The north Jakarta branch of the Nahdlatul Ulama has issued an ultimatum to places which provide access to prostitutes and gambling.
Indonesia scores poorly on an index of the level of government, and social, interference in religious affairs.
A new left wing political party has been launched, Papernas, the Partai Persatuan dan Pembebasan Nasional, National Liberation Party of Unity.
The media, and apparently some politicians and generals, keep insisting, with much enthusiasm, that an Indonesian armed peacekeeping force will shortly be sent to Lebanon.
The hunt for Noordin M. Top in East Java.
The long march of militant Islam through the institutions, on the university campuses of Aceh, with some fearing that Aceh may be the springboard for groups such as the PKS to dominate other areas.
While Depok heads down the road of instituting strict morality laws two candidates for mayor of Jakarta say sharia is not on the agenda for the national capital.
Waai village in central Maluku, destroyed in the sectarian war of 2001, rebuilds.
As two people are caned for adultery in Aceh a report comes out claiming that women and the poor are victimised by sharia law in the province, enforced by the Wilayatul Hisbah.
The middle eastern crisis and Indonesian reactions to it.
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