Oct-Dec 1997

Islam

How Muslims will say 'No'
Prospects for Islamic opposition - George Aditjondro
A local hero
Kiai Alawy of Madura - Gerry van Klinken
Islam in opposition? It's not that simple
Muslims have a stake in the status quo - Greg Barton
Portrait of a female preacher
Ibu Alfiyah Muhadie - Nelly van Doorn
Itinerant scholars
Indonesian Islam's international links- Karel Steenbrink
Breaking out!
Young progressives in traditional Islam - Djohan Effendi
Rationality and the clitorectomy
A Spaniard learns about Islam - Margaret Coffey

Politics and human rights

Writing on the wall
Yogyakarta graffiti - Mas Sujoko
Death of a journalist
The murder of Yogya journalist Udin - Amnesty International
Love at first sight
Burma's Slorc meets Indonesia's Abri - Andreas Harsono
Fading signal
Cuts to Radio Australia's Indonesia program/ - Stanley
Lippogate? Not really
Riady's contributions to the US Democrats/ - Jay Losher

Social conditions and the economy

Gone fishing
Exploitation of child labour in the Malacca Straits/ - Ahmad Sofian
What the elite do when their banks are in trouble
Two cases: Bank Yama and Bank Pacific/ - Suara Independen
Box - Bank Pacific and the fall of Endang
Suara Independen

Culture

Rock'n'Roll radicals
Indonesianisation of foreign musical genres - David Hill and Krishna Sen

Reviews

Tim Lindsey's 'Romance of K'tut Tantri'
Ron Witton
Robert Lowry's 'The Armed Forces of Indonesia'
Russell Miles
Barton and Fealy (eds) 'Nahdlatul Ulama'
Nelly van Doorn
Norman Lewis' 'An Empire of the East'
Michael Hermes
Michel Picard's 'Bali: Cultural Tourism ...'
Ron Witton

Regulars

In this issue
Newsbriefs
Summary reports on current affairs
Indonesia on the net
Finding Indonesians reaction to Suharto becoming very ill by using Jendela - John MacDougall
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