Can’t Bekasi ‘Scholar’ Grasp That Respect Goes Two Ways!

Ramadhan is imminent.

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Sad to see that Bekasi, where I used to live ( it’s adjacent to Jakarta, though in the Province of West Java) and where I didn’t much like living….

Head-Scarfed Harpies Hurl Dung and Urine at Christians  

Bekasi’s Islamist Regime – ‘We Won’t Allow Religious Liberty If Bigot Thugs Object!’

…is in the news again..

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The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI ) Bekasi Regency, West Java (West Java), asked culinary business actors to respect Muslims who fast during the month of Ramadan by closing their businesses during the day.

.This request is addressed to culinary business owners, such as restaurants, cafes, restaurants, coffee shops, and the like.

In other words, the “scholars…”

Yes, them again, whose distinctive contribution to Indonesian society we have noticed time and again, from years ago….

Bali Hindu King – Don’t Kill Our Cows! Muslim ‘Scholars’ – Get Lost!! 

• Adam Created By Angel?” Islamist ‘Scholars’Call the Cops! 

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• Cops – “Islamist ‘Scholars’ Can Veto Religious Liberty” 

• Islamist ‘Scholars’ – “Don’t Complain if You’re Attacked!

  “A Wise And Noble Step?” Islamic ‘Scholars’ On Terrorist Unleashed In Indonesia!–

….right up till this very month….

Tolerant ‘Scholars’ – Set Shrinks & Cops On Pastor! 

…and will no doubt have cause to notice again!

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MUI Kabupaten Bekasi KH. Muhiddin Kamal Nawawi

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“I appeal to culinary business owners to respect the holy month of Ramadan by closing their business premises during the day during Ramadan,” said Secretary General of MUI Bekasi Regency KH Muhiddin Kamal in Cikarang as reported by Antara . , Saturday (26/3/2022).

https://news.detik.com/berita/d-6002138/mui-kabupaten-bekasi-minta-usaha-kuliner-tutup-siang-hari-selama-ramadan

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Why should anyone, not obliged by his or her creed to go without, be denied access to ‘culinary premises?’

Nobody’s trying to lure passing Muslims into self-indulgence!

And from a serious Muslim’s point of view?

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Where’s the merit, the spiritual discipline, in denying oneself foodstuffs if there’s no food available anyway?

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But who cares what I think?

My Indonesian readers might appreciate a report on a local voice raised in protest against the shut-down demand.

MUI Bekasi Usaha Kuliner Tutup Saat Puasa, Pandji Pragiwaksono: Jangan Mau, Beri Kita Cobaan Karena Ingin Pahala!

But I can do no better than quote the late President of Indonesia, Gus Dur, a revered Muslim scholar, who exalted religious liberty and tolerance.
He urged fasters to respect non-fasters!

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‘If we feel we are Muslims enjoying respect, let us fast with respect for those who are not fasting.’

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Another Jakarta Demo – By Nice Polite Muslims!

 After my look at the fanatics yesterday…

An Indian Devil? WFH In Jakarta?

…I am delighted to let my readers know of a demo by NON-fanatics, who, I have often explained, outnumber Islamists hugely here in Indonesia.

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The organisers were, like the fanatics, assembled outside the Indian Embassy,

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 Jajaka Nusantara’s peaceful demo
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…and according to detik. com, they represented the Jawara Jaga Kampung, from Bekasi, one of Jakarta’s satellite cities, where, coincidentally, I lived for about 2 or 3 years, ages ago.

These Muslims could not have been more different in their approach, no weird ranting about any ‘Indian Devil!’

The demonstrators actually brought along a cow effigy, to show their respect for the animal revered by Hindus.

These Indonesian Muslims may have much the same concerns, about how their co-religionists are treated in India as those characters we wrote about 24 hours ago…

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….but the demo coordinator, Aboy Maulana, made it clear they were in no way connected to the PA 212 mob.

https://news.detik.com/berita/d-5958460/bawa-sapi-jajaka-nusantara-demo-di-kedubes-india-jaksel/amp

Good on those Muslim guys who brought the cow to town.

They are a credit to their creed!

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Enjoy Your Ascension Day – But Never Forget Bekasi!

It’s Ascension Day and here in Indonesia it’s a public holiday – with lots of religions, we get lots of holidays!

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But it’s important not to forget that, while Christians, Buddhists and Hindus are recognised religions here, and the decent Muslims among the majority creed respect their rights, there is also a viciously intolerant element, which showed its snarling ugly face a few years ago…

Christ’s Ascension Day – Islamist Savages Pelt Congregation With Sewage, Urine and Rocks 

Head-Scarfed Harpies Hurl Dung and Urine at Christians 

Still There! Oppressed Christians Swelter In Jakarta! 

…and Islamist intolerance is not merely a past phenomenon, as the Hindus of Bekasi  found out this month once again.

