Selamat Idul Fitri (Happy Eid ul-Fitr)
The end of the Ramadan has come and the Muslim community is celebrating. The celebrating started yesterday evening, after sunset: from the mosques, prayers where send into the air and people set off fireworks all over town. Occasionally a horde of people on motorbikes would pass by, making noisy “music” with trumpets, drums, and tooting [...]
Social Justice for the entire Indonesian population
Last week I overheard this conversation and although it sounded strange to me, it is commonplace in Indonesia. I was sitting in the Starbucks coffee “house” at Taman Anggrek. At the table next to me, a western guy (West European I think) was talking business with two Indonesians (Chinese). They where talking rather loud and [...]
