For terror groups, the Internet has become a useful tool to recruit would-be jihadists. The Indonesian authorities are doing their best to keep pace.
Muslims from around the region returned home to pay respect to their parents and observe the Eid al-Adha festival.
The gurdwara, the largest in Southeast Asia, offers a variety of services, as well as tranquillity and togetherness, to local Sikhs and people from other faiths.
The livestock trade is a good seasonal business ahead of the Islamic Day of Sacrifice, but health officials warn of the risk of infected meat.
An historic agreement brings hope for a lasting peace in the insurgency-scarred southern Philippines.
The case is significant as Indonesia works to "connect the dots" on terrorism funding.
Young volunteers are sharing their time and talents to help those less fortunate in Indonesia's second largest city.
Vendors say they cannot afford to miss work, despite threats from insurgents making dubious claims about the requirements of Islam.
The college-educated mother of two is accused of offering thousands of women to high-paying clients throughout Indonesia.
The Red Cross is co-producing a film that will help people in Indonesia recognise when natural disaster is imminent and prepare for when it strikes.
Students say Taliban are mistaken if they think they can scare girls away from school.
As insurgents escalate violence in Pattani in southern Thailand, residents and family members of the victims plead for an end to the bloodshed.
The terrorists who carried out Indonesia's worst-ever attacks failed to defeat freedom, tolerance and friendship, Indonesian and Australian leaders say a decade after the 2002 Bali bombings.
The first mosque with a methadone clinic is closing its service to addicts, a decision drawing mixed reactions from the community.
Students, government ministers and Indonesians of many faiths pause to praise their fourth president after his death.
Thailand's peaceful southernmost district is open for business and reaching out to its neighbours.
An annual fair co-sponsored by the OIC provides Muslim artisans, designers and small business owners with an opportunity to showcase their products.
In the second part of an exclusive interview, Indonesia's counterterrorism chief describes ways about how Indonesian law and prison facilities make his job tougher.
The latest terrorism-related arrests net some long-time militants with a grim new group name and deadlier bombs
Hosted by India, an art competition in Bali encourages students to embrace communal harmony.
As the anniversary of Indonesia's worst-ever terror attack approaches, survivors and relatives of victims say the planned commemoration will give them a chance to meet others who share their pain.
The event highlights national unity with colour and light at 1Malaysia Lantern Festival.
For 22 years, the Kartini School has been vital to many children in North Jakarta who don't have the opportunity to study at public schools.
Markets in the troubled region are planning to stay open on Friday, defying threats by insurgents.
Security sweeps yield more than a dozen suspects and several bomb caches after a series of stumbles by group members
According to religious leaders and locals, there is nothing in the Qur'an that says Muslims can't work on Fridays, as insurgents claim.
A daughter grieves for the father taken from her by a terrorist bomb while she was only a baby.
Religious schools in the East Java city move to combat extremist ideologies and misinterpretations of Islam.
A popular local chief in the insurgency-plagued region is using Thai folk arts to spread a message of peace and understanding to Thai Buddhists and ethnic Malay Muslims.
Don't allow homecoming extremists to import their brand of jihad from Syria, cleric warns.
