Kuffarphobia in Indonesia Discussions - The 4 Freedoms Library2024-03-29T04:53:18Zhttp://4freedoms.com/group/indonesia/forum?groupUrl=indonesia&feed=yes&xn_auth=noAceh province: Sharia Law now imposed on the Kuffar as welltag:4freedoms.com,2014-12-10:3766518:Topic:1586592014-12-10T03:26:26.930ZAlan Lakehttp://4freedoms.com/profile/AlanLake
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<tr><td><strong>Banda Aceh, Indonesia -</strong> Muslims and non-Muslims alike are now subject to strict Islamic law in the conservative province of Aceh.<br/><p><span>It is the only one of Indonesia's 34 provinces to impose Islamic law in the most populous Muslim-majority nation in the world, with a population of about 250 million people.</span></p>
<p><span>Aceh province implemented Islamic law in 2001, but in September the religious "penal code" was extended to everyone, now applying to some 90,000 non-Muslims who live there.</span></p>
<p><span>Offences not previously regulated such as adultery, homosexual acts, and sex outside marriage are now punishable with sentences handed down by Islamic courts, including public flogging. Buying or carrying alcoholic beverages could result in 10 strokes of the cane, 10 months in prison, or a maximum fine of 100 grams in gold.</span></p>
<p><span>Amnesty International has expressed concern over the law and has <strong><a class="internallink" href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/indonesian-government-must-repeal-caning-bylaws-aceh-2011-05-20" target="_blank">called for an end to caning</a></strong> in Aceh, saying it goes against international laws on torture and human rights, as well as Indonesia's own constitution. </span></p>
<p><span>However, a Tuesday report by the Catholic News Service said an expansion of Islamic law to include non-Muslims has had little impact on Christians.</span></p>
<p><span>"Until now, no Catholic has been punished for violating sharia law, and I hope that doesn't change in the future," Father Hermanus Sahar, pastor of Banda Aceh's Sacred Heart Catholic Church, <span><strong><a href="http://www.catholicsentinel.org/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=34&ArticleID=27400"><span>was quoted</span></a></strong></span> as saying.</span></p>
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<div><p>University students pray after a swimming class on Ule beach in Banda Aceh. These classes are among the few interactions between men and women.</p>
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<div><p>A mosque in central Banda Aceh. Muslims are required to attend Friday prayers and it is enforced by the religious police.</p>
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<div><p>The remains of a hotel that used to stand in the middle of the park in front of the central mosque. Islamic authorities had it demolished after the place was labelled as a brothel.</p>
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<div><p>In February 2011, a few punk boys were arrested at a concert and 're-educated' through military drills.</p>
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<div><p>A group of friends take photos on Ule beach. Ule was severely damaged by the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004.</p>
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<div><p>A hijab shop in central Banda Aceh. The extension of Islamic law to every person in Banda Aceh is hard to implement as most authorities - including members of the religious police - think it is bad for business.</p>
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<div><p>Employees of the Suzuya clothing shop at the central mall in Banda Aceh. As the newly extended Islamic law technically forbids women from wearing trousers, the dress code imposed by Suzuya creates a problem for its female employees.</p>
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<div><p>Girls exercising in the central park.</p>
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<div><p>A young unmarried couple get together in a house they believe to be safe. It is against the new Islamic law to have pre-marital sex.</p>
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<div><p>Christians gather in a church for holy mass. In Banda Aceh it is not permitted to build new churches as the authorities forbid the construction of any places of worship that isn't Islamic.</p>
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<div><p>Sheikh Syah Kula's grave and the mosque built around it are a very important place for prayer in Banda Aceh. </p>
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<div><p>Religious police stop a family riding a motorbike on moral grounds because they broke the dress code imposed by the new Islamic law. The law prohibits tight trousers: All clothing that display the shape of the body are banned.</p>
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<div><p>A woman and her husband, believed to be unmarried, are stopped and questioned by the religious police.</p>
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<div><p>A man is forced to do 10 push-ups as punishment for wearing shorts and sporting an 'improper' haircut.</p>
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<div><p>Confiscated goods at the police station include alcohol, a woman's bag, fire crackers, and improperly used Quranic inscriptions.</p>
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</table> Interfaithtag:4freedoms.com,2013-08-27:3766518:Topic:1360352013-08-27T05:35:12.302Zshivahttp://4freedoms.com/profile/shiva
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/110492389?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/110492389?profile=original" width="300"></img></a> Above is a detail from a photo showing a mural on a wall of the Katolik Santa Maria Preschool and Convent, Situbondo, East Java depicting the five state recognised religions</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Islam<br></br> Protestantism<br></br> Roman Catholicism<br></br> Hinduism<br></br> Buddhism</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Below is the complete photo…</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/110492389?profile=original"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/110492389?profile=original" width="300"/></a>Above is a detail from a photo showing a mural on a wall of the Katolik Santa Maria Preschool and Convent, Situbondo, East Java depicting the five state recognised religions</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Islam<br/> Protestantism<br/> Roman Catholicism<br/> Hinduism<br/> Buddhism</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Below is the complete photo</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/110492472?profile=original"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/110492472?profile=original" width="428"/></a> Another view of the school</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Thursday, October 10, 1996</h3>