Read all about that episode here… https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/05/07/plan-to-construct-hindu-temple-in-bekasi-met-with-protest.html

So no matter your religion, or even if you have none, pray that President Jokowi, now re-elected, to the fury of fanatics…

Anyone Up For ‘A Refreshing Jihad Tour?’ 

….will slap down the forces of darkness that prowl not only in Bekasi but throughout the archipelago.

Happy Ascension Day! But Don’t Forget Tambun Terror!

It’s Ascension Day, a public holiday here in Indonesia, and I’m waiting for a welcome visitor.

The sun is shining outdoors, and I hope my Indonesian readers of all creeds enjoy their day off work.

BUT…

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DON’T FORGET the Christians of Tambun, Bekasi, West Java, who are still unable to worship in peace at their own church, whence they were driven six years ago by filthy savages who pelted them with bags of urine and faeces…

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Pastor Palti

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“They assaulted the congregation members,” Rev. Palti Panjaitan told the Jakarta Globe on Thursday. “Police tried to talk to them, but the mob passed through police and showered us with urine and dirty water. Others threw stones at us.”
The mob reportedly attacked the congregation as the service started, and also shouted profanity and threats.

“Even after the service, which lasted one-and-a-half hours, the mob chased after us,” Rev. Palti said.

Christ’s Ascension Day – Islamist Savages Pelt Congregation With Sewage, Urine and Rocks 

…and who STILL, all these years later, worship in the street, across the road from President Jokowi’s Palace here in Jakarta.

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Still There! Oppressed Christians Swelter In Jakarta! 

So they will be in town today, or maybe Sunday, and while we we relax or gallivant, let’s not forget them.

 

Festival Durian, Bekasi, 30 September/1st October

Meanwhile, Back In Bekasi, Mob Burns Mosque Thief!

Spare a thought today for M.A., who unwisely, so it’s said, resorted to theft in Bekasi, that unspeakable place I lived in for three long years.

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Bekasi  ‘The Patriot City!’

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Identified only by his initials, this poor wretch allegedly stole three amplifier units from a mosque, and was spotted and pursued by ‘village residents.’ 

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/08/02/man-burned-to-death-for-stealing-mosque-amplifiers.html

I’m not necessarily appalled by a bit of rough justice where vile thugs who engage in violence, rape and offences against children are concerned, but…

He fled the scene, throwing himself into a nearby river separating Suka Tenang and Muara Bakti village…as he reached Muara Bakti, other residents were waiting for him. They beat him before pouring gasoline over him and setting him on fire.

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This is not a photo of the Bekasi incident but I imagine any person being burned to death looks much the same as this poor fellow

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MA died at the scene. 

The report says nothing about whether any of the ‘village residents’ may face punishment for this grossly disproportionate act of reprisal.

“We must not commit vigilante attacks like this because Indonesia has laws to deal with crimes.”

So said Bekasi’s Chief of Police.

But how many of the barbarous swine involved in other mayhem we’ve reported on, also in Bekasi…

Bekasi’s Islamist Regime – ‘We Won’t Allow Religious Liberty If Bigot Thugs Object!’ 

Christ’s Ascension Day – Islamist Savages Pelt Congregation With Sewage, Urine and Rocks 

Head-Scarfed Harpies Hurl Dung and Urine at Christians 

…have been apprehended and properly punished for outrageous mayhem?

If you allow one mob of uncivilised brutes violently to run amok, with apparent impunity…

– Christians Abused by Islamist Mob, Cops Fail to Enforce the Law 

…what else can one expect in the community concerned?

Garden Market, Bekasi, 10-16 April

Job for Career, Bekasi, 3/5 April

Xmas On Street For Victims of Indonesia’s Islamists

Even a God-awful newspaper can sometimes do something good.

That was my reaction when I saw that the Jakarta Post had reported on the Sunday service opposite President Jokowi’s Palace downtown, held by two congregations that have suffered and are still suffering persecution by the nastiest Islamist bigots in the land.

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Churches hold public service as reminder of their struggle

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/08/14/churches-hold-public-service-as-reminder-of-their-struggle.html

Mind you, as far as I know, these oppressed Christians hold such protest services every second Sunday, so while the JP’s interest is welcome, it’s a pity they don’t report on the shameful state of affairs on a twice-monthly basis.  

That report at the top of our page was published way back, several months ago. The oppressed Christians were there again today – I was in town but saw no sign of them, only to get home at 1.30pm and see on the internet that they planned a 2pm kick-off. 

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The churches concerned, GKI Yasmin and HKBP Filadelfia, are denied access to their places of worship by a combination of brutal fanatic gangs and local governments which either lack the guts to stand up for religious liberty or are in cahoots with the vilest jihadist elements.

Bekasi’s Islamist Regime – ‘We Won’t Allow Religious Liberty If Bigot Thugs Object!’ 

That report concerns Bekasi, one such local authority, but another, Bogor, also in West Java, right next door to Jakarta, has recently shown its continuing contempt for civil and religious liberty…  

Bigoted Bogor – City Seeks IslamoNazi Link-Up! 

