An imam preaching against violence in Aceh was attacked and beaten as he delivered his sermon during Friday prayers, a report said.

Meulaboh, Aceh – Public Order Agency officers in West Aceh, Aceh, arrested three Muslims for failing to fast on Sunday.

Dewi Kurniawati – If one trend that emerged in the past year was considered more disturbing than others, it would be the apparent increase in fundamentalism and religious intolerance in

Nurdin Hasan, Aceh – Authorities in West Aceh have told three Americans accused of converting local Muslims to leave the district for their own safety, while three of their alleged conv

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Sixty-three years after independence and 10 years after reform, political elite groups have come to regard ethnic and religious differences as problems, subseque

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – A fight broke out between members of the Banda Aceh public order agency and the province's sharia police unit Thursday, during a musical stage show held

Sydney – Hardline Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has likened tourists to "worms, snakes, maggots" and called for signs to be placed in Muslim areas warning them to dress modestly, a

Indonesia's military is exploiting prejudices against indigenous Papuans so it can remain in the impoverished region, an Australian researcher said.

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women says it deplores the reconciliatory move between three men charged with beheading three Christian school girls Poso, Central

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – One of three militants charged with beheading three Christian schoolgirls last year in Poso carried out the attack as an "Idul Fitri gift" for Muslims, a Jakarta

Jakarta – Three Muslim men have been charged in the beheadings of three Christian girls in an Indonesian province fraught with sectarian tension, and the suspects could face death sente

Achmad Sukarsono, Jakarta – An unidentified gunman shot dead a Christian pastor on Monday in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi province, officials and church groups said, sparking fears of a

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Tensions were running high Monday in Makassar, South Sulawesi, as dozens of university students held sometimes violent protests and threatened to expel ethni

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Critics are accusing the Indonesian media of encouraging intolerance by failing to cover issues thoroughly.

Sian Powell, Banda Aceh – Tensions between fundamentalist Muslims and Western aid workers have begun to erupt in Aceh as the tsunami-devastated Indonesian province slowly recovers.

Marian Carroll, Jakarta – An Australian Catholic priest yesterday announced an alliance with Indonesia's second largest Muslim organisation to build an orphanage in devastated Aceh prov

Indonesia on Thursday offered amnesty to separatist leaders in Aceh and promised to help redevelop the province if rebels drop their bid for independence, but a spokesman for the rebels

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Despite attempts to allay their fears, Chinese Indonesians remain concerned about President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's commitment to fighting discrimination.

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – For Chinese-Indonesians, albeit a minority, the government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's pledge to fight discrimination is not convincing.

Richel Dursin, Bekasi – "We're Indonesians. Why do we have to get a citizenship certificate proving that we're Indonesians?" asked Tjiong Tjoei Liong, 70.

Jakarta – A judge yesterday delayed the trial of Indonesia's best-known Islamic militant on charges of inciting violence against Christians, saying the defendant "looked pale".

President Megawati Sukarnoputri opened a conference of Indonesia's largest Muslim organisation with a rare attack on the "narrow fanaticism" of more extremist Islamic groups.

Bern – Six Indonesian Christians, who have been holed up in the Swiss embassy in Jakarta since September 27 to press for political asylum, have left the premises, the Swiss foreign mini

Desi Utomo – In Indonesia, racism is one of the most pressing problems facing society.

Terry McCarthy – On the streets of Ambon, people describe what's happening in their homeland as perang – war.

Vaudine England – Throughout the telling of their individual stories of fighting and displacement, the Christian refugees now in Bitung, North Sulawesi, are clear on one point – the roo

Jakarta – A policeman and at least two, and up to nine, civilians were killed in renewed sectarian clashes in Ambon, the capital of the troubled eastern Indonesian province of Maluku, p

Dili – An estimated 6,000 East Timorese have burned tens of houses owned by Indonesians migrants after local people became enraged by a slight against a Catholic priest who had been giv

Agencies in Dili and Jakarta – One man was killed and several others injured yesterday when 6,000 East Timorese set fire to the homes of migrant Muslims in reaction to reports a Catholi