Enraged over rumors that Muslims have been baptized, a new coalition of nine Muslim groups is trying to mobilize every mosque in Bekasi — numbering in the hundreds — to go to war against the Christians. But surely the Vast Majority of Peaceful Muslims in those mosques will put a stop to this, won’t they? […]
Indonesia bribing jihadists to give up jihad
If poverty really does cause terrorism — a common assumption that has been thoroughly debunked in study after study — then this should send terrorism in Indonesia. “Indonesia pays former terrorists to give up violent jihad,” by Mark Dunn in The Daily Telegraph, June 28: KEY terrorists involved in the 2002 Bali bombing and the […]
Indonesian government admits that its jihadist rehab program is a failure
“It is extremely difficult to reform terrorists because we are trying to destroy years of indoctrination and misinterpretation of Islam.” One wonders why it is so difficult. If their misinterpretation of Islam is so clear, one would think it wouldn’t be all that hard to explain that to the likes of Abdullah Sonata and other […]
Indonesian justice minister: Jihadists shouldn’t attack in Indonesia, but should go set off bombs in Israel
Of course, he meant that they should go help in the “peace process.” Video thanks to Mark.
Indonesia: Police checkpoints and raids against jihadists jeans and tight skirts
Priorities. Sharia Alert from modern, moderate Indonesia, and an update on this story: “West Aceh police checkpoints and raids against jeans and tight skirts,” from Asia News, May 27 (thanks to C. Cantoni): Jakarta (AsiaNews) – The women of the District of West Aceh can no longer wear jeans or tight skirts, considered indecent and […]
Indonesia: Aceh’s religious police regent says women in jeans make Muslims want to rape
And if men aren’t moved to rape by the sight of a woman in jeans, it’s because they’re used to it. But the prospect of getting used to it doesn’t appeal to Ramli Mansur. More on this story: “Aceh’s religious police crack down on tight jeans,” by Tom Allard in the Sydney Morning Herald, May […]
Indonesia: Fatwa against transsexuals and transvestites
Yet most such people in the West would consider resistance to Sharia to be “bigoted” and “racist.” Sharia Alert from Indonesia: “Islamic scholars against trans working in women’s beauty salons,” by Mathias Hariyadi for Asia News, May 26 (thanks to Block Ness): Jakarta (AsiaNews) – A group of Islamic experts from the al Bahtul Masa’il […]
Indonesia: Islamic police to carry skirts, force women in violation of Muslim dress codes to wear them
Speaking of puritanical and misogynistic, here is a Sharia Alert from modern, moderate Indonesia: “‘Islamic’ skirts for women,” from AFP, May 25 (thanks to Twostellas): MEULABOH (Indonesia) – ISLAMIC police in Indonesia’s Aceh province have been issued with 20,000 long skirts and ordered to cover up women deemed to have broken Muslim dress codes, an […]
Indonesia: Authorities shut down church after protests by Islamic supremacists
And in an earlier incident, “extremists attacked and set fire to a Christian centre in Bogor on the ground that Christians wanted to build a house of prayer.” Islamic law forbids dhimmi populations to build new houses of worship. How inconvenient for those who claim that dhimmitude is a relic of history — Muslims persist […]
Indonesian president: Indonesia will never be an Islamic state
Why can’t we have a president like this? It’s all just words, of course, in a state where jihadists have committed numerous terrible acts of violence more or less with impunity. Even on the level of words alone, however, Yudhoyono has now surpassed virtually every Western leader. “President Hits Out at Terrorists, Says Indonesia Will […]