…and its mayor, once described, in all seriousness, as a ‘moderate’ Muslim, has shown himself every bit as coldly indifferent to the rights of these poor Christians as his avowedly Islamist predecessor who kicked off their oppression years ago.

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 Bogor Mayor Bima Arya

X-Rated Xmas – Foul-Mouths Bully Christians, As ‘Moderate’Mayor Denies They Exist!’ 

As for the other church, HKBP in Tambun, our reports on what they’ve had to go through in recent years are horrific to read.

Christ’s Ascension Day – Islamist Savages Pelt Congregation With Sewage, Urine and Rocks 

Nor was that the only occasion these peaceful Protestants faced that sort of stinking barrage from a stinking rabble!

• Head-Scarfed Harpies Hurl Dung and Urine at Christians 

• But while IslamoNazi thugs and benighted local local bigwigs are deplorable, what’s most distressing, perhaps, is the national government’s failure to enforce the law – in GKI Yasmin’s case, a ruling from the highest court in the archipelago.
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• President SBY’s indifference to their plight was perhaps unsurprising, but I’m sure everyone who voted for Jokowi believed he was genuinely committed to the religious pluralism which was bequeathed to Indonesia by the nation’s founding fathers.
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• Alas, as the JP report reminds us, he has not ordered the police to take the side of justice, instead of, at best, choosing to act as an umpire between the persecuted and their persecutors – and that’s at best; in Bekasi, the cops have shown shocking attitudes…
• Cops Stop West Java Worship, Appease Islamist Louts Christians Abused by Islamist Mob, Cops Fail to Enforce the Law ‘Off With His Head!’ – Jakarta Cops – No Sweat on Murder Threat! 
• …and after the recent outbreaks of Islamist evil in other parts of the archipelago –Tanjung Balai’s Burning Temples – A History of Bigotry!   – a lot of people must be wondering what, if any, steps the President is planning to take to redeem Indonesia’s reputation.
• The very least he could have done today was walk across the street from his Palace and take the seat always reserved for him by these heroic congregants.

Well Done, Tito Karnavian – Collaborationist Cops Slapped Down!

It’s fair to say some of us have been concerned by the behaviour of Indonesia’s National Chief of police.

So Has Indonesia Come To This? Paradise Lost? 

But Tito Karnavian deserves a round of applause for telling two local top cops to back off from their seeming endorsement of a fatwa issued by the notorious fanatics of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI).

“I have firmly warned the Bekasi Police chief and Kulonprogo Police chief.  I warned them because it’s not permitted to issue circulars based on an MUI fatwa…”

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 Tito Karnavian

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“…an MUI fatwa is not statutory law that should be upheld. [The police] should not issue circulars that could become a legal document,” he added.

This is most welcome!

All too often in recent years we have read of the self-styled ‘scholars’ of the MUI using the police to enforce their opinionated outbursts.

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Adam Created By Angel?” Islamist ‘Scholars’Call the Cops! 

Cops – “Islamist ‘Scholars’ Can Veto Religious Liberty” 

 

Bekasi Police reportedly issued a circular on Dec. 15 while Kulonprogo Police released a circular on Dec. 17, in which both instructed owners and management of businesses not to force their employees to wear Christmas attributes.  http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/12/19/police-to-revoke-circulars-on-mui-ban-on-christmas-attributes.html

The MUI, as we keep reminding readers who may not be familiar with their record, are a benighted bunch, and again we offer examples to substantiate this description –.

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It was MUI’s Deputy Chair, Ma’aruf, who kindly advised everyone that FGM is a ‘human right!’  

 https://rossrightangle.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/clitoral-clip-no-scraping-suffices-tell-us-islamist-scholars-why-do-it/

And here’s another of their ‘scholars’ talking. 

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Syamsul Maarif,  General Secretary of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) Jakarta

“If the act of adultery is by a married person, then stoning is the sentence, while if unmarried, then it’s whipping,” he said.
 http://www.suarapembaruan.com/home/mui-dukung-pelaku-kumpul-kebo-dipidanakan/32705

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Clearly accepting moral guidance from such people is ill-advised, let alone allowing such extremists to lay down the law.

 Islamist ‘Scholars’ – “Don’t Complain if You’re Attacked!” 

Bekasi Police, alas, operate in a community infamous for its intolerance.

Head-Scarfed Harpies Hurl Dung and Urine at Christians

Again, previous posts here confirm that sad fact.

Bekasi’s Islamist Regime – ‘We Won’t Allow Religious Liberty If Bigot Thugs Object!’ 

Bekasi Bigots V Religious Liberty, Again! 

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And apart from anything else, the record of Bekasi Police themselves leaves a load of questions to answer about things they’ve done – or not done!

…here – Christians Abused by Islamist Mob, Cops Fail to Enforce the Law 

…and here – ‘Off With His Head!’ – Jakarta Cops – No Sweat on Murder Threat! 

As for the situation in Kulonprogo, I simply don’t know and need to check it out. Jogjakarta used to have a good reputation for religious tolerance, but recently…?