No one seems to know who might be behind this. Hmmmm…I wonder…. “Arson attack against Saint Joseph Chapel in Central Java,” by Mathias Hariyadi in Asia News, October 15 (thanks to C. Cantoni): Jakarta (AsiaNews) – Someone tried to set fire to the small Chapel of Saint Joseph in Pare, a few kilometres from Delanggu […]
Indonesia: Rock-throwing Islamic supremacists yelling “Allahu akbar” disrupt puppet show
There Is No Fun In Islam* Alert: “Muslim Hard-Liners in Central Java Attack Shadow Puppet Shows,” by Candra Malik in the Jakarta Globe, October 14 (thanks to all who sent this in): Sukoharjo, Central Java. First it was churches and a minority Islamic sect, then the gay community and a former Playboy editor. Now the […]
Indonesia: Muslims oppose building of churches
Why no hand-wringing about “tolerance” and “religious freedom”? Of course, in Indonesia few people are concerned about such things, and if anyone makes a comparison with the resistance to the construction of Islamic supremacist mosques in the U.S., someone will be quick to pipe up and say, “Are you saying that the U.S. should imitate […]
Puzzler: Religious intolerance rising among Indonesian Muslims
Gee, I wonder why? Of course, the answer is that Indonesia is experiencing an Islamic revival. The opposition to building churches and non-Muslims teaching Muslims is in accord with classic Sharia principles. “Religious intolerance rising among Indonesian Muslims,” by Mathias Hariyadi for Asia News, October 5 (thanks to C. Cantoni): Jakarta (AsiaNews) – Recent surveys […]
Indonesia: Message of Islamic supremacist hatred survives premature detonation of bicycle bomb targeting police
“This action is certainly retaliation for our enemies–the allies of Satan–who brutally murdered and executed our mujahidin brothers and put them into the hands of police. We are mentally and spiritually prepared to defend our holy religion. This holy bomb blast is intentionally designed to kill you–all infidels. We will hunt you down, even if […]
Women caned for selling food during Ramadan in modern, moderate Indonesia
A moderate caning Wednesday night I participated in what turned out to be a jihad whitewashing circus hosted by Christiane Amanpour on ABC. It was part of the “This Week” show and will run at 11AM Eastern on Sunday morning, but I will not be watching, as Amanpour was energetically carrying water for the Islamic […]
American to appear in court on charges of blaspheming Islam in modern, moderate Indonesia
Just in case you thought these kinds of cases couldn’t get any more absurd, Luke is accused of “unpleasant conduct,” in addition to blasphemy, because he is supposed to have unplugged and damaged a microphone used for Qur’an recitation in a mosque. He denies it. The justification for the blasphemy charge itself, meanwhile, remains “unclear.” […]
New York Times equates SIOA with murderous Indonesian jihadists
Was anyone stabbed at the SIOA rally? Anyone hit on the head with a plank? Anyone threatened and now in hiding? Did any of the speakers call for “war”? This kind of moral equivalence is ridiculous, but the New York Times is not just some raving and discredited Leftist dupe like Charles Johnson of Little […]
Indonesian president glosses over violence against Christians denied the right to worship even in an open field
Christians in Bekasi, as in other parts of Indonesia, have been unable to secure a place of worship due to a permit system in the country that stacks the deck against non-Muslims. Lacking a building, they went to worship in a field, and that site has been attacked as well, with jihadists even punching female […]
Misunderstanders of Islam attack Christians in Indonesia
Where is Obama calling on these “assailants” to stand down? Why isn’t anyone calling upon the Indonesian Islamic authorities to make stronger efforts to ensure that the adherents of the Religion of Peace don’t misunderstand it so drastically as to think that attacking Christians could be justified? Don’t they realize they’re just going to provoke […]