‘Kota Setan?’ Devil City In Java? Fanatics Fume Over Festival!

Well, how many of you, dear readers, paid attention to recent comments emanating from the FPI, the self-styled ‘Islam Defender Front?’

None of you, probably, if you live overseas!

But here in Indonesia, ever since President Jokowi chose to share a platform with Habib Rizieq, the FPI ‘High Priest,’ one is surely ill-advised to ignore their utterances, however bizarre.

Rizieq, on the left, Jokowi, on the right

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And they don’t come much more bizarre than the latest outburst from the white-shirt vigilante gang’s Purwakarta gauleiter, Muhammad Syahid Joban.

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FPI’s Syahid Joban

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It’s not exactly the first time that Islamist fanatics have shown signs of stress over matters relating to that provincial city.

In 2011, a pack of sectarian louts went on a rampage of vandalism against various statues of legendary figures from the widely revered Ramayana pantheon… 

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Ignorant Islamist Bigots Attack Indonesia’s Heritage, Java Statues Wrecked. 

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Then in 2015, they got their (presumably white) knickers in a right twist about massive resistance to their activities by decent Muslims, when Rizieq’s appearance there had to be protected by police.

Bravo, Purwakarta! IslamoNazis Cower Behind Cops – Again! 

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This time that geezer Syahid was in a tizzy, railing at the popular and entertaining local regent, Dedy Mulyadi, because of a festival in the West Java city.

“Never participate in the Jurig Festival,’ ranted Joban.

Why?

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Jurig parade

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Well, it seems the cultural festival has been outrageously focusing on culture, not religion.

And one of the traditional carriages in the photo was allegedly used to bring a buffalo to a ‘polytheistic’ event. Joban was in the news last year, when he tweet-scolded Jokowi for having had the carriage to the National Palace!

http://www.panjimas.com/news/2016/08/13/ulama-purwakarta-pak-jokowi-kenapa-anda-bawa-kereta-jurig-ini-ke-istana/

Now the indefatigable extremist is yelping on the same cultural festival, again!

‘Religion comes first, then culture, not the other way about!’  

http://www.viva.co.id/berita/nasional/943299-fpi-sebut-festival-kebudayaan-purwakarta-cuma-bikin-gila

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Like, uh, why, we might be tempted to ask again!

But not, perhaps, if we read the Viva.com article all the way through.

It becomes clear that the white-shirts are still harping on their grudge against Dedy Mulyadi…

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Islamist Insanity – ‘He’s Married The Goddess of the South Seas!’ 

…which we’ve noted in the past!

The fanatics reckon Dedy nurtures hopes of becoming West Java’s Governor!

‘Don’t ever let that happen!’ says the Gauleiter, who wound up the rant by warning his fans not to fool around when it came time to choose regional leaders.

“Otherwise, Purwakarta will become a ‘Devil City!'”

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Ooooh! Scary!

Or….WOW!

Such a transformation might promote a different brand of tourism from that our in-coming Jakarta Administration is said to be contemplating.  

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Long Live the King…of Cirebon! IslamoNazis Told “MYOB!’

Delightful to read, on metrotvnews.com, that the Sultanate of Cirebon, in West Java, has ‘rejected the request’ of the IslamoNazi FPI, (self-styled ‘Defenders of Islam’) that the rather good Dedi Mulyadi, Regent of Purwakarta, be made unwlecome at his court.

There’s a big event, the ‘Nada dan Dzikir’ ( a Muslim religious ceremony) to be staged at the Cirebon Palace, to which the Regent has been invited. . http://jabar.metrotvnews.com/peristiwa/zNA800AK-patih-keraton-cirebon-tolak-permintaan-fpi-untuk-cegah-dedi-mulyadi
The link has a video.

The white-shirt gang’s West Java gauleiter, Dede Irawan, however, is continuing the vigilante thugs’ campaign against the Regent who has often ‘outraged religion.’

