“These schools have one aim: to send their graduates back to Christian-majority Papua to spread their muscular form of Islam.” Islamic supremacism in modern, moderate Indonesia: “They’re taking our children,” by Michael Bachelard for The Age, May 4 (thanks to Stephen): Johanes Lokobal sits on the grass that cushions the wooden floor of his little, […]
Indonesia: Muslim mob screaming “Allahu akbar” storms Ahmadiyah village, damages dozens of homes over Qur’an recital
An earlier Muslim mob showed its tolerance for this Ahmadiyah mosque in 2012 Yet in the West, Ahmadi spokesmen like the unctuous Harris Zafar and the strutting Qasim Rashid carry water for the same Islamic supremacists who would cheerfully destroy their homes if they were both back in West Java and dared to recite the […]
Indonesia: Muslim mob holds banner “We want to kill Myanmar Buddhists” as two arrested in jihad plot to bomb Myanmar embassy
Calling for jihad in Myanmar and acting upon that call in Jakarta. “Indonesia radicals urge “˜Myanmar jihad,– from AFP, May 4: JAKARTA: Two Indonesians have been detained over a plot to bomb the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta, officials said on Friday, as radicals rallying in the city called for “jihad in Myanmar” to avenge Muslim […]
Modern, moderate Indonesia shuts down Ahmadiyah mosque
Yet in the West, Ahmadi spokesmen like the unctuous Harris Zafar and the sneering Qasim Rashid carry water for the same Islamic supremacists who would cheerfully slit their throats if they were both back in Rawalpindi, or shut down their mosque in Bekasi. Instead, Zafar and Rashid target those who stand up for the Ahmadis […]
Indonesia’s Religious Affairs Minister: Christians bring discrimination upon themselves
He said that “they have politicized an issue that is purely administrative in nature.” But it is only an administrative problem at all because Sharia forbids dhimmi Christians to build new churches: “The subject peoples … are forbidden to build new churches.” (‘Umdat al-Salik, o11.5). Islamic law also forbids Christians to repair old churches. “Minister: […]
Modern, moderate Indonesia: Christians celebrate Easter outdoors after church closures
Islamic law forbids Christians to build new churches or repair old ones. “Indonesians Mark Easter Outdoors After Church Closures,” from AFP, March 31: More than 200 Indonesian Christians on Sunday held an Easter service in front of the presidential palace, demanding the government stop church closures in the world’s most populous Muslim country. Amid hooting […]
Interfaith dialogue in Indonesia: Islamic supremacists threaten Catholics, warn them to cancel Holy Week celebrations — or else
Shhh. Don’t talk about this too loudly. Doing so might imperil the wonderful “dialogue” that Roman Catholics are having with Muslims in the U.S. “West Jakarta: Islamist threats against Holy Week celebrations,” by Mathias Hariyadi for Asia News, March 25 (thanks to C. Cantoni): Jakarta (AsiaNews) – This Holy Week will be full of tensions […]
Interfaith outreach in modern, moderate Indonesia: Muslim officials demolish church
Islamic law forbids Christians to build new churches or repair old ones. “Church in Bekasi demolished,” from The Jakarta Post, March 21 (thanks to all who sent this in): The Batak Protestant Church (HKBP) in Setu in Bekasi, West Java, was demolished on Thursday afternoon, according to a church leader who said that a lawsuit […]
Interfaith outreach in Indonesia: Muslims demand closure of church
Islamic law forbids subject Christians to build new churches or repair old ones. “After Sealing of Bekasi Church, Another Comes Under Threat of Closure,” from the Jakarta Globe, March 8: The Banua Niha Keriso Protestan (BNKP) in Bandung, West Java, was bracing for a confrontation on Friday after a group of local leaders demanded the […]
#MyJihad in Indonesia: Muslims attack church with Molotov cocktails
Shhh. Don’t speak about the escalating global Muslim persecution of Christians, and its roots in Islamic texts and teachings, too loudly — it might imperil the “dialogue” with Muslims who ostensibly reject this kind of thing but do nothing to dissuade their coreligionists that it is the right thing to do. “South Sulawesi: Molotov cocktail […]