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<p><b>10:00 AM <br/></b> Court proceedings at the Situbondo Court House on General Sudirman Avenue concerning an offense against Islam by a Mr. Saleh (himself a Moslem). The prosecutor sought an 8 year jail time. The judge handed a 5 year prison sentence. The lighter sentence caused a mass hysteria of about 3,000 Muslims.</p>
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<p><b>10:30 AM <br/></b> The Situbondo Court House was set aflame with gasoline obtained from a nearby service station. Passing and parked cars and motorcycles were also set aflame. A convoy of trucks with approximately 2,000 men arrived from the westerly direction.</p>
<p>10:30 - 11:00 The Mount Zion Bethel Church across the street from the service station was set aflame. Concrete walls were demolished, all church equipment and paraphernalia were burnt to ashes.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Blasphemous graffiti were painted on nearby walls: "<i>Jesus s..t, Jesus s...tty saviour, traitor, Mother Mary communist, A robber of the people, Plunderer, We muslims will be outraged if another church is rebuilt here"</i>.</p>
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<p><b>11:00 AM <br/></b> Every church in the city was set aflame at relatively the same time:</p>
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<li>The "Protestant Church of West Indonesia" (GPIB - Gereja Protestan Indonesia Barat) on the Sudirman Avenue - mobbed.</li>
<li>St Mary and St. Theresa Kindergarten on Suprapto Avenue - set aflame.</li>
<li>The "Pantecostal Church of Indonesia" (GPDI - Gereja Pantekosta Di Indonesia) on Achmad Yani Avenue - destroyed</li>
<li>St Joseph Catholic Church and two junior high schools nearby - set aflame</li>
<li>Catholic grade school "Franciscus Xaverious" on Rose Avenue - demolished</li>
<li>The "Bethel Full Gospel Church" (GBIS - Gereja Bethel Injil Sepenuh) on Ahmad Yani Avenue - set aflame</li>
<li>The "Pantecostal Church of Surabaya" (GPPS - Gereja Pantekosta Pusat Surabaya) on Basuki Rachmad Avenue - set aflame <a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/110492438?profile=original"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/110492438?profile=original" width="423"/></a></li>
<li>The Argopuro Street Assemblies of God Church (GSJP - Gereja Sidang Jemaat Pantekosta) - destroyed</li>
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<p>These destruction were executed by the same mob who burned down the court house. They split into two groups: One advancing along A. Yani Avenue, and another in the direction of W.R. Supratman Avenue and Orchid Street (Jalan Anggrek). Masses came in trucks and motorcycles were also observed. They were about to burn the Protestant Church of West Indonesia (GPIB - Gereja Protestan Indonesia Barat) on Sudirman Avenue, but were persuaded by policemen not to do that since the Police Department was located next door. Nevertheless, they forced their way into the church building, carying anything they could find, including pews, Bibles and worship paraphernalia, out into the street, and burned them, while screaming and yelling.</p>
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<p>Many town officials witnessed the destruction, but folded their hands and remained as spectators. Armed forces were used to only protect residential areas. But did nothing to prevent the destruction of churches and Christian schools. The masses came equipped with steel pipes, mallets, and hoes. Some were seen carrying sickles (a sharp semicircular blade attached to a short handle, normally used for cutting grain, but may also be used to decapitate an enemy).</p>
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<p>Assessable damages were as follows:</p>
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<li>The Christian Church of East Java (GKJW - Gereja Kristen Jawi Wetan) was burnt to the ground.</li>
<li>The St. Francis Xaverius Catholic Church - burnt and roofless.</li>
<li>The St. Francis Xaverius grade school, junior high and high school - burnt and roofless.</li>
<li>The Emanuel Christian kindergarten, grade school and junior high on Orchid Street - roofless; everything inside destroyed to smithereens. <a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/110492230?profile=original"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/110492230?profile=original" width="423"/></a></li>
<li>The "Pantecostal Church of Indonesia" (GPDI - Gereja Pantekosta Di Indonesia) on Achmad Yani Avenue - All windows shattered; satellite dish, kitchen, dining hall, church pews - all destroyed to smithereens.</li>
<li>The "Bethel Full Gospel Church" (GBIS - Gereja Bethel Injil Sepenuh) on Ahmad Yani Avenue - Electrical service equipment destroyed, the church roof collapsed from fire, block walls hammered down,</li>
<li>The Argopuro Street Assemblies of God Church (GSJP - Gereja Sidang Jemaat Pantekosta) - suffered the same fate.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/110492482?profile=original"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/110492482?profile=original" width="423"/></a></li>
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<p>Tragedy occurred at the "Pantecostal Church of Surabaya" (GPPS - Gereja Pantekosta Pusat Surabaya) on Basuki Rachmad Avenue. The mob, carrying steel pipes, sickles, hoes, hammers and mallets surrounded the church building and the attached parsonage. At that time, seven people were inside the parsonage: Pastor Ishak Kristian (70), Mrs. Ribka Lena Kristian (67), Elizabeth Kristian (the pastor's daughter who was planning to wed on December 24th), Rita (20, a church employee), Nova Samuel (15, the pastor's niece), Didit Yohanes and Andreas. They were all trapped in the flames. Didit and Andi escaped through the roof. Both were injured from their fall. Pastor Ishak was found scorched in his bedroom. Nova's body in the master bathroom; the other three scorched in the kitchen.</p>
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<p>While fire continued to engulf the church buildings, the mob proceeded to destroy stores belonging to Chinese merchants. They were persuaded not to touch a bank (BCA - Bank Central Asia), where many Moslem imams (priests) do their banking. Several Moslem imams were seen guarding the bank building.</p>
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<p><b>1:00 - 1:30 PM <br/></b> East Java Christian Church (GKJW) on Orchid Street and nearby Emanuel Christian School were burnt to ashes.</p>
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<p><b>2:00 PM <br/></b> The "Sweetheart Orphanage" (Panti Asuhan Buah Hati), a 3-month old orphanage built by the Pantecostal Church of Surabaya (GPPS) to house poor abandoned children, was burnt to the ground. All paraphernalia were destroyed. The concrete walls were hammered down.</p>
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<h3>Incident at Asembagus (approximately 30 kilometers east of Situbondo)</h3>
