Selamat Hari Raya Idul Fitri 2020
Not so many this year are hitting the trail to their home-towns, far from Jakarta, and they will be missing their friends and families back in the hinterland.
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“Pak President asked all of us to work even harder and encourage communities to be more disciplined and officials to be stricter, so we can start going back to a normal life in July..”
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Good morning and good blogging.
I think these hooligans deserve a good flogging.
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Jemaah Ansharusy Sharia, which aims to spread leaflets about the ban on use of Christmas accessories by Muslims. In the leaflet, JAS forbids Muslims to help Christians who were preparing for Christmas.
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Outfit NEVER seen in ANY Jakarta mall!
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They also appealed to employers not to force Muslim employees to wear Christmas accessories. http://www.harianindo.com/2014/12/19/34805/fpi-meminta-agar-perayaan-natal-tidak-menganggu-pemeluk-agama-lain/
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My apologies Ross. I doubted you.
I could not believe that Matahari really did something as pathetic as making all those pretty girls wear trousers for a month.
Today I made a special trip to check your report.
Not a knee to be seen!
Are the other big department stores doing the same to their staff?
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FPI – sectarian hate-gang on the march in Jakarta
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Indonesia ‘Scholars’ Council
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An official with the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) has criticized the Jakarta Police’s call to curb the amount of Idul Fitri prayer convoys in the capital, alleging it as an attempt to “defy” and “belittle” Islam.
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Top ‘Scholar’ – “Amazing Muslim Advance in West Scares Islam’s Enemies!”
“If there are limited personnel for security purposes, they can work with Islamic organizations in Jakarta, instead of reversing silly policies that are not popular,” said Slamet. http://www.cnnindonesia.com/nasional/20170624154819-20-223954/fpi-gelar-takbir-keliling-meski-dilarang-polisi/
I used to like going out to watch the fun but the fun isnt there any more. Its faded.away.
After those horrible children were filmed chanting for Ahok to be burned I said it was not the Indonesia I knew. What are the Jakarta Police doing right now?
Watching over the FPI tabrik?
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…the local government has written to every food stall and beverage owner so that during Ramadan do not operate during the day in honor of Muslims who are running fast. But still many stalls reported residents remain open as usual….“All the food stalls that remain operational during the day during Ramadan will be disciplined, “said H Ummar S, head of Wonomulyo.
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Your final sentence, that question why the killjoys can’t stick to their religious practices and not keep trying to shove them down our throat, that is what all those whiners about Islamophobia need to answer, because we don’t force them to eat wile they’re fasting so why do they feel this burning need to force us to fast just because they sre.
I think that phrase about how it’s our duty to ‘honor’ their fasting so obnoxious because it’s not our duty at all. Who are they to tel us our duty?
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Aceh’s Mad Mullah – ‘Dancing is EVIL – It Involves Body Movements!’
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‘If we fasting Muslims want respect, let us also respect those who aren’t fasting.’
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Bigot brutes attack a food vendor for its crime of serving lunchtime snacks to hungry workers.
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You say it very well, Ross, how mean they are with stupid rules when the only rule should be rule we make for ourselves.
This is because fasting is CHOOSE not to eat, not order by scholar who think he knows God better then we do,
Same like stupid curtain.to make us not see eating. If we CHOOSE not to eat then we do not need stupid curtain to make us keep our promise to us.
Stupid curtain.and stupid scholar and stupid politician like so many in Aceh who will pretend to be holy but still corrupt and steal money from poor people.
I will fast because I can and I will and not because they make me.
You and everyone can fast or not, Indonesia is NOT Iran or Arab Saudi.
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Fascinated by the comments of Her Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador to Indonesia this week …
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In his first year celebrating the annual Muslim celebration of Idul Fitri in Indonesia, British Ambassador to Indonesia Moazzam Malik says he feels the traditions of joy for Muslims are not that different from those observed in his native UK.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/07/07/idul-fitri-tradition-in-ri-comparable-to-uk-envoy.html
As I prepare to go into town this beautiful Jakarta morning, I am looking forward to seeing the trappings of intolerance gone from fancy restos and humble eateries alike.
