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  • Dr Amina Wadud: For a Progressive Islam

    Thu, 11/19/2009 - 10:33 AM
    The Islamic scholar, author, imam and activist — Dr Amina Wadud — started life as Mary, a Methodist child of the US borderline Southern State of Maryland in 1952.

  • Lalu Syafi’i: No place for lazy teachers

    Tue, 11/17/2009 - 11:35 AM
    Lalu Syafi’i wasn’t aware of the old English maxim that cleanliness is next to godliness.  However he agreed it matched his rubbish-free campaign, particularly as Mataram is littered with...

  • Not a house of worship spared

    Fri, 11/13/2009 - 10:19 AM
    “This building means so much to me, because I was baptized there at the age of one in 1967,” Alfian Fernandus told The Jakarta Post at the front of the Convent Chapel of SCMM in Jl. Gereja,...

  • Strategically preserving heritage

    Fri, 11/20/2009 - 10:18 AM
    Three animal characters — a butterfly, a bat and a parrot — were playing around when they peeked into a house filled with people dancing to the sound of a traditional gamelan.

  • Village artists show continuous flow of creativity

    Village artists show continuous flow of creativity

    Thu, 11/19/2009 - 10:22 AM
    Whereas most exhibitions these days display the works of a solo artist or bring together many creative talents sharing a similar esthetic ideology, the fine arts exhibition at Sanur’s Griya...

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