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Nov 15, 2023

Urban Islam and security

 Pemuda Pancasila post, Ranting Kalibaru / Ahmad Tri Hawaari

By ANDY FULLER & ZAKI ARROBI

Nov 15, 2023

Vigilantism, religion and urbanism

When citizens go to the police asking for help they often side with vigilante groups / POLRI

An interview with Sana Jaffrey

By SANA JAFFREY

Nov 15, 2023

Between an Islamic saint and Che Guevara? 

Posters of Habib Rizieq and other Islamic saints and figures were sold by hawkers in a mosque after Friday prayer / Author 

Jakarta’s urban poor see Habib Rizieq Shihab as a homegrown symbol of resistance and rebelliousness in the midst of their own marginisation 

By ZAKI ARROBI

Nov 15, 2023

Rebranding for revival

Followers of the 212 Movement gather to pray together at Mesjid Agung, Kabupaten Ciamis, Jawa Barat (2/12/2021)/ ANTARA/Adeng Bustomi

In an election year, a reunion of the 212 Movement reflects a changing political landscape for urban Islam, but is there also a changing of the guard?

By WAHYUDI AKMALIAH & CAHYO PAMUNGKAS

Nov 15, 2023

Vigilante partnerships

/ Ahmad Tri Hawaari

Reclaiming Jakarta with the Forum Betawi Rempug

By ANDY FULLER

Nov 15, 2023

When Salafism becomes fashionable

Masjid Nurul Iman Blok M / https://blokmsquare.co.id

By creating a bridge between pop-culture and its teachings, Salafism is becoming increasingly popular among young urban Muslims

By FACHRI AIDULSYAH

Nov 15, 2023

Photo essay: Jakarta's gardu

Pos Pemuda Pancasila Jatimulya / ATH

Ahmad Tri Hawaari’s images highlight the long-standing urban form of the gardu or security post that can be found throughout many Indonesian cities.

By AHMAD TRI HAWAARI'

Oct 27, 2023

Concerts for cash

Merchandise of all kinds was popular outside the Blackpink concert, Jakarta, 9 March 2023/ AntaraFoto

Indonesia has a plan to boost the economy through large-scale arts, cultural...

By MICHAEL H. B. RADITYA

Sep 13, 2023

Healing the nation? Part 2

An Indonesian delegation led by Minister Mahfud MD met with exiles in Amsterdam, August 2023/Saskia E Wieringa

Recent attempts to address the Indonesian genocide after 1 October 1966

By SASKIA E. WIERINGA

Sep 13, 2023

Healing the nation? Part 1

Joko Widodo and his delegation visits Rumoh Geudong, Pidie, Aceh, June 2023/https://www.kominfo.go.id/

Recent attempts to address the Indonesian genocide after 1 October 1966

By SASKIA E. WIERINGA

Aug 24, 2023

Photo essay: Human-Nature connections

he Benawan people's fields are gradually being encroached upon by oil palm plantations / author

Indigenous Dayak Benawan in West Kalimantan

By NIKODEMUS NIKO

Aug 14, 2023

Book review: Civil society elites

By TIM MANN

Jul 17, 2023

Cultural blind-spots of the Anti-Sexual Violence Law

Bride kidnappings can take place in various settings, including the bustling atmosphere of a traditional market / Jacqueline Vel (2015)

Dealing with sexual violence in Indonesia calls for culturally sensitive and context-specific...

By TODY UTAMA & JACQUELINE VEL

Jun 16, 2023

Review: The history of Onghokham

Onghokham/NUS Press

By RON WITTON

May 31, 2023

Review essay: In the shadow of the palms

Oil palm plantation landscape, Papua / Agus Andrianto/CIFOR @Flickr CC

By ISABELL HERRMANS

May 26, 2023

Nusantara: capital gain?

A Hindu blessing ceremony at Titik Nol, September 2022 / Peter Walters

Indigenous residents of the new capital city complain about the ‘land mafia’

By PETER WALTERS, IMAM ARDHIANTO, SONIA ROITMAN & RUSLI CAHYADI

Apr 26, 2023

Photo essay: Minangkabau pig hunting

By BEN GLEESON

Apr 03, 2023

Review: Kartini's letters in translation

Now published in both English and Indonesian translation, the annotated collection will...

By ILSA NELWAN

This Week

LGBT activists protest during Women's March, 2018, Jakarta / Bayu Fuller_Wikimedia_CC

Feminists and LGBT

JULIA SURYAKUSUMA

Can they work together? Religious objections make it hard

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