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How an Indonesian bus horn took the world by storm
"What does om telolet om" mean? American DJ duo The Chainsmokers, who have 729,000 Twitter followers, tweeted at 1.22am on December 21.
Jewel Topsfield is Fairfax's Indonesia correspondent. She is an award-winning journalist who has been with Fairfax Media for 10 years. Most recently, she was education editor at The Age for five years. Prior to that she was the launch deputy editor of the National Times, Fairfax’s online opinion site. She also spent three years in the Canberra Press Gallery covering immigration, education, the environment and water.
"What does om telolet om" mean? American DJ duo The Chainsmokers, who have 729,000 Twitter followers, tweeted at 1.22am on December 21.
Every Christmas the youth wing of Indonesia's largest Islamic organisation provides security outside churches to protect them from attacks.
Byron Bay woman hotly denies evidence put forward by the chief investigator in her murder trial.
Three suspected terrorists have been killed after police raided a house containing an active bomb about 25 kilometres west of Jakarta.
Prosecutors have accused Jakarta's governor of being "self-righteous" and say it is not enough for him to claim that his intention was not to insult Islam.
Bali police have detonated a backpack containing fireworks after it was found with a sign attached that said "Bomb" in the popular tourist village of Ubud this morning.
Indonesia's police are accused by mainstream Muslim groups of weakening the rule of law by providing security for hardliners at shopping centres.
The embattled governor of Jakarta emotionally told his trial for blasphemy that his own godparents had been Muslims and it would not be possible for him to insult the religion.
The widow of the Bali police officer allegedly murdered on a Kuta beach has said she did not "want a dime" from suspect Sara Connor and in dramatic court scenes called for the Byron Bay woman to receive the maximum punishment.
High school students in Central Java were recently asked this question in a test: "What is the name of the current gubernatorial candidate who insulted the Koran?"
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