“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 […]
Sharia in action in modern, moderate Indonesia: Muslim mob raids two minimarts for selling alcohol
Once again, Islamic supremacist intimidation and thuggery works: the stores promised to stop selling alcohol. “7-Eleven, Indomaret Raided Over Alcoholic Beverages,” from the Jakarta Globe, May 11 (thanks to Jerk Chicken): Dozens of members of the Tangjungduren Islamic People’s Association raided two minimarts in Grogol Petamburan, West Jakarta, on Friday for selling alcoholic beverages. The […]
Indonesia: West Java governor says violence against Ahmadiyah will stop if Ahmadiyah would just disappear
“Of course we want religious tolerance to go properly but the Ahmadiyah have committed a violation by spreading a deviant belief. The problem will disappear if the belief disappears.” Translation: if you shut up and submit to us, we will stop hitting you. “Problems Will Disappear if Ahmadiyah Disappear, Says West Java Governor,” from the […]
Indonesia: Seven dead in raids on jihad terror cells
They were amassing weapons and ammunition, and clearly preparing for a very severe interior spiritual struggle. “Seven dead in Indonesian terror raids,” by Michael Bachelard for The Sydney Morning Herald, May 9 (thanks to Kenneth): THE death toll from the latest anti-terror raids in Indonesia has risen to seven after specialist police unit Densus 88 […]