Islamic reformism from withinMuhamad Ali, Jakarta The New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof in his recent article, Islamic Reformism: Martyrs, Virgins and Grapes (Aug.

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Iraqi rebels not freedom fightersAndrew Anthony Guardian News Service London In a New York Times review of Nicholson Baker's new novel, Checkpoint (Knopf), Leon Wieseltier employs the phrase "liberal demagoguery".

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Challenge of interfaith dialog in globalization eraBenny Susetyo Jakarta Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi of Malaysia has said that the world is now seriously in need of establishing an interfaith dialog in the struggle for peace and justice, and should not remain in a state of continuous ...

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My name is misspelled With regard to a page 1 article in the Sunday, Aug. 15, edition of The Jakarta Post, titled Mega honors leading nationals, I would like to express my disappointment over the error made in the spelling of my name.

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Trafficking in a stain on humanity Pradit Charoenthaitawee, The Nation, Asia News Network, Bangkok The United Nations' protocol on the prevention, suppression and punishment of human traffickers defines trafficking as: "The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of ...

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Jusuf Kalla and the ChineseIvan Wibowo Jakarta From the names on the two presidential tickets in the Sept.

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America in two minds about China? Tom Plate The Straits Times Asia News Network Singapore The China question has not yet surfaced in the United States presidential election. Perhaps this is just as well. U.S. campaigns are blunt instruments at best for the mastication of complex issues.

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