Many small schools in the Deep South lack resources and personnel, and frequent attacks by insurgents aren't helping. The government says busing students to better-equipped schools is the answer, but not all residents are convinced.
Police have netted more than two dozen terror suspects this month, but say many are still at large – and may be planning to disrupt next year's national election.
Residents of West Java expressed relief at the military declaration, and a willingness to work closely with law enforcement to make the province more secure.
Pesantren graduates should have both religious knowledge and an understanding of how to make a living, says the former vice president and head of the Indonesian Red Cross.
With extremist groups proving adept at harnessing digital technologies and the internet for their violent purposes, calls are mounting for governments, NGOs and Islamic organisations to be more active in countering such messages.
The Bekasi Forum for Religious Harmony says it will ask citizens to take a tolerance vow, aimed at promoting dialogue and avoid social conflict.
Now that the thirteenth general elections are over, some Malaysians are saying that for the sake of maintaining stability in the country any dispute should be settled through lawful way.
Civil society, media and religious leaders must help defeat terrorism in Indonesia, a top police official says. Many say they are already actively involved.
Local families in the insurgency-torn southern provinces hope improved security will help schools focus on educating their children, instead of reeling from militant attacks.
Pro-active efforts to make Muslim tourists feel at home has made Malaysia their holiday destination of choice, according to one survey.
Extremist cells busted in a series of raids were involved in a spree of bank robberies, apparently designed to secure funding for a terror training camp and other operations.
In an exclusive interview, the director of the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety and Research discusses the emerging role of Southeast Asia's first crash lab.
Asia's youngest country is aiming to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and now has the backing of all its members.
The Indonesia Grand Sangha Conference (KASI) has called for an end to intercommunal violence and is organising deliveries of aid to Burmese refugees displaced by the clashes.
Forestry minister calls using the wild sea mammals in travelling circuses "intolerable"
Mobs even burned a copy of the Qur'an as they raged against the minority sect in Indonesia.
With news coming in about abuses and mistreatment of Burmese Muslims, militants in Indonesia see an opportunity to urge violent jihad. Religious leaders – and the Muslims of Burma – have rejected such calls as unhelpful.
There are many risks associated with e-voting technology, and many politicians and academicians are sceptical about implementing it in the 2014 election.
Sunday's results were a bitter surprise for the opposition, which had hoped to throw Prime Minister Najib Razak out of office. With widespread accusations of irregularities at the polls, the mood is likely to remain polarised.
Some say the recent uptick in violence against religious minorities could have harmful effects on the economy.
With Kartini Day as a backdrop, Total E&P Indonesie sent four female employees to Morocco to participate in a women-only motor rally in March.
The regional body is seeking to establish standards and close loopholes affecting human rights in member states.
Wednesday's cold-blooded murder at a village grocery shop has left residents traumatised and is raising questions about the peace talks now under way with the Barisan Revolusi Nasional.
Concerned citizens urge their country not to let down its guard on terrorism, either at home or in the region.
During a state visit to Burma, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono urges resolution of communal violence there, and says Indonesia is ready to help.
Malaysia's decision to no longer let Iranians obtain visas upon landing, combined with international sanctions on Iran's nuclear programme, are having negative economic ripple effects.
