Another Fanatic Friday? Avoid Downtown!

The sectarian zealots are really making a meal out of their latest excuse for shuffle-strutting.

Arrest The Pastor!’ Demand By Top Jakarta Legislator!

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

To you and me, it might seem archaic to want a man arrested for what I, at least, regard as the mediaeval ‘offence’ of ‘blasphemy!’

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But we know there are bloodthirsty primitives out there, or at least out here..

Brutal Paris Beheader A ‘Hero,’ Says Jakarta Fanatic!

…who think arrest would be a mere appetiser.

Whatever you think, the fanatics will be causing traffic problems in Jakarta tomorrow, 25/3, so unless you have urgent business in town tomorrow, best stay home.

I was planning to go shopping for bacon…

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….but that’ll keep till Saturday.

What’s all about?

It’s that PA212 mob, who intend to stage a rally in front of the State Palace….

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…  to ask for blasphemers to be arrested.

OOPs!

Not just one alleged ‘blasphemer,’ not just the pastor, but Indonesia’s admirable Minister of Religion, Gus Yaqut…

Jakarta New Year Hope? Pak Gus Pondering Repeal? 

Yaqut Cholil Qoumas…

Indonesia – Fiery Fury Over Freedom Banners – But Good For Gus! 

..and verily an all-star cast!

“Arrest and imprison the religious blasphemers Yaqut, Saepudin, Abu Janda and others,” said PA 212 Chairperson Slamet Maarif. . 

https://news.detik.com/berita/d-5996320/pa-212-dkk-bakal-gelar-aksi-2503-minta-penista-agama-ditangkap

As usual, I ask why these people insist on calling for ‘thousands’ of their fans to show up on a Friday, a working day…

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…maximising inconvenience to normal commuting Jakarta folk.

Sunday would make more sense.

Naz Shah Exemplifies UK’s Enemy Within!

It’s been quite some time since I perceptively categorised Naz Shah M.P…

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Naz Shah

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….as a ‘deplorable extremist.’

I was then writing about one of Bojo’s worms…

A Typical U-Turning Tory Worm – Cambridgeshire’s Anthony Browne

.. who had once been equally perceptive..

In a passage about Muslim leaders warning the Iraq war could cause social unrest, he wrote:

“Whatever the merits or demerits of war on Iraq, it is hardly a national strength to have a large minority with such divided loyalties during war

…about the internal security…

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…of the United Kingdom, but who, in a truly Johnsonian Jellyfish manoeuvre, proceeded to trim like a back-street tailor.

I suggested then that a certain type of deplorable extremist had been rabidly upset by his original wise warning.

So when I saw Naz Shah’s name in last week’s spiked.com, under a headline about ‘blasphemy law,’ naturally I read that article very carefully.

It’s brilliant, covering not just the menace of sectarian intolerance, aka ‘blasphemy law’ – an evil one expects in Pakistan, not in civilised countries…

Do The Wicked Go To Pakistan When They Die? 

Sectarian Barbarism – Alive And Thriving In Pakistan! 

…but also the trans-freak war on free speech, which we have also written about…

Pro-Freak English Judge Rules -Truth Is ‘Offensive, Exclusionary!’ 

….and much else!

The essence of the spiked.com piece is the current nightmare fad for police state tactics…

….to cosset uptights against free speech, lest they incur ‘emotional harm’.

https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/07/07/no-to-naz-shahs-blasphemy-law/

I recommend you read it too.

But please also read what wikipedia usefully records about Naseem Shah (Urdu: ناز شاہ‎)’s record of liking, posting, and deleting tweets…

No to Naz Shah’s blasphemy law

… on such diverse matters as grooming and Winnie Mandela’s murderous inclinations, and note that even Comrade Corbyn felt a need to discipline her fanaticism.

Then make sure she’s on your list…

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…of the United Kingdom’s Enemy Within.

 

Evil Triumphs In Pakistan, Again!

