“They decided to attend the program because they don’t have sufficient understanding of Islam.” So here we have the spectacle of an Islamic hardliner, someone whom Western Muslim spokesmen would say is a misunderstander of Islam and an “extremist,” charging “moderate” Muslims with misunderstanding Islam. So both sides now claim that the other side just […]
Sharia in action in modern, moderate Indonesia: House mulling total ban on alcohol
“There’s really no such thing as just Sharia, it’s not one monolithic Continuum – Sharia is understood in thousands of different ways over the 1,500 years in which multiple and competing schools of law have tried to construct some kind of civic penal and family law code that would abide by Islamic values and principles, […]
Modern, moderate Indonesia: Islamic supremacists seal off churches, prevent Christmas prayers
Naughty, not nice “How can we think about Christmas decorations or a Christmas tree when our church is still sealed off from us?” Will the Islamophobia never end? “Beleaguered Indonesian Churches Still Shut This Christmas,” by Lenny Tristia Tambun for the Jakarta Globe, December 21 (thanks to Lookmann): While Christians across Indonesia are busy decking […]
Modern, moderate Indonesia: Muslim groups push for female genital mutilation
Pamela Geller is spot on when she says: We’re constantly admonished that female genital mutilation is a “cultural” practice that has nothing to do with Islam. It’s just another lie. Even the story below, while telling us that the practice is widespread, tells us that it “is not a rule set in a rigid manner […]
Jakarta Chief Imam: Muslims who say that Muslims are free to choose their religion must repent
Muhammad said: “Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him” (Bukhari 9.84.57). The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law according to all the schools of Islamic jurisprudence. Yet Muslim spokesmen such as Harris Zafar, Mustafa Akyol, Salam al-Marayati, M. Cherif Bassiouni, and Ali Eteraz (among many others) have assured us that Islam […]
Indonesia: Muslim mob threatens churches
Islamic law forbids Christians to build new churches or repair old ones. Sharia Alert from modern, moderate Indonesia: “Muslims threaten churches in W. Sumatra,” by Syofiardi Bachyul Jb for The Jakarta Post, November 24 (thanks to Twostellas): Although the dust from the persecution of minority Shiite Muslims in Sampang, Madura, has not settled, another religious […]
Indonesia: Islamic Defenders Front “offering jihad registration forms” to those wanting to wage jihad against Israel
Because it’s not about land, it’s about Islam. “Indonesian Hard-Liners Register Volunteers to Wage Jihad Against Israel,” by Ronna Nirmala for the Jakarta Globe, November 23 (thanks to Pamela Geller): The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) distributed registration forms to volunteers willing to wage jihad against Israel at a protest in front of the US Embassy […]
Indonesia: Fifty students and teacher arrested at Islamic school for jihad terror training
How did they miss all the peaceful, tolerant teachings of the Religion of Peace in their Islamic studies? “Fifty Alleged Terrorists From Islamic School in Nganjuk Detained,” from the Jakarta Globe, November 13 (thanks to Twostellas): Approximately 50 students and one teacher affiliated with an Islamic boarding school and allegedly involved in terrorist activities were […]
While Hamas-linked CAIR fulminates against Oklahoma bank with no-headgear policy, police in Muslim Indonesia step up security checks on burqa-clad prison visitors
Will Hamas-linked CAIR denounce the Indonesian police? Oklahoma story here. “Jailbreak Prompts Jakarta to Check Under Veils,” from AP, November 9 (thanks to Kenneth): Indonesian police said Friday that they would increase security checks on burqa-clad visitors at prisons in the capital after a convicted terrorist apparently escaped under the Islamic veil. Roki Aprisdianto, 29, […]
Indonesia: Muslim pressure forces closure of church
The church was only open on Muslim sufferance, in accord with Sharia. However, members had gathered more than enough signatures from Muslims to allow it to stay open. However, then Islamic supremacists intimidated many of the signatories into withdrawing their signatures, and that was that. “Muslim pressure closes church in Indonesia,” by Jeremy Reynalds for […]