Typical? Jakarta Mob Orator Talks Embassy Arson!
“If they don’t get out of this place in three days, we’ll expel them ourselves. We’ll burn this embassy,” another protest leader told the crowd as he stood on top of a truck, vowing to stage further rallies.
http://jakartaglobe.id/news/protesting-islamists-threaten-burn-myanmar-embassy-jakarta/
Playing with fire? There’s something of an obsession with burning among certain elements in Jakarta.
We all read about sectarian savages demanding that former Governor Ahok be burned.
The protesters, most of whom were men dressed in white Muslim attire, were heard yelling, “We want a Muslim governor,” “Burn Ahok!” and “Kafir!” http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/10/14/thousands-hard-liners-march-against-ahok.htm
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Ahok only burned in effigy!
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Those blasted bigots didn’t get their way, but poor Ahok is now in jail thanks to the country’s ‘blasphemy’ law.
And of course there’s the infamous Gramedia book-burning incident, when the Jakarta Post’s publishers emulated Adolf Hitler by building a bonfire of books that upset Islamist fanatics.
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A pity the Jakarta Globe didn’t give us the name of the ranter who was heard shrilling about burning the embassy.
But at least they told us of the irresponsible threat to go lawless.
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The Jakarta Post, in contrast – http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/09/06/-thousands-of-muslims-protest-outside-myanmar-embassy.html
– made no mention of it.
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But given their Gramedia publisher’s enthusiasm for setting fire to harmless books, perhaps they prefer not to mention that sort of incendiary outburst.
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Santi, 
Deden, and 
JazPen are discussing. 
rossrightangle 
JazPen 12:50 on September 7, 2017 Permalink |
You always take every chance to refer to the Gramedia book burning.
Quite right.
Traffic was light last night so I think many Jakartans stayed out of the way because of the demo.
Its an ill wind.
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Deden 14:11 on September 7, 2017 Permalink |
Why do they think the embassy must go just because they say so?
I do not especially like Myanmar but it is not for mobs in streets to say what may be in Jakarta.
Why do we have elections and a government? We see so many mobs in Jakarta but most people stay away from them.so they do not speak for most people..
Why do the police not arrest this man who talks about burning buildings?
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Santi 22:23 on September 8, 2017 Permalink |
It is late for me but I want to write about this before I sleep tonight and say it is not good for people to speak like this.
We do not want any embassy or mall or anything burning in Jakarta. We saw this hate in 1998 and never want to see like it again.
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