A young Pakistani academic named Junaid Hafeez has just been sentenced to death for blasphemy, another shameful example of how primitive that country truly is.

It’s not like there haven’t been enough examples out of there already!

Land of Savagery – Expel Pakistan From the Commonwealth

Our coverage thereof has even caused the censorship flunkeys there to block access to our blog…

….so decent Pakistanis won’t be reading our latest condemnation!

Do The Wicked Go To Pakistan When They Die? 

Sectarian Barbarism – Alive And Thriving In Pakistan! 

I’m linking you to the Aljazeera report, so nobody can whine that our comments are based on ‘Islamophobia’ propaganda.

A court in Multan found him guilty and sentenced him to death on Saturday after a lengthy trial that saw frequent delays and transfers of judges.

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Hafeez has been held in solitary confinement due to security concerns since 2014 when his lawyer, prominent rights activist Rashid Rehman, was murdered.  Pakistani academic Junaid Hafeez sentenced to death for blasphemyt

If you read on, you’ll see that, even within the court-room, pig-ignorant savages felt free to flaunt their blood-thirsty sectarianism.

• The attack came after Rehman had been threatened in open court by religious leaders and lawyers associated with the prosecution.

• Obviously, ‘blasphemy’ should not be a criminal offence in any country that purports to be a democracy.

• But even where it is, only the most backward of brutes would call for alleged ‘offenders’ to be put to death.

• We have such here in Indonesia…

  Ramadhan In Jakarta -‘Kill Ahok,’ Sing Parading Child-Bigots!

  

  Ahok

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  …where even the excellent Governor of Jakarta was victimised, menaced not only by bigot brats but also grown men.

  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    

  Slouching Towards Shariah

• …but although, embarrassingly, decent people are prosecuted and, like Ahok ( yes, seriously!) found guilty, they are imprisoned, not slaughtered.

• Pakistan is a land where evil reigns.

• Even if Hafeez successfully appeals this savage sentence, it’s unlikely he’ll ever feel free to walk the streets again, much less go to work every day to earn a living.

• Unlike many, most, probably, of the so-called ‘asylum-seekers’ in Europe, who are in fact only eager to stick their snouts in Western tax-troughs, this young man deserves sanctuary…

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  Asia Bibi

  Bring Bibi Out Of The Hell-Hole! 

  ..just like that young lady currently living in Canada, whose quest for freedom we wrote about last year!

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New ‘Blasphemy’ Trial Set To Embarrass Indonesia?

The conviction and imprisonment of Jakarta’s best governor for years for the mediaeval ‘crime’ of ‘blasphemy’ certainly blighted Indonesia’s reputation across the civilised world.

It wasn’t just the process in the court but the vile sectarian hatred that made its presence felt, fanatics of all ages...

Ramadhan In Jakarta -‘Kill Ahok,’ Sing Parading Child-Bigots!

….shaming their country and their creed…

Ahok

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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    

Slouching Towards Shariah, Indonesia Jails Ahok! 

…inciting vicious violence, taking their cue from Islamist notables like the FPI ‘grand imam’ Habib Rizieq…

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• We encourage the government to process the death penalty for Ahok as soon as possible,” said Rizieq.
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…who in all seriousness suggested that quoting a verse merited the death penalty.

One might have thought the damage inflicted on Indonesia’s good name would have deterred even Islamist zealots from a repeat performance.

Or not.

Once appeasement claims one victim, its slavering appetite merely grows.

Hence last week I noticed the Friday traffic was worse than usual, and that may have been caused by the ‘Alumni Association or PA 212 and the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI)’ who assembled a mob of their fans to  hold a demonstration in front of the Criminal Investigation Police HQ.

https://kabar24.bisnis.com/read/20191213/16/1181036/fpi-dan-pa-212-demo-di-bareskrim-setelah-salat-jumat-ini-tuntutannya

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The rabble were howling about cases of alleged blasphemy by Sukmawati Soekarnoputri and Ahmad Muwafiq alias Gus Muwafiq.

