God Sent Floods To Punish New Year Partying!
Yup, that’s the message from one of the most ferocious fanatics in Indonesia!
After expressing my doubts about UK weather being Divine retribution for Cameron’s legitimisation of queer ‘weddings,’ my fair-minded approach on inter-faith matters requires I report on this!
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After another night of heavy rain plunged Jakarta into fresh miseries, all those humble Muslims in their flooded kampungs may be wondering what they’ve done to deserve this torment.
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- But good old Muhammad Al Khaththath, a man whose kill-joy credentials are impeccable, Hizbut Tahrir, MUI AND big boss of the FUI, DID warn them, after all.
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On January 1st, he foretold that enjoyment of New Year’s Eve would work ‘em woe, that the outrageous fire-works etc. provided for the populace by the Governor of Jakarta would….
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- …bring disaster on the city.
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The General Secretary of the Muslim Forum ( FUI ) , Muhammad Al-Khaththath, predicted that Jakarta would be buffeted by flash floods 16 days after the New Year Massive flooding would occur because the Provincial Government celebrated the New Year, which he called a massive sin.
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But before Al K starts dancing on his holy table, let’s just examine EXACTLY what he said.
“This is to give a warning to one and all of vast flooding to occur 16 days after you displayed a huge show of sin at 16 places on Jalan Thamrin, ” said Al-Khaththath, January 1, 2014. The floods would be of a scale never yet seen in Jakarta, so big they enter the President’s Palace and Governor’s Office..
So the floods would hit Jakarta on 17th January. They would be the worst ever. And they would enter both the Governor’s Office AND the President’s Palace! http://jakarta.okezone.com/read/2014/01/03/500/921182/ini-tanggapan-ahok-soal-ramalan-banjir-bandang-fui
Well, since SBY’s Palace is no more impervious to floods than my little house – which isn’t, actually, flooded (yet!) – he did get his stately feet wet. Not sure about the Gov, but quite possible.
However – January 17th?
Worst ever?
So, since God obviously doesn’t deliver inaccurate warnings, then evidently Good Ole Al K misread the message.
Maybe he miscounted the number of bandstands on the main boulevard, Jalan Thamrin ( Al, not God, that is!) He reckons there were 16, hence the 16 days till the descent of Divine anger.
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- Or maybe he just doesn’t like normal people very much, especially the Governor and the President, nor anyone else who likes to have a good time on a public holiday.





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