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<p><b>1:00 PM <br/></b> The "Trumpet of Love Bethel Full Gospel Church" (GBIS Nafiri Kasih) on Asembagus Boulevard and the St. Joseph Catholic Chappel were set aflame. The "Pantecostal Church of Indonesia at Asembagus" (GPDI Asembagus) was mobbed.</p>
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<p><b>3:00 PM</b></p>
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<p>At the village of Ranurejo - District of Banyuputih (approximately 10 kilometers from Asembagus): <br/> The Christian Church of East Java (GKJW Ranurejo), it's daughter church in Pepanthan Sidodadi, and the St. Joseph Catholic Church were set aflame.</p>
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<p>The mob went completely wild at the St. Joseph Catholic Church. They came on 2 trucks, 10 motorcycles and 1 pickup truck. Hundreds of young men wearing gray pants and tee shirts. The procession was led by a policeman on a motorcycle. A third truck came from another direction to join them. They were screaming and yelling: "Long live Islam!" When they arrived in front of the church, an older man picked up gravel and sand, and threw them in the direction of the church. The masses went wild. The young men stepped out from the trucks; some threw rocks at the church windows, some went inside the church, destroying anything they could find. Movable objects were piled up in front of the church. Gasoline was poured on top of them, and fire was ignited. The flame was so high, reaching and burning the roof of the church. They warned spectators not to try to extinguish the flame, or else be killed.</p>
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<p>Local authorities, town council members and the police force watched all that happened without doing anything. The mob knew they were there, but ignored them. They were all yelling "Long live Islam!".</p>
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<p>After they were satisfied with the destruction there, they proceeded to the Christian Church of East Java (GKJW Ranurejo), approximately 400 meters from the Catholic Church. There they set the church and it's parsonage aflame. The minister's wife and a 5 year old child were frozen in fear. They had to be dragged out by two young men (Ating and Eko) and brought to safety at the house of a Mr. Supranowo.</p>
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<p>After they were satisfied with the destruction there, they proceeded to the Christian Church of East Java - Pepanthan Sidodadi, a daughter church of the previous one.</p>
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<p><b>4:30 - 5:00 PM <br/></b> Destruction of the Christian Church of East Java - Pepanthan Sidodadi, a 9 month old building, funded with sacrificial gifts from very poor members, whose homes are constructed of bamboo sticks, and dirt floor.</p>
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<p>Afterwards, the mob proceeded to Wonorejo (approximately 26 kilometers from Ranurejo, a coastal village).</p>
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<p><b>5:30 - 6:00 PM <br/></b> The "Pantecostal Church of Indonesia" (GPDI), the Christian Church of East Java (GKJW), the Bethel Church, and a Catholic Chapel in Wonorejo were burnt. One of the buildings was only one month old. Many frightened residents ran into a nearby forest to hide.</p>
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<h3>Incident in Panarukan (approximately 6 kilometers west of Situbondo)</h3>
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<p><b>4:00 PM <br/></b> A Catholic Church (100 meters in the direction of Besuki) - burnt. <br/> A "Pantecostal Church of Indonesia" (GPDI) - burnt. <br/> Stores, (one of them the only jeweler in town), looted and destroyed. <br/> A statue of Jesus was taken out from one of the homes and burnt.</p>
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<h3>Incident in Besuki (approximately 20 kilometers from Situbondo)</h3>
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<p>A "Pantecostal Church of Indonesia" (GPDI) - burnt.<br/> A "Bethel Full Gospel Church" (GBIS) - demolished. <br/> A "Christian Church of East Java" (GKJW) - burnt.</p>
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<p>The total number of buildings destroyed: 30, out of which 21 churches and schools were burnt, 9 were demolished.</p> Christina's storytag:4freedoms.com,2013-08-27:3766518:Topic:1359492013-08-27T02:25:59.405Zshivahttp://4freedoms.com/profile/shiva
<p>Tommy Rusin, 30, recalls the day in late November when Muslims came to his Christian village on Kesui. "They asked us to convert to Islam," he recalls. "If we didn't, they said the Laskar Jihad would come. We'd be killed." When one villager, a teacher named David Balubum, refused, he was separated from the rest. Shortly afterward Muslims carried David's severed head around the village as a message to the Christians. Two other Kesui residents were also decapitated, and their heads placed on a…</p>
<p>Tommy Rusin, 30, recalls the day in late November when Muslims came to his Christian village on Kesui. "They asked us to convert to Islam," he recalls. "If we didn't, they said the Laskar Jihad would come. We'd be killed." When one villager, a teacher named David Balubum, refused, he was separated from the rest. Shortly afterward Muslims carried David's severed head around the village as a message to the Christians. Two other Kesui residents were also decapitated, and their heads placed on a table near a mosque.<br/><br/>Christina Sagat, 22, peeked at the severed heads through a window, and knew then she had no choice but to convert. She and dozens of others followed the Muslims' instructions to bathe themselves in a tub, and to tie a white bandanna on their head with Arabic writing that they couldn't understand. But that wasn't all. "The Muslims came at night, house to house, with a Gillette [razor]," said Maria Etlager, a 41-year-old woman with curly hair. The Catholics felt compelled to submit to the ritual of sunnat, or circumcision. Nearly everyone in the village--women, children of both sexes as young as 2 years old, even the elderly and the invalids who were too weak to get out of their sickbeds--fell victim to the Gillette. "I knew the razor blade wasn't clean; it was covered with dried blood," Etlager told NEWSWEEK, "and the pain was unimaginable."<br/><br/>Christina's story<br/><br/>In December, Christina Sagat and other Christians from her village on the island of Kesui, part of the Indonesian Maluku group, were forced to convert to Islam. The conversion included forced circumcision, a mutilation inflicted on hundreds in the isolated island group by extremists of a jihad (holy war) movement.<br/><br/>She shakes with fear but is determined not to cry as she tells her story. Her wounds have healed but this 32-year-old woman is left with the deep pain of unresolved sorrow and humiliation. There is also the pain of betrayal - how could her neighbours, with whom she had lived in harmony, turn on her and lead her to a cruel ordeal?