Bali-based NGOs are an important part of Indonesia’s growing sustainable agriculture movement
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Front stage with the PKS
At its upmarket congress, Indonesia’s biggest Islamic party tried but failed to convince it has become an open and inclusive party
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On death row
Dozens of Acehnese drug offenders face the death penalty in Malaysia
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From the archive: On death row
Inside Indonesia revisits a series of articles from its archive on the theme of the death penalty. We asked the authors of these articles to write an update to accompany their pieces
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Praying across borders
Doctrinal borders that divide traditionalist and modernist Muslims in Banjarmasin are breaking down, but slowly
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Review: From soil to God
Chris Wilson bares the dynamics of conflict behind the violence in North Maluku
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Playing with the past
Critics say it’s just a fad but some young upper middle-class Indonesians are rediscovering forgotten histories
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Supporting syariah, advancing women
The life and work of an Islamic teacher in Aceh shows that the struggle for gender equality is about much more than syariah.
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Art for Allah’s sake
A unique pesantren, founded and led by an internationally recognised Indonesian calligrapher, attracts men and women from all over the archipelago
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The spirit of Sudirman
A mural competition in Yogyakarta sees Indonesians reinterpreting their revolutionary past in the light of present concerns
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More than six decades after being inspired as an undergraduate in Sydney, Ron Witton retraces his Indonesian language teacher's journey back to Suriname