This study aims to investigate the dynamics of the effects of world crude oil prices and world rice prices on Indonesia's inflation rate in the period between January 2004 and September 2015. Monthly time series data spanning from January 2004 to September 2015 are analyzed using difference equation model as the econometric tool. Test result shows that there existed a dynamic effect of world oil crude prices and world rice prices on inflation rate in Indonesia. The World crude oil prices positively affected the inflation rate in that each 1% increase (decrease) in the world crude oil prices caused the inflation rate to go up (drop) by 0.33%. The world rice prices also positively affected the inflation rate, where each 1% increase (decrease) in world rice prices was followed by a 0.52% rise (fall) of the inflation rate.

This study focused on a discussion of the problems in Islamic religious education in public senior high schools in Kendari City. This was descriptive qualitative research that used in-depth interview techniques, observations and documentation analysis to collect the data. This study found that the problems in Islamic education included those related to: 1) students; 2) the learning environment; 3) teacher competency; 4) method; and 5) evaluation. Keywords: problems in Islamic religious education, religious awareness, public senior high schools, Kendari City