I refer of course to those offensive curtains erected in their windows, to which I made reference very recently.
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Those who do not fast must respect those who fast and vice versa, Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin said… http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/06/13/tolerance-and-mutual-respect-a-must-during-ramadhan-religious-affairs-minister.html
Lukman is of course correct, echoing a similar sentiment I’ve often quoted, the words of the late President Gus Dur.
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‘If we fasting Muslims want respect, let us also respect those who aren’t fasting.’
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If somebody wants to go from pre-dawn to dusk without eating and drinking, and manages to do so, I respect his or her tenacity, and would not seek to interfere in such acts of self-denial.
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Equally, anyone, of any faith, who wishes to eat and/or drink during those hours should feel free to do so, unmolested by either IslamoNazi thugs like the FPI…
… or by sectarian fanatics like those benighted local government regulators up there in darkest Serang, in Banten Province. Bigot Goon-Squad Bullies Vendor – Decent Indonesians Open Hearts AND Wallets!
Lukman again – “During Ramadhan, the holy month, we must reinforce and strengthen our tolerance, not only among the Ukhuwah Islamiyah [Islamic brotherhood], but also the Ukhuwah Wathaniyah [brotherhood of the nation],” he told journalists at the State Palace.
I like Lukman.
Even when I disagree with him, he is such a refreshing improvement on his predecessor, Suryadharma Ali, a politician so beyond the ken of normal folk…
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White-shirt fuhrer Rizieq with Ali.
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…..that he was prepared to accept awards from those afore-mentioned IslamoNazis. Good Indonesians Denounce ArchBigot Ali’s Latest Intolerant Outburst
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But it would be good if Lukman tried to be a little more pro-active. He could take a giant leap for fair play, tell his government colleagues to give up on kill-joy diktats which target those not abstaining from fun…
But even a small step would be progress of sorts, a ministerial exhortation to all the warungs, wartegs, restos and all eateries in Jakarta to remove those ridiculous pieces of cloth draped across their windows during Ramadhan.
They have two disadvantages.
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Second, and arguably more compelling, the silly little sheets are a condescending insult to every fasting Muslim who passes the place.
Those draped windows mock their tenacity and suggest their commitment to self-denial is as flimsy as the cheap cotton of which the curtains are usually made.
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As if the sight or smell of sate kambing or nasi goreng would bring them to break their fast!
Rather they should welcome such temptations, which can demonstrate they’re above mundane distractions.
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Back to Pak Malik.
“There are a lot of Muslims in London, and even if we are not the majority, we observe traditions that are similar to those in Indonesia, such as pilgrimages to family graves, gathering with family for meals and silaturahmi,” Ambassador Malik said on Wednesday.
Yes, Your Excellency, those are nice traditions, worthy of respect, and yesterday I sent out quite a few SMSes wishing various friends ‘Selamat Idul Fitri,‘ the local equivalent of ‘Merry Christmas,’ with which, despite the ranting bigots’ manic antics…
…they greet me in December.
But there are other very different ‘traditions’ here, like sectarian sticky-beak raiding parties…
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…which are staged not only by the white-shirt hoods but by tax-funded civic militia and the constabulary, which need to be STAMPED OUT if Indonesia wants to show the world that it’s a better place to be than the shariah police states in the Middle East.
It’s important that readers in Western nations should remember that their nations too face the intrusion of primitive intolerance.
We saw it in France this year…
…and we’ve seen this vile phenomenon in London too, maybe not in Harrow, where Mr. Malik grew up, but most certainly in Tower Hamlets, and elsewhere in England.
But then, she has some odd notions, hasn’t she?
Jakarta is a walker’s delight at this time of year.
No, I don’t means ‘Walkers’ as in my fave tv series The Walking Dead!
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Sensible foreigners do not emulate the hordes of Jakartans who flee the city for Ramadhan. Instead they make the most of it, a traffic-free trip into town on the buses, kopajas and angkots, then a nice long stroll in the pleasant leafy Menteng area.
