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

Nov 27, 2022 Last Updated 3:31 AM, Nov 16, 2022

Would the real Indonesian Islam please stand up?

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

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

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

Nov 16, 2022 - BILAL DEWANSYAH

The criminalisation of people smuggling has created complex moral and legal difficulties for those who assist refugees in peril

Sep 25, 2022 - MARY ZURBUCHEN

Sep 15, 2022 - NIA DELIANA

A long search for a cure for beriberi in Southeast Asia in the late nineteenth century was led by trial and a lot of error

Aug 23, 2022 - BURHANUDDIN MUHTADI

Aug 19, 2022 - JULIA WINTERFLOOD

For two decades Bali-based rock band Navicula’s mission has been to tackle some of the country’s biggest social and environmental ills

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