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

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

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

Attempting to forbid sinful activities forbidden in Islam such as drinking, harms the growth of tourism in Muslim areas.

The Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) advises what should not appear on television screens during the upcoming “holy month” of Ramadan.

Ma’ruf Amin of the Majelis Ulama Indonesia says that competing schools of thought within Islam have to be accepted with tolerance except when they are heretical.

A study says the system of devolving power to the regions, or regional autonomy, is spurring the advent of tribalism and disunity.

The Ulema Council, Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI), says female circumcision is necessary for Muslims.

The standard of education in Indonesia comes in for some criticism.

A survey says over a third of Indonesian Muslims desire an Islamic state, while half don’t, among other things.