Update on this story from the ASSIST News Service, with thanks to LA: JAKARTA (ANS) — The three women charged with violating Indonesia’s 2002 Child Protection Act by Christianizing Muslim children were found guilty today of all charges in an Indonesian court charged with anti-Christian radicals. Jeff Hammond, director of Bless Indonesia Today, told ANS […]
Resurgence of piracy highlights terror risk
Southeast Asia struggles to protect vulnerable waterway from terrorist threats from MSNBC, with thanks to Skeet Street. When 35 pirates carrying machine guns and rocket launchers boarded a tanker laden with methane in the Malacca Strait in March, it sent a shudder through the crew, and a ripple of fear from Tokyo to Washington. The […]
Indonesia arrests 24 jihadists…
…but continues to coddle Abu Bakar Bashir. “Indonesia arrests 24 suspected terrorists,” from the Washington Times, : Indonesian police have arrested 24 suspects linked to the 2002 Bali bombing and the 2003 bombing of Jakarta’s J.W. Marriott hotel, the Jakarta Post said Friday. The suspects, who were arrested over several days this week, are being […]
Indonesia: Schooled For Jihad
Noor Huda Ismail investigates the jihadists in Indonesia, including Abu Bakar Baasyir (Bashir), whom we have discussed many times here. Why do officials allow him to teach a course on Islam in the prison? Is that not simply creating a new contingent of jihadists? It indicates, of course, that their ideology doesn’t differ from his. […]
15 Gamblers Caned in Muslim Indonesia
An update on this Sharia Alert from AP, with thanks to Nicolei: BIREUN, Indonesia — Fifteen convicted gamblers were flogged Friday for illegal gaming in Indonesia — the first time caning was used as punishment in the world’s most populous Muslim country. After traditional Friday prayers, the 15 convicts were brought to a stage erected […]
Assailants in Indonesian province linked to Al Qaeda: police
From the Khaleej Times, . JAKARTA – Authorities have accused assailants involved in a recent armed attack on a police post in Indonesia’s eastern province of Maluku of having links with Al Qaeda, an official said on Tuesday. Maluku Police Chief Brigadier General Aditya Warman said the evidence came from the capture and interrogation of […]
Indonesia: A Push for Sharia
Of course, if anything bad happens to Muslims, it’s always the fault of not enough Islam. “Muslim Leaders in Indonesia Push for Implementation of Islamic Law,” From Compass, with thanks to Witness. Following the deadly May 28 bombing in Tentena, Indonesia, both Muslim and Christian leaders have expressed concern about corruption and violence in the […]
`Gamblers’ to get seven lashes with a cane in Indonesia
Sharia alert from AP, with thanks to Nicolei: Authorities in Indonesia’s Aceh province will begin caning convicted gamblers next week, as part of efforts to broaden the implementation of Islamic law in the region, a government official said yesterday. The mayor of the east Aceh town of Bireuen Mustofa Gelanggang said authorities next Friday will […]
Indonesian Police Deployed to Protect Churches/Christians
An update on this story, from AFX via Forbes, “Indonesian market bombing sparks fears of new sectarian clashes” TENTENA, Indonesia – Security forces were deployed at churches on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island today after yesterday’s bomb attack on a Christian town killed 20 people and threatened to re-ignite a violent conflict with Muslims. About 3,000 troops […]
Indonesia: Twin Bombings Kill 20
From AP “Twin Bomb Explosions kill 20 in Indonesia” JAKARTA, Indonesia “” Suspected Muslim militants set off two bombs Saturday in a Christian-dominated town on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, killing at least 20 people and wounding 40, police said. Witnesses said both bombs in the town of Tentena struck a busy meat and produce […]