Religion

What are the prospects of Islamic opposition? How democratic will it be? GEORGE ADITJONDRO finds much to be hopeful about.

DJOHAN EFFENDI explores the paradox of young progressives in Indonesia's most traditional Islamic organisation.

A Spanish enquirer gets the catechism in an exclusive Jakarta suburb. MARGARET COFFEY was there too.

To Jakarta, he is an enigma. To the Madurese, he holds out hope for a better society. GERRY VAN KLINKEN goes to the grass-roots.

Abri officers are becoming more Islamic, but many do not want their Islam to become a political tool for the administration, according to MARCUS MIETZNER.

SIMON ANDREWARTHA discovers a quiet invasion by outsiders, even in the remotest villages.

Acehnese have no word for nightmare, but the trauma of the conflict years is nightly visited upon many survivors through their dreams.

An interview with the leader of a new, radical and militant sect

When they hear the sacred texts of the church, Papuans see a better future

How Islamic will the new movements make Indonesia?

A spiritual home for the lost, this militant sect is used by dangerous elites for their own ends

Learning from Indonesian religious experience

Reclaiming public ritual can help resolve conflict

Ritual purification ceremonies have dominated Balinese recovery efforts

The public teachings of Abu Bakar Ba'asyir

Life in an East Javanese Islamic boarding school

An Interview with Pak Imam Aziz, Program Coordinator, Syarikat

While reform of Islamic education is necessary, secularisation is not

Forestry business packaged in ecological concerns in Flores