This nonsense has been going on for more than a year and we have covered it already..

Blasphemy’ Traffic Jams, Again? Jakarta’s Latest Fanatic Friday! 

…and as we reported then, the uptights are still banging on about a poem written and recited by Sukmawati, one of the late President Sukarno’s daughters.

She was back then reduced to tears, publicly remorseful, though no rational person could see anything wrong with what she had done.

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Now, after a perfectly inoffensive speech last month- she allegedly compared Prophet Muhammad and Indonesian first President Soekarno as she asked who was the most meritorious figure for the country’s independence – the hounds are once more baying.

As then, the latest caterwauling comes from the gang calling itself PA212 , ( 212 alumni brotherhood) the very same that cheer-led the sectarian witch-hunt against Ahok!

The head of the 212 alumni brotherhood or PA 212, Slamet Maarif, said he had studied the context and content of the speech delivered by Sukmawati, comparing Prophet Muhammad with her father, Soekarno. He assessed that the remark was a blasphemy.

https://en.tempo.co/read/1279119/pa-212-calls-for-legal-process-against-sukmawati-over-blasphemy

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I suppose the next thing will be that mob shuffling a few kilometres – though they will likely, as usual, insist ludicrously on calling it a ‘long march’ – completely indifferent to the traffic chaos their extremist antics cause, howling for a trial.

Sad, really, and sadder still if the authorities give these ranters the prosecution they desire so deeply.

President Sukarno, a figure still much-revered by many Indonesians, must be turning in his grave.

He was a Muslim, as of course is his daughter, but he understood that this archipelago was and is a land of many creeds and never sought to enthrone religious bigotry.

 

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More ‘Blasphemy’ Nonsense In Iran!

I do not dabble in ‘Instagrams’ so have never heard of Sahar Tabar, but if she is into mockery of Angelina Jolie, she can’t be that bad.

Ms. Jolie is a pain in the neck, notorious for sniping at Donald Trump’s attempts to defend America’s border against the hordes of savages…

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…currently threatening illegal incursions.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/16/angelina-jolie-refugees-migration-crisis-donald-trump

But Sahar has just been arrested in her native Iran, apparently because the nasty tyranny there think she’s committed ‘crimes including blasphemy and instigating violence…’  

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-49952543

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If it’s true that she has had ‘dozens of cosmetic surgeries undertaken to resemble the American star,’ she may not be the sharpest knife in the kitchen.

But it’s fair to say that no matter how much she uglifies herself, she will never be as hideous as the sectarian intolerance that characterises the regime that misrules her country.

Iran’s Islamist Rape Regime – ‘Respected’ By EU’s Mogherini! 

 

Ayatollahs Unleash Sectarian Intolerance On Harmless Fashion Show! 

If there’s any substance to the charge of inciting violence, then by all means let’s hear it.

But any police state that drags people into court in the 21st century on the basis of ‘blasphemy’ accusations should itself be dealt with harshly in the court of world opinion.

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Yet I fear we’d best not hold our breath waiting for the Dark Age despots in Tehran to be summoned before the UN ‘Human Rights’ charade.

Where’s R2P When Iran’s People Need It? 

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I spent much of yesterday travelling, so now I’m back in Jakarta, missing those

Unrest in Indonesia – The BIG Issue?

Having lived in Jakarta or thereabouts for more than two decades, I have come to love the city, despite it’s frustrations, notably the traffic…

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..but I still use public transport, which has certainly improved over the years…

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…with the TransJakarta buses a big improvement on those old kopajas.

The bonus from using buses is that I get to talk to lots of local people and often see the same folks on the same buses they use every day to work or college.

One such is an undergrad guy, who likes to talk politics.

He used to say he was only interested in the subject academically, but he was impressed that I had once been a student anti-communist activist.

Like most Indonesians, he understands how evil communism is.

However, this month has changed him.

He just told me today that he had joined the turbulent demo last week!