<br/><br/>"I feel sad, I feel like I'm no longer 'complete', both as a person and a woman," she said, speaking amid the ruins of Ambon City, the epicentre of the Maluku tragedy.<br/><br/>This is her story.<br/><br/>I was born and raised in Karlomin, a Catholic village in Kesui island. The island itself is actually dominated by Muslims. Kesui is a very beautiful place, it has a white sandy beach. I lived with my parents and seven brothers and sisters, in-laws, nieces and nephews. I used to help my parents take care of our small plantations.<br/><br/>Catholics, Protestants and Muslims used to live peacefully before those local followers of jihad came to the island. In the past, we could hang out and visit friends and families from different religions. If, for example, the Christians were constructing a new church, the Muslims would automatically help, and vice versa.<br/><br/>At first, we did not believe it when we heard about the bloody conflict in Ambon and rumours that the Muslims would attack Christian villages in Kesui. We said it was impossible that our own friends and neighbours would attack us.<br/><br/>As the situation in Ambon got worse, religious and customary leaders in Kesui met and agreed to stay away from the conflict. About late October, people from nearby islands who had joined the jihad visited Muslim villages often. But the Christians at that time did not see that as a problem.<br/><br/>We realised the visits of jihad people were the likely seed of the disaster in the island when my uncle was attacked by Muslim youths in the neighbouring Muslim village. My uncle, as usual, went to buy cigarette papers in that village. But on his way out of the village the mob surrounded him and attacked him. He suffered severe spear and machete wounds all over his body. He was bleeding but managed to get back to our village. But still (before he died) he told us not to take revenge. So we buried him and did exactly what he asked us.<br/><br/>But on the next day, another Christian youth was attacked. We heard that the attacker went back to his Muslim village and told his friends that the Christians were ready to attack them.<br/><br/>After the second murder, some of the Christians started to believe the rumours about the possible war between Muslims and Christians on the island and fled to the mountains or nearby islands.<br/><br/>But many others, including my family, stayed behind. My father was one of the village's cultural leaders so he had to stay to protect the village. In the third week of November, we eventually decided to flee after learning that Muslim mobs were marching toward our village. We packed some clothes, food and valuables and rushed to the mountains.<br/><br/>We were very scared. We regretted the fact that we had not made the decision to save our lives earlier.<br/><br/>There were about 260 people from my village who stayed on the mountain. But, on the fourth day ... some of our Muslim neighbours found us and told us to follow their religion for our own sake. They said they could not protect us from the jihad people if we were not Muslims.<br/><br/>It's very hard to us, but we finally decided to follow the Muslims to their village and do whatever they told us to do in order to save our lives. We're fully aware that refusing to do so would only get us all killed.<br/><br/>The Muslim representatives told us to go straight to a mosque in Kampung Baru village so that when the jihad arrived they would think that we had already become Muslims. When we reached the village, the crowd of people and local jihad followers were already waiting for us; they made a barricade along the path to the mosque. I felt like we were just a group of hopeless sheep being led to a slaughterhouse.<br/><br/>There we realised that all that the Muslim representatives had told us was completely lies. They had cheated us. They acted as if they cared about our lives, but the truth was they only wanted us to convert to Islam, nothing more.<br/><br/>When we all entered the mosque, the habib (Islamic preacher) asked us whether we really wanted to be Muslims. I felt miserable. The habib then told us to say the Al Fatiha prayer (chanted when a person adopts Islam) three times. I did not remember any of the words at all because I did not say it. I just opened my mouth but in my heart I said my own Catholic prayers.<br/><br/>The Muslim crowd inside and outside the mosque yelled and waved their machetes, spears. We all cried. I felt mixed up, scared. I told my mum, who sat beside me, "Why do we have to go through all of of this? It is not a self- willing act, it's coercion. I can't do this. But what else can I do. We would only be killed if we refused it, wouldn't we?"<br/><br/>Meanwhile, the crowd in the mosque searched our bags, they took out the Bibles, Rosary necklaces and small statues of Mary, which were torn and broken to pieces and burnt outside the mosque.<br/><br/>Some of the Muslims shed tears. But I'm sure that's tears of joy because they could finally make us convert to Islam. Some of the people said "Why on earth did you not follow us earlier?"<br/><br/>We, especially the men, were told to perform Muslim prayers at the mosque. But I tried to avoid it. I didn't want to do that, did not know the prayers and did not give a damn.<br/><br/>The Muslims did not stop their acts there; they continued with the forced circumcisions. All of us, men and women, old and young, even infants and pregnant women, were circumcised under threat. At least 100 females were circumcised.<br/><br/>The team went to the houses where we stayed in turn. They came to the house where I stayed on December 4. I asked the Muslim family about who would perform it, whether I would be given anaesthetic, etc. They told me female priests would do the circumcision using a kitchen knife and no anaesthetic was necessary. I said to myself, "What? What kind of circumcision is this? How come they do not bother about the sanitary and health factors of it?"<br/><br/>So I tried to avoid them. I pretended not to hear them calling my name. I stayed in my room. I was very, very scared. My body's shaking. I could imagine myself being circumcised. But I realised there was nothing I could do to stop them from doing it because they would certainly kill me and my family if I refused.<br/><br/>So I reluctantly came out of my room and entered another room. They told me to undress and sit on a chair which was covered with white cloth. "Open your legs," they said. I saw under the chair a coconut shell filled with water and a kitchen knife. I said. "Oh My God, what would happen to me?" I was so scared, upset too. But I did not dare to resist them, I didn't want to be killed.<br/><br/>At first the woman soaked her fingers in the water and then inserted them into my vagina as she looked for the clitoris. After she found it, she pulled it out, took out the kitchen knife and cut it. That hurt very much. I shed tears. They left just like that without giving me any medication.