Jihad Sin

Modern day jihadists are sinful, says a Central Sulawesi cleric.

Zainuddin Ali, the head of the Central Sulawesi branch of the Clerics' Council, (Majelis Ulama Indonesia, MUI), said on the 31st in Palu during a meeting with police that the concept of jihad as found in the Koran was no longer entirely relevant today.

In the time of Muhammad there were many infidels who waged war against Islam. But …

Comment by Julita: … (Hadeeth) Those jihad people and suicide bombers have …

Laskar Jihad

Dozens of former Laskar Jihad members are heading to Poso, Central Sulawesi.

Scores of former Laskar Jihad members left Surabaya, East Java, on the 29th en route to Makassar, South Sulawesi, and thereafter with the intention to head to Poso, Central Sulawesi.

The Laskar Jihad, or Holy War Force, was a paramilitary organisation formed in 2000, some believe with the backing of elements of the Indonesian …

Comment by Eagle: … who are against jihad. Make your death run away from …

Poso Jihad

… Javanese Muslim clerics were teaching their followers that it was legitimate to wage holy war, or jihad, against non-Muslims in and around Poso. He said that the clerics appear to believe that non-Muslims are planning attacks on the faithful in Poso. Anton said:

Their (the men arrested) motive is to get revenge and to wage jihad in accordance with the doctrines taught by their teachers from Java.
(Motif mereka melakukan hal tersebut adalah untuk balas dendam dan jihad sesuai doktrin yang …

Comment by Bin Camel: … butuh modal untuk jihad atau pengembangan Islam? Saya …

Southern Philippines Jihad

Abu Bakar Ba'asyir urges those bent on jihad to go to Indonesia's neighbour, the Philippines.

The head of the Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI) said on the 5th at a mosque in Kediri, East Java:

If you want to wage jihad don't do it here, but in the southern Philippines or Iraq.

He said this in speaking of the Bali bombers, Amrozi, Ali Ghufron, and Imam Samudra, saying that they were correct to wage jihad but that they …

Comment by Hassan: jihad is not needed in hell, everyone …

Al-Aqsa Mosque Jihad

… the seeds of hatred by hosting a seminar called "Al-Aqsha Haqquina" in which calls are made for jihad to liberate the Al-Aqsa mosque.

The Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem, the custodianship of which was granted to a Muslim Council by the Israeli government and which no non-Muslim may enter, was captured by Israel in 1967, in the Six-Day War. The mosque is regarded by most Muslims as the third most important site in Islam.

Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem.

H Ferry Nur, the leader …

Comment by jack_hartawan: Jihad means after you died you can …

www.Anshar.net & Chatroom Jihad

Some of the creators of the jihadist website, www.anshar.net, have been arrested in Semarang, and, it turns out, Imam Samudra is still busy directing the jihad from his prison cell, via internet chat rooms.

Agung Prabowo, 23, and Agung Setyadi, 31, were arrested for allegedly having helped maintain the now shut-down www.anshar.net web site, in which, among other things, instructions were given as how to go about …

Comment by Agusto: … participate in Jihad (religious fighting) in Allah’s …

Lebanese Jihad

… 4th August 44 men in Padang, West Sumatra had been recorded as having signed up for jihad duties under the banner of the Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia ( MMI ) and assisted by the Committee for the Application of Islamic Laws, Komite Penegak Syariat Islam (KPSI). Registration had opened on 31st July. By 8th August their number had grown to 57. To qualify as jihadists the men had to be of sound mind and body, have identification cards, and really wish to wage war for Islam, said …

Comment by Tomaculum: … definition of Jihad? What is the meaning of Jihad …

Tanzim Qaedat-al Jihad

… to be somewhere in Java, has claimed that he now heads a new organisation, the Tanzim Qaedat-al Jihad.

As we looked at in Sidney Jones's views on the structure of jemaah islamiyah, it appears there is some split in the organisation between those who want to continue the bombing campaign, and those who believe it harms the overall goal of the group, the establishment of an Islamic state in Indonesia and possibly in neighbouring countries. Noordin's claim to be the leader of this …

Playboy Jihad

The Islamic Defenders Front, FPI, have found new meaning in their lives with the publication of an Indonesian version of Playboy magazine .

While most of the time the young hooligans of the Front have little to do but sit about and read the Koran, pray, and knit, they now have a new mission, a new focus in their lives, all because of a tame fifties era version of Playboy.