![Police search for evidence in Batang, Central Java on May 9th, near where suspected terrorist Abu Roban was killed in a shootout with Detachment 88 the day before. Indonesia has mounted a major counterterrorism operation in recent weeks, netting some 27 suspects in various parts of Java, but police say many of Abu Roban's followers are still at large. [Stringer/Khabar]](/shared/images/2013/05/30/130530_YENNY_ID_ELECTIONTHREAT-150_100.jpg)
![People visit the Golden Dome Mosque in Depok, West Java on May 5th. A top military commander in the region has said there are no terror camps in West Java province [Adek Berry/AFP]](/shared/images/2013/05/29/130529_OKKY_ID_TERRORCAMP-150_100.jpg)
![Pesantren Nurul Huda in Cijeruk, West Java teaches students about fish farming. In January 2013, the school introduced the method to the community. [Stringer/Khabar]](/shared/images/2013/05/27/130527_OKKY_ID_PESANTRENJOB-150_100.jpg)
![Terrorist suspects Bayu Setyono (foreground) and Firman Firmansyah were arrested April 3rd in Solo, Central Java. With extremist groups becoming more fragmented and shadowy in nature, worries have increased over the dangers of "self-radicalisation" via the internet. [Anwar Mustafa/AFP].](/shared/images/2013/05/25/130425_OKKY_ID_CYBER_VG1-150_100.jpg)
![A Muslim resident (centre) shouts at Christian worshippers from the Filadelfia Batak Christian Protestant Church as they attempt to hold a Christmas mass on their property at Jejalen Jaya village in Bekasi, West Java. The local Forum for Religious Harmony (FKUB) has announced it will ask Bekasi residents to uphold interfaith harmony, in a bid to reduce friction between different faith communities. [Adek Berry/AFP]](/shared/images/2013/05/24/130511_YENNY_ID_WESTJAVA-150_100.jpg)
![Zainal Suhaimi folds bunting at a temporary storeroom in Kampung Pasir, Kuala Lumpur. During the 15-day campaign, Zainal kept track of flyers, flags, bunting, bottled water and tents at 32 Pakatan Rakyat campaign stations in the Lembah Pantai constituency. Now he is back to his regular job as a full-time office assistant in Parliament. [Grace Chen/Khabar]](/shared/images/2013/05/23/130523-GRACE_MY_ELECTIONFEVER-150_100.jpg)
![An Indonesian Detachment 88 anti-terror officer keeps his sight on the house where terror suspects exchanged fire with police May 8th in Bandung on May 8. The suspects, thought to be linked to a plot to bomb the Burmese Embassy in Jakarta, at one point lobbed a pipe-bomb at police. Law enforcement is asking all sectors of society to help combat terrorism in Indonesia. [Usep Usman Nasrulla/Pikran Rakyat/AFP]](/shared/images/2013/05/22/130522_FANI_ID_COUNTERTERROR2-150_100.jpg)
![Students at Ban Luboluesong School in Asong subdistrict returned to class last week, along with the rest of the country's institutions of primary education. Teachers hope increased security will allow them to keep the focus on learning. [Rapee Mama/Khabar]](/shared/images/2013/05/21/150522-STEPHEN_TH_SEA_SCHOOLS-150_100.jpg)
![Colourful lights beckon tourists to take a moonlight ride on these trishaws in Melaka, Malaysia's historic town. [Grace Chen/Khabar]](/shared/images/2013/05/20/130520_GRACE_MY_TOURISM2-150_100.jpg)
![An Indonesian mobile police brigade searches a rented house in Batang, Central Java. The location was a suspected hideout for terror suspects. [Yenny Herawati/Khabar].](/shared/images/2013/05/18/130518_YENNY2_ID_TERRORISTI-150_100.jpg)
![Wong Shaw Voon, director general of the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety and Research (MIROS), poses with a crash test dummy at the institute's crash lab. [Grace Chen/Khabar]](/shared/images/2013/05/17/130517_GRACE_MY_CRASH-150_100.jpg)
![Then-Foreign Minister Zacarias Albano da Costa reads a statement while submitting his country's application to join ASEAN to Indonesian counterpart Marty Natalegawa in Jakarta on March 4th, 2011, when Indonesia chaired the regional bloc. [Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata/Khabar]](/shared/images/2013/05/16/130516_ISMIRA_ID_ASEANTL_VG-150_100.jpg)
![Medical personnel at an immigration centre in Lhokseumawe, Aceh attend to Rohingya Muslims on March 1st. The men were part of a group of 184 people rescued by Indonesian fishermen in waters off Sumatra after fleeing their homeland. Violence against Muslims in Burma is contrary to Buddhist values, an Indonesian Buddhist leader has said. [Sutanta Aditya/AFP]](/shared/images/2013/05/15/130515_AMI_ID_KASI-150_100.jpg)