<br/><br/>I was lucky, I had some money and went to the store immediately to get antibiotics. I know the men suffered more than us women. The circumcision hurt them more that it did to us because their scars could not heal fast. Several of the men I knew got serious infections after suffering from severe bleeding.<br/><br/>My scar healed quite fast, but the sad, humiliated feeling stayed until today.<br/><br/>My niece, Cecilia, who at that time was eight months pregnant, was also circumcised. How could they do that to her? I heard she cried. But she did not talk about it a lot, maybe she just wanted to bury it. My mother, who is in her 70s, was also circumcised.<br/><br/>Teenagers and even infants were also circumcised. Children were told to soak themselves in the salt water, on the beach, to help healing their scars.<br/><br/>I don't understand these people. I don't think the original Ambon Muslim female adults were circumcised. But they insisted we be circumcised.<br/><br/>(On December 15, a ship arrived under government supervision to take Christians to the relative safety of Ambon, a move resisted by jihad leaders.)<br/><br/>I did not want to miss the chance, so I came over to the houses where my mother and father stayed and asked them to go to the beach to board the ship. But when we got to the beach, we saw most of the people who had boarded the ship had returned to the beach.<br/><br/>Then I learnt that jihad leaders were protesting at the way the government team did its job. I guess they just did not want us to leave the island and return to our original religion.<br/><br/>We were scared because it was obvious that the government team was helpless. I decided then to get off the island. I told my mum I would leave. I said, "Mother, if I could board that ship, I would not go down here again." My mum was very sad, "You're leaving, don't you love me any more?" I told her: "I will go, but I will find a way to get you and Dad out of the island."<br/><br/>The ship left with only 41 people, including me. There were about 100 people, including my brothers and their families and some Christian leaders, who had boarded the ship but then returned to the beach under the Muslims' threat. The Muslims told them that their families who were still on the island would surely be killed if they left.<br/><br/>We arrived in Ambon at night after almost three days on the ship.<br/><br/>I now stay at the refugee camp at the Stella Maria Church in the Benteng district. I work as a housemaid with a local Christian family.<br/><br/>I don't know what I will do with my future. I guess the first thing to do is to find a way to get my parents off the island. But I don't know how.<br/><br/>Sometimes when I'm alone I cry if I remember what happened to me there. What makes me sad the most is my uncle who was bleeding and dying of the stabs and wounds but still had a good heart, asking us not to take revenge for him.<br/><br/>As for the circumcision, the scar is completely healed. But somehow, I feel sad, I feel like I'm no longer "complete" both as a person and a woman.</p>
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<p></p> It is a Strange Place (Dangdut)tag:4freedoms.com,2013-07-04:3766518:Topic:1284482013-07-04T13:01:15.731Zshivahttp://4freedoms.com/profile/shiva
<p>First a little about Dangdut</p>
<p>Dangdut is a genre of Indonesian popular music that is partly derived from Hindustani or Hindi music, Malay, Arabic. Dangdut is a very popular genre because of its melodious instrumental usage and vocals by the singers and musicians, and Indonesians really enjoy Dangdut together while dancing in the Ghoomar style. Dangdut really has a powerful feeling to enjoyment because of its tabla and gendang beat, which insists Dangdut listeners to dance to it.…</p>
<p>First a little about Dangdut</p>
<p>Dangdut is a genre of Indonesian popular music that is partly derived from Hindustani or Hindi music, Malay, Arabic. Dangdut is a very popular genre because of its melodious instrumental usage and vocals by the singers and musicians, and Indonesians really enjoy Dangdut together while dancing in the Ghoomar style. Dangdut really has a powerful feeling to enjoyment because of its tabla and gendang beat, which insists Dangdut listeners to dance to it. Dangdut has very similar melody, vocal, and instruments to Indian Hindustani Music, because of its influence from India and Sanskrit.</p>
<p>A dangdut band typically consists of a lead singer, male or female, backed by four to eight musicians. Instruments usually include a tabla, Gendang, Flute,mandolin, guitars, and synthesizers. The term has been expanded from the desert-style music to embrace other musical styles. Modern dangdut incorporates influences from Middle Eastern pop music, Western rock, house music, hip-hop music, contemporary R&B, and reggae</p>
<p>Most major cities, especially on Java, have one or more venues that have a dangdut show several times a week. The concerts of major dangdut stars are also broadcast on television.</p>
<p>Also Groups have their own stage and go into the small villages</p>
<p>Beginning in 2003, certain dangdut musicians became the focus of a national controversy in Indonesia regarding performances by singer Inul Daratista that religious conservatives described as pornography. Protests, led by dangdut megastar and devout Muslim Rhoma Irama, called for Daratista's banning from television, and legislation was passed in 2008 by the People's Consultative Assembly that introduced a broad range of activities described as pornography.</p>
<p>The flamboyant performances at some dagdut shows also attracted collateral attention in May 2012 when a row broke out in Indonesia over a planned performance by international star Lady Gaga in Jakarta due to be held in early June 2012. In the face of opposition from conservative Moslem groups in Indonesia, Lady Gaga pulled out. This cancellation led numerous commentators to note that opposition to Lady Gaga's performances was surprising given the nature of some dagdut shows.</p>
<p>Dangdut remains an integral part of Indonesian life and pop culture despite conservative Muslim concerns over the supposed vulgarity of some of its performances.</p>
<p> I have been helping my better half to find and download some videos from Youtube</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Here is some thing I just stumbled on</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Dangdut Haji Gila (Crazy Haji)</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"></p> Kuffarphobes close Churches & Temples in Banda Aceh: Human Rights NGOs silenttag:4freedoms.com,2012-10-20:3766518:Topic:1145092012-10-20T20:17:11.107ZAlan Lakehttp://4freedoms.com/profile/AlanLake
<p><span class="articolo_dossier" id="aeaoofnhgocdbnbeljkmbjdmhbcokfdb-mousedown">Nine churches and six Buddhist temples shut down under Islamist pressure in Banda Aceh</span><br></br> <span class="autore">by Mathias Hariyadi</span><br></br> <span class="sottotitolo">For the city's deputy mayor, the buildings were not being properly used. They lacked the proper building permit and were used for "unlawful" purposes. She pledged greater monitoring of minority activities. Local sources say that the…</span></p>
