religion philosophy.

Ramadan etiquette for unbelievers, by Purba Negoro.

Mohamad Abdun Nasir, a lecturer and researcher in the Mediation Center at the State Institute for Islamic Studies (IAIN) in Mataram, Lombok, writes in the Jakarta Post (I would link to the article but Jakarta Post pages go awol after two days) about moderate Islam in Indonesia. He first posits two dangers, radicalism on the one hand, and liberalism on the other.