The City That Used to Sleep; Muslim Jakarta Enjoys a Fledgling Nightlife From: The Washington Post | Date: February 10, 1995 | Copyright 1995 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

By day Jakarta's mosques ring out, calling the faithful to prayer.

By night a different, less holy sound is heard, one that is slowly transforming life in a city of 6.5 million that is increasingly home to sophisticated city-dwellers with money to burn.

The Islamic fervor that suppresses nightlife in other Muslim nations has little impact in Jakarta, as club managers are quick to point out.

There are crackdowns on prostitution and erotic dancing in the seedier bars, but th...

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