Who Needs Hijabs! Well Said, Indonesia’s Former First Lady!

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Indonesia’s Former First Lady, the widow of Gus Dur, who was forced out of office years ago, for reasons which are still debated but certainly included his commitment to religious liberty.

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He often spoke out, as when he took issue with fanatical Ramadan fasters who couldn’t handle the challenge to their spiritual discipline posed by the sight of non-fasters enjoying a simple meal.

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‘If we fasting Muslims want respect, let us also respect those who aren’t fasting.’ 

Such a contrast to savage bigots…

….like these FPI brutes in Makassar, attacking innocent vendors for providing meals for non-fasters!

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….has been agreeably maintaining her late husband’s tradition of talking sense.

A VERY Good Muslim Lady Breakfasts in Java! 

Sinta Nuriyah Wahid

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Indeed, she has never stopped doing do.

And she was at it again last week!

Do all Muslims have to wear the hijab? Not really. If we interpret the verse in the Koran correctly,” said Sinta.

https://muslim.okezone.com/read/2020/01/16/614/2153762/begini-pendapat-istri-gus-dur-soal-jilbab

We have in the past, and no doubt will again in the future, made it known that only the most narrow-minded sexist sectarians here want to impose scarfing and other mediaeval garb on Indonesia’s lovely  womenfolk. 

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‘Fathers and husbands, their private parts are YOUR responsibility’

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Both at home and abroad, people who know what’s what have said there’s no obligation involved. 

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It’s on the BBC! Bag-Head Bans Do Not Infringe Religious Liberty! 

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A VERY Good Muslim Lady Breakfasts in Java!

I missed this news item from a few weeks ago, but it demands attention, so people overseas get a fairer impression of Indonesia.

Sinta Nuriyah is a devout Muslim, the widow of President Gus Dur, who was not only Head of State here but an outstanding Islamic scholar – a real scholar, not one of those ranters we read about too often from the MUI.  http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Indonesian-Ulema-in-favour-of-female-circumcision:-a-human-right-26948.html

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• And she declared her intention to break her fast one morning last month with the victims of IslamoNazi persecution, the Ahmadi religious minority “Our Prayers Disturbed His!” Pluralism in Jokowi’s Jakarta?   in a show of solidarity with the oppressed.
• The event was inclusive of the mainstream Muslim body, the Nahdlatul Ulama, Ahmadis, Shia…also a number of religious leaders, Christian, Catholic, Hindu, Buddhist, and Confucian. In addition to maintaining inter-religious harmony, the event was aimed at helping orphans and people facing economic hardship….

A pity our current President Jokowi doesn’t invite some Ahmadis to join him for a similar event at his Palace downtown!

But it’s not just Sinta’s actions, but the location that stood out in the Tempo.com report. She was making her point in Central Java’s Wonosobo Regency, right next door to Temanggung, where, in fact, she’d stopped off prior to her Wonosobo breakfast.

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And that proximity highlights the kulturkampf that afflicts Indonesia’ Muslims – the Javanese tradition of live and let live, on the one hand – I often have Javanese Muslims as welcome guests in my home –  and, on the other hand, the determination by very unpleasant elements to Arabise the land.

IslamoNazi Slams Jew-Collaborating Fascists Who Say ‘Good Morning!’ 

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• Such elements seek to drag Indonesia into the dark realm of shrouded women, subjugated minorities and heinous crimes against so-called ‘apostates’ and ‘blasphemers,’ respectively people who think for themselves how they should or should not worship, and those who acknowledge that God is Great but religion should be open to criticism. .

Wonosobo has a deserved reputation for religious tolerance.  

But not Temanggung! A few years ago it was the scene of some of the most disgraceful sectarian mayhem Indonesia has witnessed. 

Filthy savages ran amok in blasphemous attacks on Christian churches, the spark for the primitives’ riot being a court verdict.

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 Statue of Jesus vandalised by blasphemous swine

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In a blasphemy case!

The poor guy in the dock had done nothing particularly serious, but the blood-thirsty bigot mob wanted him put to death!

And when the terrified judge issued the maximum sentence allowed, five years, they boiled over, their ugly hate made manifest all over town.

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The judge had to do a runner to escape their vicious vengeance!

You can read about it here   Islamonazi Church-Burning – Java Prosecutors Back Off Serious Punishment – Christians Fear to Protest   .

Security forces had to turn out in strength to restore order, but when the ring-leader was brought to justice, he only got a slap on the wrist, and is out and about again, no doubt still busily inciting hatred.  

And these sectarian gangster-groups are not above crossing provincial boundaries if there are innocent victims to be had.

So all the more should Sinta, an old and infirm lady, ever-ready to show good will to all and let her voice be heard, deserve applause for her decency and guts. Her late husband must be proud of her.

A cautionary tale for those who make unwarranted generalisations about Muslims.

http://ramadan.tempo.co/read/news/2015/06/20/151676791/sinta-nuriyah-akan-sahur-bersama-warga-ahmadiyah