![Agung Setyadi (left) and Agung Prabowo were arrested in 2006 and sentenced to prison for assisting in terrorist recruiting via the web. Indonesian extremists are increasingly using the Internet to spread their jihadist message. [Dadang Tri/Reuters]](/shared/images/2012/10/31/121101_KSEA_FANI_INDONESIA-150_100.jpg)
![Muslims in the Deep South offer prayers during Eid al-Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice. [Maluding Tido/Khabar]](/shared/images/2012/10/30/121030-KSEA_TH_MALUDING_EID-150_100.jpg)
![A Sikh devotee offers prayer at Gurdwara Tatt Khalsa Diwan on Jalan Raja Alang in Kuala Lumpur. Activities are not as robust on weekdays but on Sundays especially, yoga and music classes makes the place hum with life. [Photos by Grace Chen/Khabar]](/shared/images/2012/10/29/121029_GRACE_MY_GUNDWARA1-150_100.jpg)
![Rizki, a seasonal livestock trader, tends his animals and cleans a makeshift barn built on a street in Jakarta ahead of Idul Adha. [Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata/Khabar]](/shared/images/2012/10/27/121027_ISMIRA_ID_LIVESTOCK-150_100.jpg)
![Moro Islamic Liberation Front [MILF] Peace Panel Chief Mohagher Iqbal (left) exchanges documents with Philippines government chief negotiator Marvic Leonen (right) after signing a peace deal in Manila on October 15th. Joining them are Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak (back left), Malaysian peace facilitator Abdul Ghafar Tengku Mohamed (centre) and Philippines President Benigno Aquino (back right). [Cheryl Ravelo/Reuters]](/shared/images/2012/10/26/121025_CHRISTIAN_PH_PEACE_D-150_100.jpg)
![Alleged hacker Cahya Fitriyanta listens as his indictment is read out at West Jakarta District Court on October 8th. Prosecutors have accused him of premeditated murder, money laundering and electronic-system hacking. [Elisabeth Oktofani/Khabar]](/shared/images/2012/10/25/121025_FANI_ID_HACKING-150_100.jpg)
![A "cool teacher" from Save Street Child Surabaya gives an evening lesson to a poor child in Surabaya. [Photos by Michael Watopa/Khabar]](/shared/images/2012/10/24/121024_MICHAEL_ID_EDUCATION-150_100.jpg)
![A sweets vendor flashes a peace gesture at the Thepwiwat 1 Municipal Fresh Market on Friday (October 19th). [Bas Pattani/Khabar]](/shared/images/2012/10/23/121023-PATTANI_TH_MARKET-150_100.jpg)
![She is accused of heading Indonesia's biggest known prostitution ring, with some 2,600 sex workers who were displayed and paid for online. [Photo courtesy of Surabaya Police].](/shared/images/2012/10/22/121022_MICHAEL_ID_HUMANTRAF-150_100.jpg)
![A girl participating in a rally organised by the National Students Federation in Lahore, Pakistan on Monday (October 15th) holds a hand-made poster next to an image of Malala Yousafzai. [Mohsin Raza/Reuters]](/shared/images/2012/10/19/121019_CAO_PK_MALALA2-150_100.jpg)
![Pongsakorn Khunchum, 14, holds the hand of his deceased father, Somsak, who was shot and killed by suspected insurgents in Pattani on October 8th. Pongsakorn said he would forgive his father's killers if they agreed to lay down their arms. [Bas Pattani/Khabar]](/shared/images/2012/10/19/121019_BAS_TH_PATTANI-150_100.jpg)
![Survivors and relatives of victims lay floral tributes in the remembrance pool at Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park in Jimbaran, Bali during memorial services to mark the tenth anniversary of the 2002 Bali bombing on October 12th. [Ni Komang Erviani/Khabar]](/shared/images/2012/10/18/121018_ERVIANI_ID_BALI-150_100.jpg)
![The Ar-Rahman Mosque in Kuala Lumpur housed a methadone clinic for two years but shut it down in late September, due to a lack of pharmacists and a decision by the mosque's leadership committee. [Grace Chen/Khabar]](/shared/images/2012/10/17/121017_GRACE_MY_MOSQUEADONE-150_100.jpg)
![Thousands attend a ceremony on the 1000th day of the death of former president Abdurrhaman Wahid at his home in Ciganjur, South Jakarta on September 27th. [Yenny Herawati/Khabar]](/shared/images/2012/10/16/121016_YENNY_ID_GUSDUR-150_100.jpg)
![A mah song spirit medium supports two replica guitars on a bar pierced through his cheeks during a 2009 Phuket Vegetarian Festival street procession. [Photo by Somchai Huasaikul/Khabar Southeast Asia]](/shared/images/2012/10/15/121015_TH_ADINAN_BETONG-150_100.jpg)
![Vendors sell Muslim clothing that designers feel could appeal to non-Muslims as well. [Photos by Cempaka Kaulika/Khabar]](/shared/images/2012/10/13/121013_CEMPAKA_ID_WMBIZ1-150_100.jpg)
