“Civil servants were supposed to serve as an example during Ramadan … even if they were not Muslim.” More on the use of Ramadan as an opportunity to impose more Sharia on Indonesian society. “Bengkulu Police Arrest 4 Civil Servants Found Not Fasting,” from the Jakarta Globe, August 4 (thanks to Twostellas): Bengkulu. Police in […]
Indonesia: Ahmadi who was critically injured by Muslim mob gets mysterious jail term, longer than attackers who killed 3 people
Deden Sujana was the head of security for the Indonesian Ahmadiya Congregation, and his exact offense is unclear. As the Ahmadi movement is increasingly banned or marginalized after essentially being blamed for provoking the attack by existing, it appears he is in hot water for trying — or considering trying — to fight back: “According […]
Indonesia: Creeping Sharia picks up the pace during Ramadan
The increasing influence of Sharia on a society consistently results in increasing harassment by official or unofficial enforcers of the law, a decrease in tolerance, and an increase in persecution. Indonesia has witnessed the onset of all of the above for a number of years. Is there “no compulsion in religion?” According to Qur’an 2:256, […]
Indonesia: Muslims torch two churches
Will the Islamophobia never end? “Two Churches Torched in Indonesia,” from the Jakarta Globe, August 3 (thanks to Twostellas): Two homes used as churches were burned to the ground in Riau on Tuesday night, a report said. The incidents are the latest in a series of attacks on minority religious groups in Indonesia that have […]
Indonesia: Ahmadis brace for Ramadan bloodshed
Ramadan: the month of jihad. “The extremists say this is a holy month, everything must be pure and sacred. So we, the Ahmadiyah followers, must be cleared out.” “Muslim sect braces for Indonesia Ramadan violence,” from AFP, August 2 (thanks to Twostellas): JAKARTA – AS MOST Indonesian Muslims started the fasting month of Ramadan peacefully […]
Indonesian officials shrug off light sentences given to members of mob who lynched Ahmadis
If the shoe were on the other foot and Ahmadis got off easy for committing some crime against Muslims, it would be an outrage. Something would have to be done about it. But the light sentences the murderers got and the lukewarm reaction by officials are all the more proof that non-Muslim lives are already […]
Indonesia: Members of frenzied mob that killed 3 Ahmadis get a few months in jail
The attack was videotaped as a crowd shouted “Allahu akbar!” and young boys recorded it on their mobile phones. The savagery of the murders did not lead, as one would logically expect, to enhanced protection of Ahmadis within Indonesia, but to the opposite. They were essentially blamed for causing the attacks by existing, and banned […]
Indonesia: Principal of Islamic school misunderstands Islam, arrested for jihad terror plot
“All we found [in the school] are weapons.” An update on this story. “Principal in Islamic school in Bima arrested for terrorism,” by Mathias Hariyadi for Asia News, July 23 (thanks to C. Cantoni): Jakarta (AsiaNews) — Indonesian police identified Abrory M. Ali, principal of an Islamic school (pesantren) in Bima, as a terrorist affiliated […]
Indonesia: Dozens of bombs found in Islamic boarding school after three-day standoff and police raid
It was that last bomb that didn’t quite make the grade. An update on this story. “Dozens of Bombs Found in Indonesian Boarding School,” from Agence France-Presse, July 19 (thanks to Twostellas): Police found more than two dozen home-made bombs in eastern Indonesia following an explosion last week inside an Islamic boarding school suspected of […]
Indonesia: Veiled teen girls send mock bomb to police officer
“Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into the hearts of the enemies, of Allah and your enemies…” — Qur’an 8:60 And apparently even teenage girls are getting into the act in Indonesia. “4 teenage girls nabbed for allegedly sending mock book bomb,” […]