Edition 89: Jan-Mar 2007 - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia

Helen Pausacker

Freedom of religion … within limits

Elizabeth Rhoads

Hindu-Balinese identity is enforced through pork meatballs and praying competitions.

Helen Pausacker

Chinese Confucianism is recognised again as an official religion.

Astrid de Hontheim

Missionaries and the military co-operate in converting the Asmat to Christianity.

Eve Warburton

Veiling has become a highly politicised practice in Indonesia. Eve Warburton

Julia Suryakusuma

Would the real Indonesian Islam please stand up?

Munawar Ahmad

The Islamic sect Ahmadiyah has been under official pressure and violent attack.

Ismatu Ropi

Some Christian and Muslim leaders view the new Ministerial Decree on Houses of Worship as restrictive.

Robin Bush

Indonesia has made only some legislative progress toward religious freedom, but the greatest freedom is the openness of debate.

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