Why?

Because he likes freedom.

Much media coverage has concerned the benighted moves to jail those ‘guilty’ of extra-marital sex…

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…which has been happening for thousands of years in every country but seems to get uptight old (and younger) windbags here terribly steamed up.

Islamist to Sexy Model: ‘Don’t Thank Me, Thank Allah!” 

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Especially when they’re caught!

Far worse, in my view, is the ‘blasphemy’ nonsense – various Western media have mentioned this as a cause of the rowdy unrest, but I cannot pin-point any specific alteration planned.

As if the law were not already quite oppressive enough, as shown by the imprisonment of Jakarta’s best-ever governor, Ahok, two years ago, merely for quoting a verse.

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Ahok

Slouching Towards Shariah, Indonesia Jails Ahok! 

Some malevolents even wanted to have him executed!

There’s also an imbecilic clause about insulting the head of state.

And there are issues about the campaign against corruption, which is at least as offensive to decent people as the Brussels/Strasbourg rip-offs are to the subjects of the EUSSR…..

“I’m Interested In…”“Oh No You’re Not,” Say Strasbourg Slugs! 

Brussels Lush Again – Your Taxes Pay For This Bum’s Booze! 

…which are not oftimes reported here, although local scandals are!

Beef Scandal – Islamist Fanatic Luthfi Jailed ‘Till the Cows Come Home!’ 

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I offer you a link with more details on the demo and the reasons.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/indonesia-protest-against-proposed-law-changes-criminal-code-11941522

So which did my commuter-pal object to most?

Not the so-called ban on ‘free-sex’ – ‘but you foreigners must beware,’ he laughed!

Nor the ‘blasphemy’ blather. ‘It will make no difference,’ he said, ‘Ahok never blasphemed but they jailed him anyway!’

Nor even the corruption issue. With a ruling class like ours, he shook his head sadly, corruption will never end.

NONE OF THE ABOVE!

My bus buddy wants to be free to insult heads of state.

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Not that he especially dislikes President Jokowi  – in fact he says the incumbent is ‘not a bad guy.’

But he savours what he reads about life in the West, where EVERYBODY insults every politician every day!

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If They Were Your Daughters? Merkel’s Never-Ending Evil 

And with good reason, I had to admit!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy Canada, Asia Bibi – But Beware Of Evil Savages!

That Pakistani Christian gal has now arrived in Canada…

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Asia Bibi

Bring Bibi Out Of The Hell-Hole! 

…so we hear, and she is exactly the type of immigrant the Dominion needs.

The more people who can explain to hitherto unaware Canadians the vile intolerance that permeates Pakistan…

Do The Wicked Go To Pakistan When They Die? 

Sectarian Barbarism – Alive And Thriving In Pakistan! 

…and every barbarous state that has codified murder as the penalty for ‘blasphemy’ in the statute books, the better chance of popular demands for the introduction of sensible migrant-vetting policies.

Unfortunately, too many evil savages have already got into Canada…

Keep Canada In The Dark? Who’s Huque Think He Is? 

Canada’s Girls Fall Prey To Turdo’s ‘Refugee’ Sex-Predators

…and the Turdo Government has taken no discernible steps to boot the SOBs out.

Drip Off the Old Block – Turdo Echoes Papa’s ‘Soft On Terror’ Stance 

Obscene Justin Turdo Grubs For Disloyal Sectarian Votes! 

Canada’s Enemy Within – Will Turdeau “Have To Look at The Root Causes?” 

Instead, that pretty-pretty pinko puke has doled out tons of tax-dollars to a convicted terrorist.

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Ten Million Bucks For Killer Khadr? Canadian Petition!

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…but…

The federal election is coming up soon enough.

Voters should pay attention both to Christians like Bibi and to decent Muslims like the man we’ve applauded over and over again?

“Arrogant, Mean-Spirited, Petty!” A Good Muslim Dissed By Bigots! 

Tarek Fatah is the best kind of Canadian.