<p><span class="articolo_dossier" id="aeaoofnhgocdbnbeljkmbjdmhbcokfdb-mousedown">Nine churches and six Buddhist temples shut down under Islamist pressure in Banda Aceh</span><br/> <span class="autore">by Mathias Hariyadi</span><br/> <span class="sottotitolo">For the city's deputy mayor, the buildings were not being properly used. They lacked the proper building permit and were used for "unlawful" purposes. She pledged greater monitoring of minority activities. Local sources say that the crackdown is the result of threats from extremist groups. FPI now wants other cities and towns to do the same.</span><br/> <br/> <a href="http://www.asianews.it/files/img/INDONESIA_-_polizia_e_luogo_di_culto_ok.jpg" rel="lightbox" title=""><img src="http://www.asianews.it/files/img/size2/INDONESIA_-_polizia_e_luogo_di_culto_ok.jpg" alt="" border="0" align="left"/></a></p>
<p>Jakarta (AsiaNews) - Authorities in Banda Aceh, capital of the Aceh Special Territory, ordered the closure of nine Christian home churches and six Buddhist prayer houses for alleged irregularities in their building permit. According to Deputy Mayor Hajjah Illiza Sa'aduddin Djamal, the buildings were illegal because they lacked the right permit. Under the law, private homes cannot be used "for religious ceremonies or functions."</p>
<p>"Aceh is a special territory that enforces Sharia," she said and home churches violate the law because they lack the appropriate building permit (<em>Izin Mendirikan Bangunan </em>in Indonesian).</p>
<p>The issue is more complicated in the case of Christian places of worship because the latter require the agreement of a certain number of local residents and that of the local interfaith dialogue group. Under the pressure of radical Muslim groups, permits are often denied.</p>
<p>Deputy Mayor Djamal also wants the authorities to monitor the activities of Buddhist and Christian communities to ensure that their services are performed in the right places. This is necessary, in her view, to "maintain interfaith harmony." At the same time, "we shall not issue any new permit for other churches or vihara (Buddhist temples)."</p>
<p>Local Muslim extremists welcomed the decision. Yusuf Al-Qardhawy, head of the Aceh branch of the Islamic Defence Front (FPI), called on other jurisdictions to follow Banda Aceh, enforce Islamic law and stop any non-Muslim worship activity that is not approved.</p>
<p>He said the situation would be monitored constantly to ensure that rules are respected. Local sources note that the municipal order shutting Buddhist and Christian places of worship follows a complaint filed by Islamists concerning an "improper" use of buildings.</p>
<p>The province of Aceh, the westernmost of the archipelago of Indonesia, is also the only one which is subject to Sharia. Compliance is ensured by the 'morality police,' a special force that punishes violations in dress and behaviour.</p>
<p>In the past, a relative calm and religious harmony between the Muslim majority and "foreigners," members of various non-Islamic faiths, prevailed under the leadership of former guerrilla leader, now Governor Irwandy Yusuf.</p>
<p>More recently the situation has changed however. Attacks against religious minorities have started and fundamentalists has gained more power and freedom of action.</p>
<p>In last April's elections, Zaini Abdullah, a former guerrilla leader who lived in exile in Sweden, won promising to <a href="http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Aceh%27s-new-governor-Zaini-Abdullah-pledges-more-Sharia-24528.html"><strong>fight corruption and impose Islamic law</strong></a>.</p>
<p>The strict application of Sharia was one of the conditions separatist rebels imposed on Jakarta to end their armed struggle.</p>
<p id="">As a result of a recent spike in sectarian tensions, the area saw <strong><a href="http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Hundreds-of-Muslim-extremists-attack-Christian-prayer-house-in-Aceh-25068.html">violence and attacks against Christian communities</a></strong>, which led to the <a href="http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Extremist-threats-in-Aceh:-authorities-close-three-churches-24679.html"><strong>closure of places of worship</strong></a> on the order of the authorities claiming that they lacked proper building permits.</p> Australian Labour Govt. helps Indonesia suppress kuffartag:4freedoms.com,2012-07-03:3766518:Topic:1058322012-07-03T03:08:25.873ZDavehttp://4freedoms.com/profile/DavePhillips
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<p>As if giving over millions in aid wasn't enough so that the Indonesians can build Islamic Schools on our coin (while burning and closing Christian Churches), the government gives air hardware away like it is no big deal, humanitarian uses and Indonesia don't belong in the same sentence, unless it is us giving them aid.</p>
<p>Victoria and more recently Queensland after suffering devastating wildfires and floods got nothing in aid whatsoever from Indonesia, not a cent or any assistance in manpower or logistics, nor did NZ after the Christchurch earthquakes.</p>
<p>However the biggest muslim populated country in the world who lives to our north are happy to take aid money and use it for repressing local non muslims, or for building said Islamic Schools and Mosques.</p>
<p>These planes will be used for about 1 minute as humanitarian transport, and then once out of sight of the mainland of Australia will be dropping troops like Kopassus to round up and exterminate those pesky Christians and non complying muslims who don't subscribe to the governments idea of Islam.</p>
<p>This government here really shits me, they are left leaning communist Fabians and socialists bent on destroying this once great country. The bloody carbon tax came into effect this week on July 1, great breathing out now costs me fucking money.</p>
<p>The sooner these muppets are gone the better, and if Tony Abbott and company do not repeal the carbon taxes and mining taxes killing our competitiveness then there will be a bloody uprising, people can handle no more whatsoever of this shit.</p>
<p>The giving of war planes to a human rights deficient country is criminal in my eyes. The boat loads of illegals coming to Australia all come from Indonesia, nothing is ever done at that end, we send them money and resources and see no results, illegal vessels sink in Indonesian waters, guess who aids them then is obliged to take them to safe haven, yep the Australian navy, and they end up on Christmas Island where they wanted to get to anyway, just itching to get onshore.</p>
<p>Fucking Indo's why we appease and grovel to them is beyond me, governments since the 1960's have kissed arse up there till they can't taste the difference between shit and shoe polish.</p> Kuffar Civil Servant Jailed for Blasphemytag:4freedoms.com,2012-06-15:3766518:Topic:1047122012-06-15T15:41:20.341Zshivahttp://4freedoms.com/profile/shiva
