Would it be OK for Indonesians who do not wish to live under Sharia to resist this Islamization, or would that prove them to be racist, Islamophobic, anti-Muslim bigots? “Islamisation gets a boost in Jakarta, as Supreme Court suspends the sale of alcoholic beverages,” by Mathias Hariyadi for Asia News, July 5 (thanks to C. […]
Child marriage, polygamy increasing in modern, moderate Indonesia
“Conservative Islam” is on the rise in Indonesia: i.e., traditional Sharia Islam. In Indonesia, you’re “conservative” if you favor Sharia, polygamy, child marriage, etc.; in the U.S., you’re “conservative” — indeed, “far-right” — if you oppose those things. “As Conservative Islam Rises in Indonesia, Polygamy Flourishes,” by Laura Gumbs for the Asia Sentinel, July 1: […]
Muslim who planned to blow up Myanmar Embassy in Indonesia was caught when he posted his plans on Facebook
Even today’s politically correct and willfully clueless Keystone Kops couldn’t miss this one. “AP Exclusive: Suspect’s Facebook page tipped Indonesia cops to Myanmar Embassy bomb plot,” from the Associated Press, June 20: JAKARTA, Indonesia — Sefa Riano didn’t try to hide his plans or his beliefs. A Facebook page that police traced to him is […]
Report: Modern, moderate Indonesia fails to protect religious minorities
“Indonesia’s president has accepted a statesmanship award from a U.S. interfaith foundation that says it hopes to encourage him to promote freedom of worship and tolerance in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation.” — Associated Press, May 30, 2013 Irony of ironies. “RI fails to protect religious minorities, says US report,” from The Jakarta Post, […]
Indonesia’s top Islamic authority issues fatwa against Catholic schools as “morally unsound,” forbidden to Muslims
Morally unsound? Why? Because they don’t teach polygamy, wife-beating, the devaluing of a woman’s testimony and inheritance rights, and death to apostates? Tolerance: “Central Java: fatwa against Catholic schools, “forbidden” to Muslims,” by Mathias Hariyadi for Asia News, June 14 (thanks to C. Cantoni): Jakarta (AsiaNews) – The powerful Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has come […]
Indonesia: Java’s last synagogue torn down — after being sealed off by Islamic supremacists in 2009
Tolerance. “Java’s Last Synagogue Torn Down,” by Camelia Pasandaran for the Jakarta Globe, June 15 (thanks to David): The last vestige of one Indonesia’s oldest and largest Jewish communities is now just a pile of rubble. Beth Shalom in Surabaya “” Java’s one and only synagogue “” was demolished in May after being sealed off […]
Indonesia: Anti-Sharia movement discovered in Aceh
Wow — racist, bigoted Islamophobes, who refuse to admit that Sharia is completely benign and compatible with Western understandings of human rights, right there in Aceh! Imagine! What’s that? They’re all Muslims? Stop the Islamization of Aceh is a movement of Muslims who recognize that Sharia involves numerous human rights abuses? Come now! Everyone knows […]
Not satisfied with bikini ban, Islamic supremacists in modern, moderate Indonesia vow to stop Miss World
Once again: whose bright idea was it to hold a beauty pageant in a country full of Sharia supremacists? An update on this story. “Indonesian Muslim Hard-liners Vow to Stop Miss World,” from Agence France-Presse, June 6 (thanks to Block Ness): Islamic hard-liners vowed Thursday to stop the “immoral” Miss World beauty pageant taking place […]
Bikinis axed from Miss World to avoid Muslim threats
Allah hates this Who had the bright idea to hold a beauty pageant in Indonesia? “Bikinis axed from Miss World in bid to avoid Muslim threats,” by Harry Hawkins for The Sun, June 6 (thanks to Anne Crockett): BIKINIS have been banned from this year’s Miss World contest – to ward off Islamic hardliners in […]
Indonesia: “Women are being used as a way of degrading the image of Islamic figures”
In Islam, women are figures of temptation and evil, to be shunned and kept under tight control. Muhammad himself pronounced that women are “deficient in religion and intellect,” and comprise the majority of those spending eternity in hellfire (Sahih Bukhari 1.6.301, 4.54.464). “Women Blamed for Islamic Politicians” Foolish Decisions,” by Yeremia Sukoyo for the Jakarta […]