A round-up of recent news on the RUU APP, the anti-pornography bill.

The Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) have reaffirmed their committment to the secular state, among other goings-on at their national conference in Surabaya.

A small percentage of Indonesian Muslims have carried out violence in the name of Islam and a large percentage say they are prepared to do so.

Amien Rais and the anti-foreigner current in Indonesian politics.

Various commentators say that the war in Israel and Lebanon could send young Muslims into the arms of radical groups.

Those convicted of the 2002 Bali bombings are scheduled to be executed on 22nd August. Last minute appeals may however delay this.

Sexual immorality is the enemy of not only Muslims in Indonesia but also Christians, says a senior religious leader.

The mayor of Bulukumba in south Sulawesi says non-Muslims support the imposition of sharia law in his regency.

The chairman of the Ulema Council, the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI), has asked the government to ban Playboy magazine.

Politically minded Muslims are urged not to keep regretting the fact that the state does not have an explicitly Islamic basis.