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Tarek Fateh

A Muslim Voice of Reason – Khadr May Return, IF………!!!!  

 

 

Another Petition, For An Indonesian Christian!

I just received this from ICC…

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…so I am passing it straight on for readers’ consideration.

Anybody, anywhere in the world, can sign.

I would have passed it on to you anyway, but when I read that the bloodthirsty FPI vigilante gang were involved…

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…I do so all the more enthusiastically.

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Tell the Government of Indonesia to Release Martinus Gulo Who Was Imprisoned for Blasphemy

The Republic of Indonesia must immediately and unconditionally release Martinus Gulo, a 21-year-old Christian who was sentenced to four years in prison and issued a fine of 1 billion Rupiah (approximately 68,914 USD) for religious defamation. He will have to serve an additional six months in jail if he cannot afford to pay the fine.

Mr. Gulo was found guilty of blasphemy due to a Facebook post that insulted the prophet Muhammad under Indonesia’s controversial Information and Electronic Transactions (ITE) law. His arrest took place in March after the hardline group Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) reported his online post to the police.

Time for Action

Mr. Gulo’s sentence is an inhumane violation of universal human rights and only emboldens Indonesia’s radical Muslims to abuse the poorly worded hate speech law to discriminate against the country’s religious minorities. It is time for the Indonesian government to stand up for persecuted religious minorities, and free Mr. Gulo.

The government of Indonesia must not allow this kind of abuse and must guarantee human rights for all citizens.

How You Can Help

ICC is calling on the government of Indonesia to release Mr. Gulo immediately and unconditionally.

Sign the petition today to let the Indonesian government know that their abuse of Christians cannot continue. Will you join us?

Read the petition

Share with others!

Read the petition

Sign the Petition

Good On Ya, Scomo – Oz Protests Plan To Free Ba’asyir The Unrepentant!

Lukman

• I used to think Indonesia’s Religious Affairs Minister, Lukman Hakim Saifuddin, represented a great leap forward, and, compared to the intolerant bigot who held that job before him…

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Appointed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono earlier this month to run the new task force into pornography, Ali told reporters in Jakarta yesterday that a set of universal criteria must be decided. He added that, “one criteria will be when anyone is wearing a skirt above the knee.”

Har, Har, Har, De, Har, Har, Har! ArchBigot of Jakarta Speaks – No Comment!

…who could argue?

But Lukman’s pronouncements on the unleashing of convicted terror beast Abu Bakr Ba’asyir  “A Wise And Noble Step?” Islamic ‘Scholars’ On Terrorist Unleashed In Indonesia!– make me wonder, notably if he understands what forgiveness is all about.

Lukman has asked the Indonesian people to forgive what the Jakarta Post euphemistically calls the ‘firebrand cleric‘ – whom most people would describe as a vicious, villainous fanatic. The JP goes on to remind us that Ba’asyir is a terror convict believed to have been responsible for the 2002 Bali bombings. 

https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/01/20/he-is-really-old-religious-affairs-minister-asks-indonesians-to-forgive-baasyir.html

Even given that belief, some people might, depending how their minds function, be prepared to take a relaxed view of the jihadist fiend’s release, since, as an octogenarian, he will, sooner rather than later, be dead, and burning in Hell for all eternity.

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But even so…

Lukman’s call for ‘public support’ of  Jokowi’s decision is apparently founded on a misunderstanding of forgiveness, which ( in the religion I was raised in – Protestantism) depended on repentance. If somebody says he’s sorry, and means it, then you should forgive him.

Admittedly, I’m no expert on Muslim theology, but certainly here in Indonesia, Muslims who get together on Idul Fitri, Eid, after the Ramadan month, ask each other for forgiveness – mohon ma’af…

…for anything they’ve done wrong.

But Lukman simply says “Every religion teaches us to forgive even the sinful ones. [Ba’asyir]’s condition has weakened because of old age and illness, so let us forgive him.”

