So that nasty old bigot Abu Bakr Ba’asyir had Habib Rizieq, former Fuhrer of the IslamoNazi FPI (self-styled ‘Defenders of Islam’) testifying on his behalf during a review of his conviction for involvement in terrorist activity.
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Rizieq
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- Hundreds of FPI louts crowded around the scene of the hearing.
Ba’asyir told the judges that based on Islamic rules, he was not guilty because he just carried out God’s orders. http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/02/09/abu-bakar-ba-asyir-asks-court-be-fair-judging-his-guilt.html

Time therefore to remind anyone who may have forgotten how vicious and intolerant the old beast is, captured on video, inciting violence against Australian tourists has been made public…
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…In the video, Bashir urges those in the village to beat up tourists that disrespect Islamic ways, saying, “If there are infidels here, then beat them up. Do not tolerate them.”
Later in the sermon, he likens non-Muslims to crawling “worms, snakes, maggots.” He also says infidels ruin moral values by exposing their skin at the beach.
Then he hammered home his hate-theme in words that expose his total rejection of the very concept of the Republic of Indonesia.
“Take a look at Bali”, he said.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-03-24/bakar-bashir-calls-for-violence-against-infidel/1081632

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- Bali is overwhelmingly Hindu.
NOT Islamic at all, so to demand that Islamic values be imposed on a Hindu island amounts to a sectarian assault NOT just on Aussie tourists but on almost the entire population of a non-Muslim province.
There’s a wider context that needs to be taken into account. Ba’asyir is hardly alone in his disrespect for Hindu culture and customs.
.That wasn’t Ba’asyir, nor the FPI’s Rizieq, but the state-sponsored MUI, the so-called ‘scholars’ of the MUI.
Dr. Shri I Gusti Ngurah Arya Wedakarna MWS III, President of the Hindu Center Of Indonesia and also Majapahit King of Bali, was seeking to open some closed bigot minds to a key tenet of the Hindu creed.
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Bali’s King
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“In respect of Eid 2012, I urge Muslims to avoid cow slaughter as a sacrifice. Maybe cows could be replaced with other animals. This is important, because in Bali, the cow is a sacred animal, and is also believed to be the vehicle of Lord Shiva. And the majority of Balinese people are adherents of Shivaism,” he said.
Muslims sacrifice animals at Idul Fitri, and most of them, for economic reasons, sacrifice goats. Here in Jakarta, cows too get the chop, but there’s absolutely no religious requirement to do so.

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- Anyone with even the tiniest knowledge of Hinduism, or even the tiniest respect for the multi-faith basis on which Indonesia was founded and is enshrined in its constitution, would have respected the king’s appeal.
But ‘anyone’ in this context clearly did not include the MUI.
The attitude of the Majapahit King of Bali to banning cow slaughter is damaging to tolerance in Indonesia, according to the Deputy Secretary General of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), Dr Amirsyah Tambunan. The Bali King has no appreciation of what Indonesia’s about..
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‘Scholar’ Amirsyah
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Amirsyah said that free speech is a cherished thing in Indonesia. However, in the case of sacrifices, the King must respect the religious rights of Muslims.
“In Islamic belief, slaughtering cows, goats and sheep is legal, whichever they can afford,” he said…“Other religions also have to respect Muslims (who believe cows are kosher )” he explained. http://www.hidayatullah.com/read/25607/25/10/2012/mui:-sikap-raja-bali-melarang-qurban-sapi-menodai-toleransi-.html
Yes, killing cows is legal, but NOT obligatory. In other words, they can disrespect the Hindu faith, but Hindus had better kow-tow to theirs.
If these bigots merely made such crass intolerant declarations, okay, most people would simply dismiss their outbursts as benighted arrogance and ignore them. However, as I say, the MUI is sponsored, funded, by the Indonesian Government. And their intolerance is enforced by that government’s security forces.
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The idea of debating matters of faith and religious observance – which most sane people would regard as a hall-mark of any civilised society – is alien to Islamist fanatics.
Why?
Maybe they’re incapable of theological argument.
Or maybe they just feel the rest of us have no right to challenge their sectarian diktats, a mind-set perfectly exemplified by Amidhan, MUI’s top man, a couple of years ago…
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…when he told people who felt non-Muslims should not have to comply with Islamist demands at Ramadhan..
And don’t let’s forget this fine fanatic fellow!
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Syamsul Maarif, General Secretary of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) Jakarta
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So don’t for a moment think that Ba’asyir’s thinking is unusually freakish,not here, not these days.
Indonesia faces a real danger – not so much creeping but galluping shariah. ‘Creeping Shariah,’ Warns Prof. Muhammed, As Jakarta Dims!
What’s happened this month in Bangka illustrates this process all too horribly, and I’m glad so many decent Indonesians, including many honourable Muslims, agree.
It is shocking that government officials always give in to the demands of hardline groups. There is a paradox in the way the government works so hard to eradicate terrorism, but gives free reign to those groups opposing pluralism and diversity. http://en.tempo.co/read/news/2016/02/10/314743742/Depriving-Ahmadiyah-of-Their-Rights
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Mort 20:58 on October 27, 2019 Permalink |
I was quietly composing my brief comment on American educational ruin, when this tremendous news came through.
I give it till midnight, your time or mine, before the nay-sayers find some excuse to start denying Trump credit, despite the way the media hailed Obama when Bin Laden was killed.
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Chrissie Miles 22:05 on October 27, 2019 Permalink |
Super duper day for America and the world!
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Lorne Marzio 10:06 on October 28, 2019 Permalink |
Wonderful!
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Keith Milner 11:28 on October 28, 2019 Permalink |
A pig-roast with the Devil turning the spit. Ilike that picture.
I thought Trump did a good job telling us about it, no mincing his words the way Obama would have..
Already though we have the left moaning because he was too pleased about Piggy getting the death he deserved
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