![Animal rights activists stage a rally in Bali to protest the use of dolphins in recreation facilities and traveling circuses. In February, a pair of the legally protected wild animals was being kept for display at a restaurant in Bali. [Photo: Jakarta Animal Aid Network].](/shared/images/2013/05/13/130512_ISMIRA_WEEKENDER_SEA_DOLPHIN_ID_VG-150_100.jpg)
![Ahmadiyah followers examine a carpet after a mob burned their mosque in Cipakat, in West Java's Tasikmalaya Regency, on May 5th. Many of the items in the mosque were damaged and the Qur'an was burned in the incident. [Yenny Herawati/Khabar].](/shared/images/2013/05/11/130511_YENNY_SEA_ID_AHMADIYAH_Vphoto-150_100.jpg)
![A member of the Islamic Defenders' Front (FPI), a hardline group in Indonesia, protests against a film festival in 2010. FPI members have taken up the anti-Muslim violence in Burma as a rallying cry for militancy, with hundreds showing up to protest in front of the Burmese Embassy in Jakarta earlier this month. [Adek Berry/AFP]](/shared/images/2013/05/10/130510_KSEA_IN_OKKY-150_100.jpg)
![An Election Commission worker in Jakarta reviews candidate data on April 23rd. Some pundits warn against the implementation of e-voting in the 2014 general election, due to lack of internet availability in remote areas, among other reasons. [Okky Feliantiar/Khabar]](/shared/images/2013/05/09/130503-OKKY_ID_EVOTING-150_100.jpg)
![Despite a strong campaign push, the opposition Pakatan Rakyat alliance failed to unseat Prime Minister Najib Razak and his Barisan Nasional party (pictured in poster). [Samuel Bahari/Khabar].](/shared/images/2013/05/08/130506_ANDHIKASAMUEL_MY_ELE-150_100.jpg)
![Zuhairi Misrawi, a Nahdlatul Ulama member, told an April 27th seminar on religious freedom that recent incidents of intolerance do not accurately represent Indonesia. [Yenny Herawati/Khabar].](/shared/images/2013/05/07/130501_YENNY_ID_RELIGIOUSLEADERSMEETING_VG1-150_100.jpg)
![Shanti Radianti (left) poses with Yudith Thesia Rani in the Moroccan desert during the Rallye Aicha des Gazelles in March. Their employer, Total E&P Indonesie, sent them and two co-workers to the women-only motor rally in part to acknowledge Kartini Day. [Stringer/Khabar].](/shared/images/2013/05/06/130505_ZAHARA_ID_KARTINI_VG-150_100.jpg)
![Marzuki Darusman, executive director of the Human Rights Resource Centre for ASEAN (HRRC), speaks during the launch of the centre's latest study on business and human rights, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Jakarta on April 9th. [Wella Sherlita/Khabar].](/shared/images/2013/05/04/130504_WELLA_ID_ASEANBUSSIN-150_100.jpg)
![Wacharin Nuansai, cries inconsolably after losing her husband and two-year-old son to an insurgent attack on Wednesday (May 1st) in Pattani. Wacharin was showering when her husband Saman Hienggma, 37, and their two-year-old son Jakarin were shot to death outside a grocery store run by the family. [Photos by Rapee Mama/Khabar]](/shared/images/2013/05/03/130503-PATTANI_TH_ATTACK1-150_100.jpg)
![Muslims pray in Pontian, Malaysia, hometown of terrorist mastermind Noordin M. Top. Malaysia cannot be complacent about terrorism, concerned citizens say. A key way to fight terrorism is educating people about correct teachings of Islam. [Saeed Khan/AFP]](/shared/images/2013/05/02/130502_ANDHIKA_MY_GLOBALWAR-150_100.jpg)
![Local people dismantle the remains of a destroyed mosque in Sittwe, in Burma's Rakhine state, in June 2012. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono urged Burma to prevent further violence against Rohingya Muslims, during a state visit in late April. [AFP/Human Rights Watch]](/shared/images/2013/05/01/130501_OKKY_BURMA_VG1-150_100.jpg)
![Presidential and vice presidential candidates (front, left to right) Jusuf Kalla, Joko Widodo, Prabowo Subianto and Hatta Rajasa sing the national anthem at a July 1st event in Jakarta. They were there to report their wealth, as required ahead of the July 9th presidential election. [Bay Ismoyo/AFP]](/shared/images/2014/07/04/140704_ALISHA_ID_ELECTIONSECURITY-100_67.jpg)
![A passenger waits May 2nd at the immigration counter in the new terminal at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA2). Iranians entering Malaysia can no longer obtain visas upon arrival. [Manan Vatsyayana/AFP]](/shared/images/2014/07/03/140703-GRACE_VOA_MY-100_67.jpg)
![Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto (left) and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) candidate Joko Widodo debate in Jakarta on June 22nd. [Rome Gacad/AFP]](/shared/images/2014/07/02/140626_ID_ADITYA_ELECTION_VG1-100_67.jpg)