What, even if the sinful sectarian is not even a tiny bit sorry for the evil he’s done?

And THAT is why the concern expressed by Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison is so welcome.

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Australia’s PM Morrison

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If Ba’asyir the Beast had finally recognised what an affront to humanity he is, if he had promised to kneel down outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta in a public show of remorse for his foul words and deeds – heck, if he had disowned his monstrous ideology and sworn allegiance to the pluralist Pancasila principles of the Republic of Indonesia…

But another issue of the JP tells us exactly how sorry Ba’asyir is.

Ba’asyir, who is eligible to be released on parole on Dec. 13, insists on DEFYING a general condition of parole that requires him to express LOYALTY to the national ideology Pancasila, which is STIPULATED in Government Regulation No. 99/2012 on sentence reduction for inmates, including those convicted of terrorism….So [Ba’asyir] will be released unconditionally. His house will not be guarded by police. He can opine that DEMOCRACY IS A TRANSGRESSION (OF ISLAM) – We will let him…” (my capitalisation)

That was said by Jokowi’s lawyer who thinks it acceptable that that Ba’asyir would continue to insist that he ”would only obey God.”  

https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/01/19/lawyer-says-baasyirs-release-not-gift-from-jokowi.html

Of course none of these quibblings would be necessary if only Indonesia executed every terrorist, as happened, to general joy, when the Bali Bomb Pigs were shot…

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Bali Bomb Pigs

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A Man Called Ahok – Film Bagus, Tetapi… –

I got off my idle butt this week and went to the movies. With so many films available on cable tv, and dvds, I don’t go to cinemas nearly as often as once I did.

But this was different.

 

http://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2018/11/10/a-man-called-ahok-journey-from-childhood-to-prominence.html?src=mostviewed&pg=news/world

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If you want a traditional film review, use the above JP link.

I went to watch today because I admire the subject of the film tremendously, a very good, very decent, very human and VERY unjustly treated man.

Most people here know that Ahok was the best City Governor that Jakarta has had in many, many years.

Some people hated him, ignorant Islamist street scum…

Jakarta Jew-Haters Boo Chinese Christian Candidate 

…and high-powered extremist ‘scholars’ wanted desperately to see him brought down…

Jokowi picks Ma’ruf Amin, key expert witness on Ahok’s blasphemy trial

http://singchamindonesia.com/jokowi-picks-maruf-amin-key-expert-witness-on-ahoks-blasphemy-trial/

…one of whom is very likely going to be Indonesia’s next Vice-President, chosen for that position by President Jokowi, who paradoxically had once been very happy to have Ahok as his running mate when Jokowi was running as a gubernatorial candidate in Jakarta.

Ahok ended up in prison under the benighted ‘blasphemy’ law, an outcome which did dreadful damage to Indonesia’s reputation as a pluralist democracy…

Slouching Towards Shariah, Indonesia Jails Ahok! 

Despite the sickening sight of Islamist fanatics howling for his blood, to the bitter end, it has to be said that Ahok held the loyalty of MANY decent Muslims.

Their courage can be measured by the intimidation they withstood, some of which was mentioned in a Jakarta Post report….

During the gubernatorial campaign, some mosques called on Muslims not to hold funeral prayers for deceased Muslims found to have supported Anies’ contender, Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, who is a Christian of Chinese ethnicity.   http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/11/22/city-to-hand-out-rp-1-6t-to-mass-organizations-religious-institutions.html

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So while it was a fascinating, well-made film, it was a shame it did not cover the Jakarta chapter of his life, except brief allusions thereto at the very start and very end.

I suppose an honest account of the events and their denouement might risk the movie-makers facing similar benighted ‘blasphemy’ charges, if they reported on the harmless quip which ignited bigot fury.

My other criticism involves the English translation of the dialogues, which appeared throughout the movie.

Surely it would not have cost much to get it done properly.

Heck, I would have done the job for free, which might have improved the fluency and grammatical quality.