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...show is little more than a thinly veiled religious sermon?and the authorities either haven't caught on or think the program is too innocuous to shut down. "Loving your neighbor is very important," says one caller to a Xiamen city radio show. "We must all remember that." In Indonesia, where the Muslim majority isn't forced to hide its religiosity, spirituality is still only reluctantly covered by the print media and television. "Most TV stations are too conservative," says Ulil Abshar-Abdalla, one of the country's best-known young Muslim intellectuals. "They're afraid they might lose...
...this were Indonesia or even Burma?two countries unlikely to win press-freedom or human-rights awards any time soon?the journalists would most likely have been questioned and, after pressure was applied by foreign embassies and rights groups, released?albeit relieved of their notebooks and film. This, however, is Laos?a country that seems on the surface to be laid-back and peaceful. On the popular tourist trail between Vientiane and Luang Prabang, charming guesthouses serve fresh baguettes and coffee and offer unrestricted Internet access. Some journalists and diplomats have in the past dubbed the country's doddering apparatchiks...
...Music: Indonesia's Indie Bands
...Music: Indonesia's Indie Bands
...Music: Indonesia's Indie Bands