![Indonesian police stand guard at the site where five suspected militants were shot dead at a rented house in Bali on March 19th. Three of the five were former drug dealers radicalised by Bali bombers Imam Samudra and Amrozi in prison. Prisons have been a breeding ground for terrorism, officials admit. [Murdani Usman/Reuters]](/shared/images/2012/10/12/121011-FANI_ID_ANTITERROR1-150_100.jpg)
![Terrorism remains a real threat in Indonesia, and the target has shifted to the "near enemy", Indonesian police chief of the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT), Ansyaad Mbai told Khabar Southeast Asia in an exclusive interview last week. [Elisabeth Oktofani/Khabar]](/shared/images/2012/10/11/121011_FANI_ID_MBAI-150_100.jpg)
![Students draw people of different cultures at an art competition held by the Indian consulate at the Indian Cultural Centre in Denpasar, Bali on September 12th. [Ni Komang Erviani/Khabar].](/shared/images/2012/10/10/121010_ERVIANI_ID_BALICHILD-150_100.jpg)
![Dragon dancers defy heavy rains at the 1Malaysia Lantern Tourism Festival at Kuala Lumpur's Central Market on September 21st. [Photos by Grace Chen/Khabar]](/shared/images/2012/10/08/121008_GRACE_MY_LANTERN2-150_100.jpg)
![Sri Rossiyati teaches students at the Kartini School in Bandengan, North Jakarta. The school was established 22 years ago by Rossi and her twin sister, Sri Irianingsih, to help underprivileged children get an education. [Photos by Zahara Tiba/Khabar]](/shared/images/2012/10/06/121006_ZAHARA_ID_KARTINI_VG-150_100.jpg)
![A 66-year-old motorcycle taxi driver smiles as he waits in the queue outside the Pattani Town Fresh Market. Motorcycle taxi drivers were among the many who suffered financially after insurgent threats forced many areas to close for business on Friday. Leading clerics deny that Islam prohibits businesses from operating on Fridays. [Bas Pattani/Khabar]](/shared/images/2012/10/05/121005_STEPHEN_TH_PATTANI-150_100.jpg)
![Bomb disposal experts carry a handmade bomb found at the home of a terror suspect Khumaidi in Laweyan, Solo on September 22nd. The police bomb squad unit disposed of four bombs through a controlled detonation. [Yenny Herawati/Khabar]](/shared/images/2012/10/04/121004_YENNY_ID_SOLO-150_100.jpg)
![Security forces patrol Pattani Town's Fresh Market after insurgents issued threats against businesses throughout the Deep South that stayed open on Fridays. [Bas Pattani/Khabar]](/shared/images/2012/10/04/121004_BAS_TH_FRIDAY-150_100.jpg)
![Irfan Idris, deradicalisation director of the National Counterterrorism Agency [BNPT], says educational institutions are a key component of Indonesia's deradicalisation efforts. [Yenny Herawati/Khabar].](/shared/images/2012/10/02/121002_YENNY1_ID_ALERT-150_100.jpg)
![Yaring District Chief Thamrong Kongwatmai uses shadow puppets to entertain and educate audiences on other cultures in Thailand's insurgency-plagued Deep South. [Bas Pattani/Khabar]](/shared/images/2012/10/01/120930_BAS_TH_PUPPETS-150_100.jpg)
![Iranians sit on a boat at Denspar's Benoa port on May 12th, 2013. They were among 95 asylum seekers from Iran arrested by Indonesian marine police while sailing through nearby Badung strait. [Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP]](/shared/images/2014/02/15/140215_ANDHIKA_SAMUEL_IRANIAN_VISA_VG1-100_67.jpg)
![Indonesia's Election Supervisory Committee (Bawaslu) opens a Jakarta forum involving religious leaders January 22nd. [Yenny Herawati/Khabar]](/shared/images/2014/02/14/140214_YENNY_MUSLIM_VOTING_VG1-100_67.jpg)
![Imlek Festival goers in Solo celebrate the Chinese New Year. The festival went from January 23rd through January 29th. [Yenny Herawati/Khabar]](/shared/images/2014/02/13/140205_YENNY_ID_IMLEX_VG1-100_67.jpg)
![Opposition forces prepare to storm the headquarters of the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant fighters in Aleppo, Syria on January 7th. Indonesian jihadists are among 8,000 foreigners fighting in the Syrian civil war. [Medo Halab/AFP]](/shared/images/2014/02/12/140203_ISMIRA_OKKY_ID_SYRIAN_JIHADIST_RETURNED_VG1-100_67.jpg)
![Typhoon Haiyan survivors prepare to board Australian and US C-130 aircraft departing storm-ravaged Tacloban on November 18th. [Photo courtesy of US Marines]](/shared/images/2013/11/26/131126-FORUM_TYPHOON2PE1_PP-270_180.jpg)