“Further incidents of provocation were planned. Our members would find it difficult to control their anger in the face of such flagrant exploitation of our religious symbols.” The “flagrant exploitation of our religious symbols” in question was the burning of a Hizb ut-Tahrir flag, because it contained the shahada, the Islamic profession of faith. You […]
Indonesia: 63 jihad terror groups pledge allegiance to the Islamic State’s caliph
Even though the Islamic State has lost most of its territory in Iraq and Syria, and with it the appearance of enjoying the favor of Allah upon its claim to be the caliphate, that claim still has a potent appeal for jihad groups worldwide. In Sunni Islamic law, only the caliph is authorized to declare […]
Indonesia city orders top civil servants to go to mosque for dawn prayers or risk being fired
“Moderate” Indonesia. “Indonesian city orders top staff to ‘pray or get a new job,’” AFP, September 20, 2018: An Indonesian city has ordered its top civil servants to visit their local mosque for dawn prayers or risk being sacked, underscoring the growing influence of religion across the world’s biggest Muslim majority country. Senior bureaucrats in […]
Indonesia: Buddhist woman gets one and a half years prison for complaining about mosque loudspeakers
Coming soon to a Western country near you. An update on this story. “BREAKING: Buddhist woman imprisoned for complaining about mosque’s speaker,” by Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta Post, August 21, 2018: A Chinese-Indonesian woman of the Buddhist faith has been sentenced to 1.5 years in prison for complaining about the volume of the azan (Islamic call […]
Indonesia: Kindergarten dresses children as armed jihadis for parade
“I never meant to teach violence to my students. We only used the props that we already had to cut costs for parents.” Why did he have cardboard cutouts of assault rifles already on hand? What does he use them for, if not to teach violence? “Kindergarten in Indonesia dresses children as armed jihadis for […]
Indonesia: Woman complains about mosque loudspeakers, gets blasphemy charge, Muslims burn Buddhist temples
Moderate Indonesia. “Woman on trial for blasphemy in Indonesia after her complaints about noisy mosque sparked riots,” Associated Press, August 14, 2018: Indonesian prosecutors have demanded an 18-month prison term for a woman who was charged with blasphemy after she complained about the volume of a mosque’s loudspeakers. The ethnic Chinese defendant, Meiliana, 44, was […]
Indonesia: Muslims scream “Allahu akbar” as Christian gets four years prison for “insulting Islam”
“Gulo, who is Christian, told authorities that he made the post because he was upset that his own religion was criticized online.” But doubtless none of those who insulted Christianity were prosecuted. Indonesia’s “electronic information and transactions law, which makes it a crime to spread “hatred or animosity” against an individual or group based on […]
Indonesia: Muslims dump raw sewage on heads of couple for violating Sharia
Imagine if a group of Christians, or any group other than Muslims, did this. The outcry would be immediate, immense, and international. There would be commissions and studies about how Christianity inspires people to be brutally and intransigently self-righteous, and warnings to people to leave Christianity for their own sake. But no one will take […]
Indonesia: Gay couple flogged over 80 times, woman caned for selling alcohol, crowd screams “Hit them harder”
The Qur’an contains numerous condemnations of homosexual activity: “And [We had sent] Lot when he said to his people, ‘Do you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with from among the worlds? Indeed, you approach men with desire, instead of women. Rather, you are a transgressing people.’…And We rained upon them a […]
Indonesia: Mosque survey finds 41% of Jakarta mosques are “radical,” including many that are state-owned
This is only a surprise to those who don’t know, or don’t wish to know, that the teachings of jihad warfare and the subjugation of Infidels under the rule of Islamic law are found among all the mainstream Sunni and Shi’ite schools of jurisprudence, and not just among “radicals.” The Sunni schools: Shafi’i school: A […]