In a surprise move, and followup to this previous story HERE, the Indonesian government has decided to reject the appeal from the Indonesia Ulema Council after all, and will allow an Andrea Bocelli concert to go on. Bocelli is an open supporter of Israel, which was a major trigger for the Ulema Council. In mid-October, […]
Indonesia: Ulema Council demands cancellation of Andrea Bocelli concert over his past support for Israel
By now it should be well known that the Palestinian cause is the central cause of the Muslim ummah. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) wants East Jerusalem as a Palestinian capital, and they also want Palestinian control of the strategically advantageous Judea and Samaria which would enable jihadists to wipe Israel off the map. […]
Indonesia: Member of top Ulema Council arrested for raising funds for jihad group behind Bali jihad massacre
No matter how many Islamic leaders — both political leaders and clerics — actively stoke the jihad or are themselves involved, the West maintains its blind spot. No other religious ideology promotes violent expansionism and rewards people for waging war against other groups because they are different. And no other religion prescribes such actions in […]
Indonesia to deploy 200,000 police to protect Christmas celebrations from Islamic jihad massacres
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has warned his nation’s “devout Muslims not to use violence to enforce a fatwa handed down by the nation’s Islamic council in 2016 against Christmas celebrations, urging tolerance for other faiths. Police also announced that authorities had green-lighted a plan to deploy nearly 200,000 officers nationwide to protect Christmas celebrations and […]