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Islamist Insanity – ‘He’s Married The Goddess of the South Seas!’ 

• That means he thinks for himself and also shows intellect and humour, both qualities abhorrent to sectarian hoodlums.  Hence they and their crackpot cleric buddies have ‘reported him to the West Java Police,’ said the FPI Gauleiter, after holding a meeting at the residence of the Royal Prince, Moch Qodiran.

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 Cirebon Palace

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HRH seems to understand civility rather better than the IslamoNazis. He ‘regretted the attitude’ of these organizations. According to him, the palace is open to anyone, including Dedi Mulyadi.

“We called Mr. Dedi Mulyadi, it should be appreciated, not prevented. The FPI’s problem is a private matter which should not be brought into the palace.” said Patih Qodiran.

But the bigots don’t recognise other people’s rights to conduct themselves as they see fit. 

“We will use a variety of ways, to prevent the presence of Dedi Mulyadi,” said Dede.

That’s despite a request from the palace spokesman that the FPI should not disturb the community…“If there are those who do not like this, just don’t come!”

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As a monarchist (not uncritical – I deplore that Brunei geezer Clean Up The Commonwealth – Kick Benighted Brunei Out! ) I find it encouraging that the sultans and rajas in Indonesia reflect traditional conservative values here, religious tolerance in particular, and show admirable resistance to the radical Islamist menace.

Cirebon’s a good example.

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Bravo, Purwakarta! IslamoNazis Cower Behind Cops – Again!

Always good to see decent Indonesians confront IslamoNazis, and this weekend it was the turn of Purwakarta’s Citizens’ Alliance, who turned out to challenge the white-shirt thugs’ ‘high priest,’ Habib Rizieq.

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Habib Rizieq (left) with the nastiest terrorist convict in the country, Abu Bakr Basyir (currently doing time!)

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• Apparently he had come to town to deliver a ‘religious lecture,’ but after his gang’s recent offensive remarks about the local regent…

Islamist Insanity – ‘He’s Married The Goddess of the South Seas!’ 

….thousands there felt his noisome presence was unwelcome, and  were out to voice their opposition.

A fine old-fashioned melee erupted, one member of the Islamist hate-group sustaining a sore head, and some of their vehicles damaged, but before the forces of darkness got the severe drubbing they richly deserve, the police and army showed up.

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Merdeka.com reports that, because they could not continue their journey, the FPI members then asked for protection from the Purwakarta Police.  http://www.merdeka.com/peristiwa/dikepung-ribuan-massa-di-purwakarta-fpi-minta-perlindungan-polisi.html

 And another sentence from another report, in Liputan.com, caught my attention.
‘The police then escorted the FPI to the location of the event and dispersed the crowd of Purwakarta Citizens’ Alliance..’  http://news.liputan6.com/read/2394133/fpi-bentrok-dengan-kelompok-massa-di-purwakarta

So once more these violent vigilante fanatics, ever-eager to inflict pain and terror when they outnumber their victims…

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IslamoNazi cowards hiding behind masks

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…display their gutlessness, just as they did when their infamous invasion of another Javanese community, Sukorejo, back-fired. Regular readers will recall that outraged citizens went after them when their gangster convoy mowed down and killed an innocent woman.

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IslamoNazis V Freedom-Fighters? – Some Chicken, Some Neck! 

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Typically, the low-lifes sought sanctuary in a mosque and cowered there till the police could see them safely out of town after nightfall.

I really do wonder at the cops’ attitude.

Do they not remember how many of their fellow-officers were hospitalised after the same bigot brutes ran amok in Jakarta?  Twenty Officers Injured – So Jakarta Cops ‘Negotiate’ With islamist Thug Gang?–

After the NU’s recent echoing of public demands to get this vile outfit banned altogether…A Festive Cheer For Muslim Sanity – Ban The IslamoNazis! …it might be better meantime, if the authorities won’t act, to let honest folk take care of business themselves!.

