Will the Islamophobia never end? “Catholic church receives bomb threat post Christmas,” by Apriadi Gunawan for The Jakarta Post, December 30 (thanks to Twostellas): The North Sumatra Police’s bomb squad on Saturday secured an alleged homemade bomb, that contained 500 grams of nails, which was found in the backyard of Salaon Toba Catholic Church in […]
Christmas in Indonesia: Savage Muslim mob pelts Christian worshippers with rotten eggs, bags of urine and dung
Will the Islamophobia never end? “Rotten Egg Attack Mars Indonesia Christmas Celebration,” from AFP, December 25 (thanks to Lookmann): More than 200 Indonesian Muslims threw rotten eggs at Christians wanting to hold a Christmas mass near land outside Jakarta where they plan to build a church, police and a witness said. Some 100 Christian worshippers […]
Indonesia: Jakarta Archbishop complains about how hard it is for Christians to get permits to build churches
“The subject peoples … are forbidden to build new churches.” (‘Umdat al-Salik, o11.5). Islamic law also forbids Christians to repair old churches. Sharia Alert from modern, moderate Indonesia: “Jakarta Archbishop complains about church permits,” from The Jakarta Post, December 25 (thanks to Lookmann): The Archbishop of Jakarta Mgr. Ignatius Suharyo has complained about the difficulties […]
Indonesia: Muslims demand that President not attend Christmas celebration
“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 […]