Joko Widodo is proving his Islamic bona fides. “Indonesia leader to free radical cleric behind Bali bombings,” by Niniek Karmini, Pattaya Mail, January 19, 2019: Jakarta, Indonesia (AP) — The ailing 80-year-old radical cleric who inspired the Bali bombers and other violent extremists in Indonesia will be released from prison, Indonesia’s president said Friday, slashing […]
Indonesia: Muslims plot jihad massacres during Christmas and New Year celebrations
Targeting people who are in the midst of joyful celebrations is a superb way to “strike terror in the enemies of Allah” (Qur’an 8:60). “Indonesian police foil terrorist plot,” Bangkok Post, December 13, 2018: JAKARTA: Indonesian counterterrorism police have foiled a plot by two suspects who were planning to carry out terrorist attacks during Christmas […]
Indonesia: Google approves app enabling Muslims to report people who commit blasphemy
Why not? After all, Anwar Awlaki’s al-Qaeda recruitment lectures were offered in Google Play store app. And in 2017, Texas imam Omar Suleiman made a successful effort to compel Google to drop search results about Islam-related terms and topics that reflected negatively upon Islam. Turkey’s Anadolu Agency reported happily: “Google’s first page results for searches […]
Indonesia: Tens of thousands of Muslims rally to celebrate ousting of Christian governor who was accused of blasphemy
When did we ever see tens of thousands of Muslims in any country marching against the alleged twisting and hijacking of their religion by jihad terrorists? Right, never. “Conservative Indonesian Muslims hold big rally in Jakarta,” Reuters, December 2, 2018: JAKARTA (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Indonesian Muslims held a rally in Jakarta on […]
Indonesia: Christian politician faces blasphemy charge for saying she won’t support laws based on “Bible or Sharia”
It isn’t, of course, the Bible part that has anyone upset. Eggi Sudjana, a politician from the National Mandate Party, “claimed Natalie’s position on sharia went against the Koran and was potentially blasphemous.” “Another Ahok? Chinese Christian faces blasphemy rap in Muslim Indonesia,” by Resty Woro Yuniar, South China Morning Post, December 1, 2018 (thanks […]
Indonesia: Aceh village tells coffee shops to cut Wi-Fi so kids don’t get distracted from reading Quran
A glimpse into the future of Europe. “Aceh village tells coffee shops to cut Wi-Fi so kids don’t get distracted from reading Quran,” Coconuts Jakarta, November 23, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): A village in the Indonesian province of Aceh — the only region in Indonesia with special autonomy to enact religious bylaws […]
Indonesia: Dozens of mosques attended by government workers are preaching jihad and attacks on non-Muslims
Dozens of Indonesian mosques that cater to government workers are spreading radicalism and calling for violence against non-Muslims…. Some clerics also called on the faithful to commit violence on behalf of IS — which claimed the May bombing attacks in Surabaya – and spread hatred or vilify Indonesia’s minority religions, which include Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism. The […]
Indonesia: Muslim clerics reject measles and rubella vaccine as “unclean”
This is not just in Indonesia. A Pakistani Muslim cleric has said that polio vaccinations are un-Islamic. Muslims have opened fire on a polio vaccination team in that country. And in Nigeria, a Muslim cleric was arrested for playing a role in sparking the murders of polio workers. “Indonesian Muslim clerics reject measles, rubella vaccine […]
Indonesia: Muslim screaming “Allahu akbar” attacks police officers with machete
“Police are a frequent target of attacks by militants in Muslim-majority Indonesia, who see them as representing the power of the secular government that they want replaced by an Islamic state.” Not that this has anything to do with… “Indonesian officer shoots armed militant to stop his attack,” Associated Press, November 8, 2018 (thanks to […]
Sharia Indonesia: Woman caned in public for being “in close proximity” to boyfriend
But remember: anti-Sharia laws in the U.S. are racist, bigoted, and “Islamophobic.” “Young woman is caned in public as punishment under Sharia law for being ‘in close proximity’ to her boyfriend in Indonesia,” by Ross Ibbetson, Mailonline, October 29, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): The 21-year-old was whipped along with her boyfriend before […]