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<p>So where is Allahu Subhannahu Wa’Taala is Al Wadud (The Loving), Al Hakim (The Wise), Al Wasi (The All-Embracing), Al Ghafur (The All-Forgiving), Ar-Ra-uf (The Compassionate) and Al-Alim (The All-Knowing).</p>
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<h1>‘Minang atheist’ sentenced to 2.5 years in prison</h1>
<p>Alexander Aan, 32, a Minang civil servant who was arrested for blasphemy after he declared…</p>
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<p>So where is Allahu Subhannahu Wa’Taala is Al Wadud (The Loving), Al Hakim (The Wise), Al Wasi (The All-Embracing), Al Ghafur (The All-Forgiving), Ar-Ra-uf (The Compassionate) and Al-Alim (The All-Knowing).</p>
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<h1>‘Minang atheist’ sentenced to 2.5 years in prison</h1>
<p>Alexander Aan, 32, a Minang civil servant who was arrested for blasphemy after he declared himself an atheist on a social media website, was sentenced to two years and six months’ imprisonment and a Rp 100 million (US$10,600) fine by the Negeri Muaro District Court in West Sumatra on Thursday.</p>
<p>Alexander Aan, 32, a Minang civil servant who was arrested for blasphemy after he declared himself an atheist on a social media website, was sentenced to two years and six months’ imprisonment and a Rp 100 million (US$10,600) fine by the Negeri Muaro District Court in West Sumatra on Thursday.</p>
<p>Presiding judge Eka Prasetya Budi Dharma said Alexander had been proven guilty of defaming Islam and insulting the Prophet Muhammad through his Facebook account and a fan page titled Ateis Minang (Minang Atheist).</p>
<p>Prosecutors previously sought 3.5 years’ imprisonment without a fine for Alex.</p>
<p>“We considered he acted deliberately, as he did not delete [the information] after protestors reported it to police; whereas he, as an administrator of the fan page, was able to do that,” Eka said.</p>
<p>The judge cited several sentences deemed defamatory, such as Muhammad tertarik kepada menantunya sendiri (Muhammad was attracted to his own daughter-in-law) and Kisah Nabi Muhammad bersenggama dengan babu istrinya (The story of Prophet Muhammad having sexual intercourse with his wife’s maid).</p>
<p>Eka concluded, therefore, that the defendant had violated Article 28 of the Information and Electronic Transaction Law by spreading racial and religious hatred.</p>
<p>Alex said after the trial that he accepted the judges’ decision, adding that he regretted his actions.</p>
<p>In a written statement in February, Alex said he regretted his behavior and that he prayed for God’s mercy.</p>
<p>However, Alex’s lawyer, Deddi Alparesi, said his client would appeal.</p>
<p>“The fine of Rp 100 million makes no sense because no one suffered any financial loss in this case,” Deddi said, adding that the case should have been handled by the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI).</p>
<p>In January, Alex, then a civil servant in the Dharmasraya regency of West Sumatra, was arrested for blasphemy after creating the Facebook fan page, which was “liked” by more than 1,000 Facebook users. On the fan page, Alex, who acknowledges Islam as his religion on his identity card, said that he was an atheist of Minang descent from Padang, West Sumatra, which is a Muslim stronghold.</p>
<p>Alexander also declared that he did not believe in angels, devils, heaven and hell or other “myths”. </p>
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<p><strong>Since The Creator is also At-Tawwab (The Acceptor of Repentance), as well as Al-Afuw (The Pardoner), He has surely heard Alexander Aan’s Alexander offered apology on Feb. 5, 2012, and pleas to be forgiven by Him. Where the decision was obviously passed into the Hands of The Merciful Creator, the human judges preferred to ignore this, and passed down a sentence worthy of a common kangaroo court.</strong></p> Slutwalktag:4freedoms.com,2012-05-20:3766518:Topic:1022832012-05-20T20:30:32.579Zshivahttp://4freedoms.com/profile/shiva
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<p>Scores of women and children wearing colorful miniskirts and tight leggings gathered in central Jakarta on Sunday, outraged by a public official’s comments that provocatively dressed women are to blame for sexual assaults.</p>
<p>The protest was in response to remarks by the Indonesian capital city’s governor Fauzi Bowo, who said on…</p>
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<p>Scores of women and children wearing colorful miniskirts and tight leggings gathered in central Jakarta on Sunday, outraged by a public official’s comments that provocatively dressed women are to blame for sexual assaults.</p>
<p>The protest was in response to remarks by the Indonesian capital city’s governor Fauzi Bowo, who said on Friday that women must not wear revealing clothes to avoid being raped or victimized.</p>
<p>He quickly apologized, but his comments were publicized widely via local media and Twitter.</p>
<p>The rally called on police and the Indonesian government to do more to protect women and help the victims of sexual assault.</p>
<p>Women carried placards saying “Don’t tell us how to dress, tell them not to rape,” and “My body is not porn, instead it’s your dirty mind.”</p>
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<p>INDONESIAN lawmakers are drafting rules banning female MPs from wearing "provocative" clothing which they claim invite rape. </p>
<p><br/>Women's rights groups said they were outraged by the comments and called for a stop to the demonisation of rape victims. <br/><br/>"We know there have been a lot of rape cases and other immoral acts recently, and this is because women aren't wearing appropriate clothes," said house of representatives speaker Marzuki Alie. <br/><br/>"Women wearing inappropriate clothes arouse men, so it needs to be stopped. You know what men are like -provocative clothing will make them do things." <br/><br/>Refrizal, the deputy head of the household affairs committee, which is spearheading the new regulation, said that "miniskirts and skimpy clothes are an invitation to male lawmakers". <br/><br/>The move was also backed by two female house members who formerly worked as fashion models, local media reported. <br/><br/>"It's ridiculous that this is again coming from the mouths of prominent people with influence," said Action for Women Against Rape founder Chika Noya. <br/><br/>"We expect them to make regulations to protect women from violence, not condemn them for the way they dress." <br/><br/>The comments come just six months after the Jakarta governor, Fauzi "Foke" Bowo, made similar remarks, saying that a spate of rape cases on the city's public minibuses were triggered by victims' miniskirts. <br/><br/>He urged Indonesian women to refrain from wearing miniskirts on public transport. <br/><br/>His remarks prompted a protest in which women yelled the slogan "My miniskirt, my right. Foke you", referring to the governor's nickname. <br/><br/>The protest was inspired by the global "SlutWalk" phenomenon, which began in Toronto last year as hundreds protested about a comment made by a police constable that "women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimised".</p>
