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Standing up for morals
A group of women students in Yogyakarta see sexual morality as an issue of national concern Claudia Nef The Islamic campus: The Gadjah Mada University...
Inspired by history
Women in Aceh now have more opportunities to play public and political roles, but they still face many obstacles Eka Srimulyani Ready to lead. Many Acehnese...
My Friend the Fanatic
Review: Dhume’s efforts to understand Islam in Indonesia are coloured by his own anxieties By: Greg Fealy My Friend the Fanatic is a better book than I expected....
Muslims in Southeast Asia
Review: This new collection of essays details the ever-changing relationships between Muslims in Southeast Asia, their nations and the Middle East By: Elizabeth...
ANAK Bali supports the education of Balinese children
ANAK means « Child » in Indonesian. We are an international organization that operates locally in several countries. ANAK, a non-profit, humanitarian and cultural...
Coffee and comedy: An alternate model of piety in Aceh
By: Daniel Birchok Legal reforms in the Indonesian province of Aceh over the last decade have emphasised the importance of highly visible Islamic objects and...
Islamic New Year in West Sumatra
Muharram celebrations in coastal West Sumatra have shaped a tradition that transcends religious borders Paul H. Mason A tabuik cenotaph in the centre of...
Problems of democratisation in Indonesia
Review: A new edited collection examines the challenges still facing Indonesia’s democratic project <br Harold Crouch Twelve years since the fall of the New Order...
Colonial Jakarta remembered
Review: Mrazek’s collection of oral histories evoke a by-gone age <br Sue Blackburn In the 1990s Rudolf Mrazek did a very valuable thing: he interviewed dozens of...
From books to films
Quality literature continues to lose out to how-to manuals and trashy novels Richard Oh A man of literary passions Image courtesy of Richard Oh Richard Oh is...