But listen to a horror story that dominates conversation among the indolent spoilt-brat class this month.
…the “no maids” issue is a major part of the Lebaran season when domestic workers pack their bags after working so hard away from their loved ones for the whole year. Even before they leave, the prospect of the house without them brings on headaches.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/07/02/no-maids-hotels.html
Pathetic.
These little maids do not usually do jobs that require hi-tech skills. They do indeed work hard, cooking, cleaning, washing and ironing, and deserve all praise for their diligence.
But none of those tasks is beyond even the most dimwit rich b—-.
Heck, I’m a bloke! My lovely local warteg closed down on Saturday, for a week at least, everyone heading back to Tegal…
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…so it’s my time to boil spuds, open cans of baked beans, fry bacon and eggs, or seek out the few cheap eateries that remain open – and I’ve not found one nearby that matches the fine cuisine I can get for $1.50 at the place that’s temporarily closed.
If I can handle it, any slothful bint who spends all year lounging in fancy coffee shops in the plush malls can get off her idle ass…
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…and throw together a meal for her husband and her probably over-fed and pampered kids, who can also get stuck into household chores and get an idea of what real life is like.
Yet as somebody (name unlisted) wrote in the JP last week, such a simple matter is seen as a headache – the Sloth Family Jakarta will head off to hotels with attractive discounts and promotions: “No maids? Just check in!” http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/07/02/no-maids-hotels.html!
Thus they miss out on a golden opportunity to have a daily series of picnics, easy eats and each child given a mop or a brush and told to pull their (often considerable) weight!
Making a meal is NOT hard to do, and can even be fun, as when I got stuck in and made my own Christmas Dinner!
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My Christmas Dinner!
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I had to laugh at the JP anonymous writer’s turn of phrase – the career woman or housewife near to collapsing during the Lebaran season – as if serving up meals is somehow akin to slave labour!
Career women, who go out to work, will not be going out to work this week, so using the microwave won’t wear them out. But a lot of those ‘housewives’ use little pembantus, maids, to do all the housework!
And as for those awful stuck-up bints you see hanging about malls, with their kids in the custody of more little Javanese teen nurse-maids, trailing behind lazy mothers who can’t be bothered to look after their own children…
YUK!
My own life this week could be better. I enjoy having house guests…
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So I prudently hit Lotte Mart last week and bought enough of those cheap paperbacks to alleviate my solitude.
And I have blogging to keep me busy.
But a wee bit of housework? Big deal.
And the JP guy or gal makes the very good point, that maybe, just maybe, the people who have to behave like grown-ups for a change, looking after themselves and their families, will appreciate their pembantus more – and support those who campaign for a better deal for those over-worked and underpaid young ladies.
Bingo!
I first started reading your writings years ago on another blog and I think this topic was what you were writing about then. You hit a bulls-eye when you wrote this.
I see these bored and boring women in Senayan City Mall or Grand Indonesia mall and they are a disgrace to the whole idea of motherhood.
No wonder the children seem happier with the nursemaids than with mothers who don’t even get them up and dressed in the morning or give them breakfast.
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Couldnt agree more, Ross, except I also have gone out of town myself, I am as lazy as those women youre talking about.
But I dont have young children. If I had, I would be happy to be at home to look after them.
Have a nice holiday
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I do not understand all what you say because my English is not so good but I mostly know the meaning.
I have children and it is nice for me to take them out to the malls. I talk to them. We are happy family.
It is so very poor when I see egoist woman same like you say, no time to be with children only run round with rich friend.
It can make me angry but it is usual here for rich to not care about anybody.
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I like to go to mall with my children, hold the hands and eat together. I do not like to see rich woman sit only with other rich woman and I am sad for children sit only with servant at other table.
Rich here are mean and selfish. ,
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So sorry nobody is visiting you this week Ross. We will come back to Jakarta next week.
You can go to mall tomorrow, talk to all the rich people if they not angry to you.
I think they are funny cannot look after own family. Rich but not useful people.
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