The wives of the JK-Win team, jilbab wearers Mufidah Kalla and Uga Wiranto, are hot stuff in the battle for Muslim votes, while Ani Yudhoyono and Herawati Boediono are not.

The dangers of internet social networking sites for Muslims and a possible fatwa against them.

The book Ilusi Negara Islam: Ekspansi Gerakan Islam Transnasional di Indonesia, The Illusion of an Islamic State: the Expansion of Transnational Islamic movements in Indonesia.

Indonesian customer service people are officially the most smiley in the world.

BI governor Boediono for vice president, a neo-liberal and not religious enough.

Nahdlatul Ulama does battle against both right and left wing Muslim extremists.

The crime of 2009, a murder of businessman Nasrudin Zulkarnaen implicating Antasari Azhar and a beautiful golf caddy, Rani Julianti.

Censorship of Sasak pop and dangdut music in Lombok.

How Indonesia is facing up to the pig or swine flu virus, H1N1 influenza.

Who will president Yudhoyono choose as his running mate for the Indonesia Bisa campaign.