Fri, February 10, 2012 Archive Search

The Thinker: Keys to the Church

The GKI Yasmin congregation in Bogor has been prohibited by the local administration from holding services in its church for years. The Supreme Court has ruled that revoking the church’s permit is illegal. However, GKI Yasmin and many other churches in Indonesia have not been protected from a small but vocal minority that has tried to prevent them from receiving permits to build and worship — a minority that in some cases has even organized mobs to attack them. 10:42am Feb 10, 2012

Karim Raslan: Silence of Snow

There was snow on the ground as I arrived two weeks ago in Switzerland, just as there was snow across the English Home Counties when I finally returned back home to Asia. 10:11am Feb 9, 2012

The Thinker: Let's Talk About Sex

Aisyiyah, the women’s wing of Muhammadiyah, recently released results of a study it did on adolescent sexuality in Yogyakarta’s Bantul district. Pointing to the widespread practice of girls marrying in their teens and even below the legal age of 16, the study makes for a worrying read. 12:19pm Feb 8, 2012

The Thinker: Ungentle Humor

Moments before naming lawmaker Angelina Sondakh as a suspect in a high-profile graft case, Abraham Samad, chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission, joked with journalists at his press conference last Friday. 10:58am Feb 7, 2012

Jamil Maidan Flores: Anwar’s Rebound

In October 1998, then-Foreign Minister Ali Alatas of Indonesia made a quick, unpublicized trip to Kuala Lumpur. His mission: to convey to Malaysia’s leaders the deep personal concern of then-Indonesian President Habibie at the beating that former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim had suffered in police custody. According to Alatas, Habibie was extremely worried because he knew of the frailty of Anwar’s health. 11:37am Feb 6, 2012

Desi Anwar: It’s All in the Neurons

I often wonder what makes some people espouse strong beliefs more than others or what it is that makes an individual, group or society attach itself to a particular belief system. More important, why, when faced with a different opinion or a different belief system, do some people react so strongly, often emotionally, sometimes physically or even violently? 12:01pm Feb 4, 2012

The Thinker: War’s Glass Ceiling

Karim Raslan: Davos Connections

The Thinker: Tsunami Warning

Jamil Maidan Flores: The Huddled Masses

Desi Anwar: Might Is Not Right

The Thinker: Is Atheism Allowed?

Karim Raslan: Pride of the House

The Thinker: Benign Neglect

The Thinker: Chinese-Indonesians Free to Celebrate the Lunar New Year

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