 

Islamist Insanity – ‘He’s Married The Goddess of the South Seas!’

Most of you, like me, lead lives concerned with enjoyment. It may be that you delight in your family, or your job, or sport, or party-going.

Or all of the above!

Life is short and it’s not a dress-rehearsal – apologies to those who believe in reincarnation, but that’s just how I feel about it. 

That’s today’s intro, but here’s something to think about. 

 

•  “So the water, the soil, the sun, the air become a composite, energy for the welfare of society without exploitation, because that people obey the law of nature is a certainty.”

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Wow! A bit heavy, but harmless, yeah? And anyone who propounds such ideas should not be harassed or hounded for doing so?

Pause for general agreement. Ooops!

Not in West Java, not even if the ideas come from a senior local government position, like Dedi Mulyadi, Regent of Purwakarta. He’s not only a notable but a thinker, and a writer, and he’s written a book setting forth his thoughts on the nature of life and the universe.

He seems to be a likeable chap.

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Good for him. Or not.

Because ‘some Muslims are uneasy.’ And ‘scholars are fretful.‘   http://nasional.tempo.co/read/news/2015/11/30/058723573/dilaporkan-fpi-ke-polda-begini-reaksi-bupati-purwakarta

So says the local IslamoNazi FPI chief, a ‘scholar’ himself.

The ‘scholars’ mentioned are hardly what normal folk think of as scholars. They are ulema, steeped in Islamist dogma but that’s where their ‘learned’ status stops. But even they don’t usually come out with the sort of rank hogwash we heard from one infamous Islamist bigot.

He has accused Dedi of secretly marrying Nyai Loro Kidul, the legendary Goddess of the South Seas.

SERIOUSLY!

Habib Rizieq (left) with the nastiest terrorist convict in the country, Abu Bakr Bashyir

• Guess who?

Yup, it’s the ‘high priest’ of the FPI, Habib Rizieq! 

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•  Hmm…A man could do worse!
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• Although large numbers of Javanese worship her ( and that ticks off the Islamists no end!) she doesn’t appear too often.
• Like I say, a legend. Locals don’t wear green on the Parangtritis beach, for fear she’ll take a fancy to them and carry them off, into her oceanic domain. 

No wonder Dedi’s laughing about that IslamoNazi berk’s babblings! 

But here’s where it gets beyond a joke.

In response to complaints from the white-shirt gang, West Java Police are investigating Dedi!

The report will be explored by the Special Criminal investigation team…

BORING.

Who gives a monkey’s if some Muslims or some Catholics, or Protestants, or Hindus, are uneasy. They should be told to take a chill-pill and grow up!

And if those dogmatic drones, the ‘scholars,’ are in a fret, that’s hardly news at all. The curmudgeonly old (and sadly young) ‘clerics’ spend much of their time seemingly searching for fret-producing issues, and invent them if they can’t find them.

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• Dedi’s book, for example, was published long ago, but only now has some sectarian sticky-beak stumbled on it as a whine-excuse. 

Nonetheless, when are the relevant authorities going to tell the nasty fanatics who infest this country that wasting police time is not just anti-social, but also a prosecutable offence – or should be.

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• Given the amount of real crime, not least shameless corruption in high places, Indonesia’s Police must have better things to do than investigate sane people just because demented dorks are in a tizzy about a book.

Alas, there is a pool of intolerance in this beautiful archipelago, exemplified by Gramedia, one of the largest publishing companies, which owns many media, including the pretend-pluralist Jakarta Post.

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 Gramedia’s Nazi-style book-burning

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The management of that collaborationist company grovelled despicably to the most mean-spirited jihadists only a year or so ago, revelling in a Nazi-style public book-burning.

Grovelling Gramedia’s Book–Burning Bonanza – Appeasing Fanatics 

The book’s ‘crime’ then was the same as Dedi’s book’s now – dissing religion.

 

Cloth Fest, Purwakarta, till 1st November