Playboy Of The Muslim World

September, 2007

THE EDITOR OF PLAYBOY INDONESIA TELLS WHAT HAPPENED WHEN HE BROUGHT A SYMBOL OF FREEDOM TO A CONFLICTED NATIONOne day this past fall, the phone rang at my par­ents' home in Jakarta and my niece answered. "Hello?""We will hang Erwin," a dark voice said. "I am nearby, and 1 know your house. I know the neighborhood." My niece, terrified, refused to go to school.These threats have been part of my family's life since the first issue of playboy Indonesia hit Jakarta's new...