Mathias Hariyadi

The controversial "Curriculum 2013" ready to start with the beginning of the new school year. On a warpath, faculty and institutes of various religious denominations. It would encourage "private interests" in the face of the public good. By cutting thousands of jobs and yet another waste (new minister, new reform) of public money.

The inmates set fire to the compound and started throwing sharp objects. The protest against the lack of water and electricity has started yesterday afternoon. But there is allegedly also a request – dismissed – of reduced sentences on account of Ramadan. Some of the detainees have already been captured by the security forces.

About a hundred boys and girls, led by the head of the Episcopal Commission for Youth, will travel to Rio for the event. A website is being set up to relay news about the days of celebration and gathering. A group of 12 people will also join the official delegation.

The leaders of the Islamic Defender Front has been fighting for a ban on alcohol, especially during Ramadan. With its ruling, the Supreme Court suspends a 1997 presidential decree that authorised the sale of alcohol, stressing that "it is not apt" to maintain order. Fundamentalists are overjoyed. For them, "rapes and adultery are alcohol-related."

Protesters took to the streets, demanding a stop to construction because the building would only fuel sectarian anger. Catholic sources note that all the right paperwork was done over a ten-year period; they also reject accusations of proselytising. President Yudhoyono is criticised for failing to guarantee complete religious freedom.

The Church celebrates the jubilee of Fr. Gregorius Utomo, valued contributor to the Indonesian Bishops' Conference. The community organized a series of events and a solemn celebration of the Eucharist, which the Islamists oppose. Archbishop of Semarang tells AsiaNews: "false accusations against him artfully made up by the media and newspapers."

The community belongs to the diocese of Agats-Asmat, in the ecclesiastical province of Merauke. A remote area, the last Mass was celebrated at Easter. In recent days Bishop Murwito visited the area with a delegation of Franciscan nuns and a group of activists. From next December two nuns will arrive to assist development.

Islamists want to impose the jilbab on women police officers. Some human rights groups and lawmakers back the request. However, police spokesman said the force's internal rules impose the same uniform on all officers and so the headscarf is inadmissible, except in Islamist-ruled Aceh province.

In a "controversial" statement, the local Ulema Council in Tegal said that such schools are haram, "morally unsound." Politics and local authorities have fuelled the controversy for electoral advantage. However, the families of Muslim students have defended the schools, claiming the right to free choice in matters of education.

Members of the Islamic Defenders Front stopped an interfaith meeting by force. The images caught on video were posted on YouTube. Complicit with the violent protesters, police detain event organisers. Orthodox Christian activist notes the conference had the right permits, bemoans rising intolerance.

Sixty-six children from the Parish of St Joseph in Bintanar and 80 others from the Parish of Christ the King in Baciro have received the sacrament. The use of electronic databases made it easier to prepare the festival, organise the rites and summon participants.

At least 12,000 workers were waiting to regularise their position. A combination of heat, red tape and inefficient service sparked unrest with the building attacked and set on fire. After the case of the woman beheaded in 2011, immigration to the Saudi kingdom is back in the news.