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The papal speech on Islam, Pope Benedict’s speech, and the muted reaction of Indonesian Muslim leaders.

Rebekka Zakaria, Eti Pangesti & Ratna Bangun have completed sixteen months of their three-year prison sentence for running a Christian kindergarten in which some Muslim children attended.

A report by the International Crisis Group suggests the situation in Papua is not as dire as some, often Australians, like to believe.

A daughter of Chinese traders in Glodok, Jakarta, has become a policewoman.

Yolla Bernanda, whose Chinese name is Chang Mei Xiang, works as a policewoman for the West Jakarta police force. She was born and grew up in the Glodok area of West Jakarta, well known as a centre of the Chinese trading community, and her […]

A majority of Indonesians blame Israel and the United States for the recent war in Lebanon, not suprisingly.

Antara helps sow the seeds of hatred by hosting a seminar called “Al-Aqsha Haqquina” in which calls are made for jihad to liberate the Al-Aqsa mosque.

As the fasting month of Ramadhan approaches efforts at “sweeping” of places of dubious moral worthiness, such as bars and brothels, tends to increase.

Recently there have a been a few reports of sweeping by both police and motivated citizen’s groups, usually of a religious bent. In Bogor on the 8th hundreds of young men from […]

The red-light district of Saritem, in Bandung, may be about to be closed.

The Jakarta Post says that Bandung’s oldest red-light district, Saritem, could soon be shut down because the city administration is preparing to crack down on prostitution. The administration says it will begin implementing a 2005 local bylaw on order, cleanliness and beauty in […]

Concerns about the decline of the use and knowledge of Javanese language and script.

Fahrur “Paunk” Rohman has gone on trial for insulting the nation’s wise leader, president Yudhoyono.

In a somewhat similar case to that of Eggi Sudjana Fahrur “Paunk” Rohman, 20 years old, a student at Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, is accused of having insulted both President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Jusuf Kalla in a […]