New-age Islamic Cleric Triggers Polygamy Row

ABDULLAH GYMNASTIAR is Indonesia's modern face of moderate Islamism. A leather jacket often compliments the cleric's white turban, and he has a predilection for riding a Harley-Davidson. He is close to the President and his wife, and his weekly radio sermons are syndicated across 150 local stations.

Muslim Evangelist Sparks Row Over Polygamy

ABDULLAH Gymnastiar is Indonesia's modern face of moderate Islamic evangelism: a leather jacket often complements his white turban and he has a predilection for riding Harley-Davidsons. Close to the presidential couple, he has weekly radio sermons that are syndicated to 150 local stations.

Strange But True: They Thought Video Wouldn't Have Legs

VIDEO may have killed the radio star but for Christine Van Assche, thecurator of new media at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the ubiquitous medium is testament to the forward thinking of the early video artists of the 1960s and '70s.