Meidyatama Suryodiningrat said: “What we produced was a journalistic piece that criticised the ISIS movement, which has carried out violence in the name of religion.” It is a dogma in the West, not to be questioned on pain of charges of “Islamophobia” and “bigotry,” that the Islamic State’s violent acts are making a “mockery” of […]
To end “discrimination,” Aceh to impose Sharia on non-Muslims as well as Muslims
We are constantly told by Sharia advocates in the U.S. — those who fight to kill anti-Sharia laws in various states — that Sharia applies only to Muslims, and only to their personal religious observance, such that restricting it would be to interfere with their First Amendment rights. The political and supremacist aspects of Sharia […]
Indonesia’s President: “Indonesia is not an Islamic state. We respect all religions.”
What? An Islamic state wouldn’t respect all religions? Is Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono some kind of Islamophobe, willfully misunderstanding the Religion of Tolerance? “Indonesian president says Islamic State ’embarrassing’ Muslims,” AFP, August 21, 2014: The president of the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, Indonesia, on Thursday called the actions of Islamic State militants “embarrassing” to the […]
Indonesia: Islamic State magazine handed out at mosques along with vouchers for fried chicken
Come for the chicken. Stay for the jihad. The Islamic State recruits in modern, moderate Indonesia: “ISIS magazine Al Mustaqbal being handed out at Indonesian mosques along with ‘vouchers for fried chicken,’” by Freya Noble, Daily Mail Australia, August 10, 2014 (thanks to Jerk Chicken): Images showing an ISIS magazine being circulated in Indonesia have […]
Indonesia jihad leader Abu Bakar Bashir pledges allegiance to Islamic State
Abu Bakar Ba’asyir, or Bashir, is the spiritual leader of the jihad terror group Jamaah Islamiyah, and consequently retains considerable influence among Indonesian jihadists. He is the first jihad leader of any significant prominance to jump on the Islamic State bandwagon, but if the Islamic State can sustain itself over a period of years, there […]
Indonesia: Muslims screaming “Allahu akbar” attack Roman Catholic Church during Sunday Mass
“Talk about extreme, militant Islamists and the atrocities that they have perpetrated globally might undercut the positive achievements that we Catholics have attained in our inter-religious dialogue with devout Muslims.” — Robert McManus, Roman Catholic Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, February 8, 2013 Yet all that remaining mum about Muslim persecution of Christians, and all that […]
Interfaith outreach in Indonesia: Islamic supremacists force authorities to close seven churches
Shhh! Do not speak of this! “Talk about extreme, militant Islamists and the atrocities that they have perpetrated globally might undercut the positive achievements that we Catholics have attained in our inter-religious dialogue with devout Muslims.” — Robert McManus, Roman Catholic Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, February 8, 2013 “Islamist pressure forces closure of churches in […]
Young and in love in Indonesia? Beware, the Sharia police are watching
Yet Islamic supremacist advocacy groups in the U.S., such as the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), insist that there is nothing about Sharia that is incompatible with Western society and Western freedoms. They only get away with this by so demonizing and defaming those who tell the truth about Sharia that most people have […]
Indonesia: Authorities again seal shut Ahmadi mosque
For years now we have called attention to the persecution of Ahmadis by Sunni Muslims in Pakistan and Indonesia. There has been little international attention given to this ongoing low-level persecution, because, after all, it isn’t an outbreak of “Islamophobia” — now that would be news. Even worse, Ahmadi spokesmen in the West such as […]
Indonesia: Ex-Muslim imprisoned for inciting “religious hatred” after declaring himself atheist
It is extremely significant that he was jailed for “trying to incite religious hatred,” when what he actually did was declare himself an atheist. He didn’t say anything hateful, call for attacks on Muslims, etc. What is noteworthy about this is that it is exactly the same charge that Islamic supremacists use in the West […]