July-Sept 2004

Religion

Islam and democracy cannot meet
Irfan Awwas sets out his vision for Islamic law in Indonesia - Imam Subkhan
Opponents of Islamic law
Diverse responses to proponents of Islamic law indicate democracy is healthy in South Sulawesi - Jennifer Donohoe
Women and syariah in Aceh
Aceh's women find themselves between an armed conflict and Islamic law - Suraiya Kamaruzzaman

Election

Running for office
A Christian candidate for a Muslim party in North Maluku - Farsijana Adeney-Risakotta
Watching the vote
14.000 prograssive Muslim volunteers monitored Indonesia's April elections - Ahmad Suaedy

PKI

The year that never ended
Oral histories of 1965
We were slaves in a free country
Maid Halim, a communist, wants the state to admit its crime - Dave McRae

Politics and human rights

Fixing Papua's history?
Scholarly research and political reality meet in a Dutch inquiry into Papua - Feije Duim
Wirolodra's buffalo hide
A Jakarta NGO is building alternative to prostitution - Ben Harkness
Maids face death penalty
Five indonesian domestic workers face possible death sentences in Singapore - Wahyu Susilo
Trial by fire
Taking the law into your own hands is now commonplace in urban areas in Indonesia - Danang Kukuh Wardoyo

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