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<p></p> Indonesia: the rule of the street beats the rule of law - AGAINtag:4freedoms.com,2011-08-26:3766518:Topic:744042011-08-26T01:09:28.140ZAlan Lakehttp://4freedoms.com/profile/AlanLake
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<div class="container articleContentContainer"><div class="articleContent"><p>An Indonesian mayor is refusing to allow an embattled church in his city to open, saying that churches should not be built on a street with an Islamic name.</p>
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<p>The spurious argument is the latest attempt by Bogor Mayor Diani Budiarto to block GKI Yasmin Church, in defiance of rulings from the Indonesian Supreme Court and Ombudsman Commission.</p>
<p>The congregation has been holding services on the street – named Jalan Abdullah bin Nuh, after an Islamic leader from West Java – in front of its half-constructed church since its building permit was revoked in 2008. Bogor city chiefs, spearheaded by the mayor, have refused to comply with a Supreme Court order issued in December 2010 that the church be reopened.</p>
<p>Now, Mayor Budiarto has told Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi that a church should not be built on a street with an Islamic name.</p>
<p>Church spokesman Bona Sigalingging said that the mayor’s reasoning was unacceptable given that a number of churches were built on streets with Islamic names and mosques were built on streets with Christian names.</p>
<p>Ombudsman Commission chairman Danang Girindrawardana backed the church, saying that the Ombudsman’s recommendation was legally binding and that the street name issue was a “made-up excuse”.</p>
<p>Local cleric Muhammad Mustofa, after whose father the street was named, said that he has no objection to the church. But the congregation’s outdoor services have been opposed by local Muslims, who have disrupted their worship with demonstrations.</p>
<p>The home affairs minister was due to summon Mayor Budiarto this week to discuss possible solutions to the conflict. It seems likely that Mr Fauzi will side with the mayor out of concern to “maintain security and peace.”</p>
<p>Bogor city chiefs have tried to move the congregation to another building, but Mr Sigalingging said the church would not accept any offer of alternative premises:</p>
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<a href="http://www.barnabasfund.org/Church-cant-open-on-street-with-Islamic-name-Indonesian-mayor.html">http://www.barnabasfund.org/Church-cant-open-on-street-with-Islamic-name-Indonesian-mayor.html</a> Maldives: Swiss Couple wanted to marry, Preachers insulted them in their own Language (Taqyyia)tag:4freedoms.com,2010-10-30:3766518:Topic:301132010-10-30T05:19:44.000ZIndoeuropeanhttp://4freedoms.com/profile/Indoeuropean
<p>Mariage aux Maldives : <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3anLy3Hz9I&feature=player_embedded">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3anLy3Hz9I&feature=player_embedded</a></p>
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<p><strong>“Et maintenant infidèles, je vous déclare… porcs!”<br></br></strong><br></br>Tape sur nos systèmes , L’envie que tout le monde s’aime, Le soleil donne<br></br><br></br>Ce vieux désir super, Qu’on serait tous un peu frères , Le soleil donne …<br></br><br></br>Un couple de Suisses, partis célébrer leur mariage aux…</p>
<p>Mariage aux Maldives : <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3anLy3Hz9I&feature=player_embedded">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3anLy3Hz9I&feature=player_embedded</a></p>
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<p><strong>“Et maintenant infidèles, je vous déclare… porcs!”<br/></strong><br/>Tape sur nos systèmes , L’envie que tout le monde s’aime, Le soleil donne<br/><br/>Ce vieux désir super, Qu’on serait tous un peu frères , Le soleil donne …<br/><br/>Un couple de Suisses, partis célébrer leur mariage aux Maldives ont eu la désagréable surprise d’apprendre, après avoir posté la vidéo de la cérémonie sur Internet, que la bénédiction nuptiale n’était qu’un flot d’injures.<br/><br/>“Vous êtes des porcs” et “les enfants qui naîtront de ce mariage seront tous des porcs bâtards”, dit le maître de la cérémonie en maldivien traditionnel. Le mariage se déroulait à l’hôtel Dhivehi à Vilu Reef Beach & Spa Resort.<br/><br/>”Votre mariage n’est pas valide. Vous n’êtes pas le genre de personnes qui peuvent avoir un mariage valide. L’un de vous est un infidèle. L’autre, aussi, est un infidèle - et nous avons des raisons de le croire athée, il ne croit même pas en la religion des infidèles “.<br/><br/>Le couple souriant ne semble pas vraiment conscient de l’humiliation qui leur est infligée, et étrangement, aucun des hommes qui participent à la cérémonie, ni les employés qui tournent autour du mur de palmes ne semble surpris ou amusé par ses propos.<br/><br/>Le document, qu’on voit dans la vidéo, n’a absolument aucun rapport avec les lois du mariage aux Maldives. Les mots qui sont lisibles sur le document font référence à “l’emploi du personnel”, ce qui suggère qu’il s’agit d’un document sur le code du travail.<br/><br/>“La fornication a été légalisée conformément à l’article six, 1.11 du Code pénal”, chante l’officiant sur un air employé par les érudits musulmans. ” La fornication est fréquente chez les homosexuels. La plupart des fornications sont faites par les hommes », poursuit-il.<br/><br/>“Vous êtes des porcs selon la Constitution,” declare-t-il ensuite, solennellement.<br/><br/>Puis il poursuit : “Avant d’enc…ler un poulet, vérifiez que le trou est propre. Parce que les gens des pays d’où vous venez connaissent bien la saveur des trous du c… de poulet “, chante-t-il, avec les mains tendues vers le couple.<br/><br/>Cette cérémonie à coûté la somme de 1300 $ et l’heureux couple a pu obtenir de magnifiques photos de leur cérémonie de mariage sur fond de soleil couchant , moyennant un supplément de 440 $. La réservation de la suite nuptiale coûte en outre 400 $.<br/><br/>L’Islam est religion d’Etat aux Maldives. Aucun autre culte que l’islam n’y est autorisé, mais il est permis aux résidants étrangers de pratiquer leur religion s’ils le font à titre privé et en n’encouragent pas les citoyens à y participer.<br/>La consommation d’alcool n’est autorisée que dans les complexes touristiques situés hors de Malé, la capitale. L’importation d’alcool est strictement interdite de même que celle de tout matériel ou magazine qui pourrait être jugé “pornographique” par les autorités locales.<br/><br/>Source: <a href="http://www.bivouac-id.com/billets/video-mariage-aux-maldives-et-maintenant-infideles-je-vous-declare-porcs/">http://www.bivouac-id.com/billets/video-mariage-aux-maldives-et-maintenant-infideles-je-vous-declare-porcs/</a></p>