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

Ross on the bigotry of teachers of religion in Islamic schools, ideological jilbabs, and Dewi Persik.

The US financial crisis opens the door for alternative economic models, like sharia finance.

Ross on sharia lite in Tangerang and Mayor Wahidin Halim’s re-election bid.

Religious leaders in Aceh worry about what young people are getting up to before, during, and probably after, Ramadan.

Perseus on Francis Fukuyama and whether Islamism will derail Indonesia’s new democracy.

How the Sharia authorities of Aceh persuade citizens to get on with their religious obligations.

A Betawi figure worries that many immigrants to Jakarta are too narrow in their cultural perspective.

The Sharia Banking Act is passed into law, and opposition to it from Christian legislators.

Sadanand Dhume’s My Friend the Fanatic – Travels with an Indonesian Islamist.