Herewith we …

Jihad Recruiter Arrested

… The arrest of Subur Sugiarto has led to two further arrests, of Joko Wibowo, 25, with the jihadist alias of "Abu Sayaf", in the central Javanese town of Karanganyar, and Ibnu Pramono, 30, in Semarang. Both men were captured by the specialist police anti-terror unit Detachment 88. Small amounts of ammunition and a few weapons were siezed.

Wibowo is thought to be a friend of Malaysian terrorist Noordin M. Top while Pramono is said to have frequently lent his motorcycle to certain …

Presidential Debates

… to address on the issues, he formed a political platform called: Partai Masa Depan Indonesia Mandiri. This political party is still in its early stage of formation and it has not yet been registered or certified by the Government of Indonesia.

Comment by perseus: … is perpetual jihad. Every day you have struggle… …

Neighbourly Affairs

Posts split from Dating …

Comment by perseus: … get some serious jihad happening in the archipelago by …

Subversive Groups & Patriotism

… who are not fanatics but are usually very nationalistic?

With elections next year, this deserves scrutiny.

Comment by perseus: … some serious jihad in your archipelago to force the …

How to Catch Ms Bule

Perseus on white girls not going for Asian guys, and differences between white women and Indonesian women.

How to Catch Ms Bule

White girls (e.g. Australian girls) have a reluctance to date/marry Asian men. It is quite common to see a white guy with an Asian girl but less common to see a white girl with an Asian guy.

Why?

According to a blog discussion smh at the Sydney …

Comment by perseus: … Durka, durka, jihad, jihad! Methinks, Javanese …

Death Row Inmates & Debate

… rather than quail before local abolitionist/fanatic rantings, endorsed by the EU, Amnesty and Al Qaeda. Let’s hope he makes the right decision.

Comment by tomaculum: … so much about jihad and threats from f.e. Osama bin …

Islamic Olympic Games

Hosting the Islamic Games in Serang is Banten Governor Ratu Atut Chosiyah's new obsession.

The Governor of Banten province, Ratu Atut Chosiyah , fresh from playing host to a national Quranic recital contest, the 22nd Musabaqah Tilawatil Quran Nasional (MTQN) in Serang, has a new, she says
obsession

to make Banten the host of the Islamic version of the Olympic Games, for the …

Comment by Andy: … to war, waging jihad or any other form of bloodshed.

Seeds of Conflict in Papua

… brand of Christianity to the province, and this creates its own problems, he said. ranesi

Comment by Big White Infidel: … thousand Laskar Jihad (hiding in plain sight there) as …

Religion & Religiosity

Rima says religion and religiosity are to blame for much of Indonesia's, and the world's, troubles.

Why religion doesn't matter at all

Once upon a time, Indonesia was well-known in the world as a nation of peace, tolerance and religious pluralism. Other countries even made us their example, a country full of people with various religious beliefs, from various ethnic and language …

Comment by santana: … is compulsion as a Jihad. Here explains once seen how …

Good & Bad Citizens

Ross complains that the government is trying to restrict the activities of the wrong people, Ahmadiyah instead of Muslim militants.

Frozen Assets - good citizens in suspended animation

The decision last night to 'freeze' Ahmadiyah is sickening.

The FPI rants on, undeterred by the regime's 'too little, too late' incarceration of a handful of its most visible scum, a clearly …

FPI - Laskar Kafir, dikuasai Mossad

Keterangan mengenai kekerasan FPI di Monas, menyalahkan korban, pemerintah dan persekongkolan asing.

Pimpinan Tim Pengacara Muslim (TPM), Mahendradatta, mengatakan bahwa insiden Monas terjadi karena pihak AKKBB dengan sengaja memprovokasi dengan melontarkan kata-kata seperti

FPI Laskar Kafir dan Laskar Setan

Provokasi lainnya termasuk fakta bahwa parade AKKBB ilegal, tanpa ijin …

Comment by uhum: … kaum kafir alias jihad. Duh…..kacian deh loe pada. …

Blaming the Victim & Others

Explanations for the FPI violence at Monas, blaming the victims, the government, and foreign plots.

Ahmadiyah

Head of the Muslim Lawyers' Team (Tim Pengacara Muslim,TPM), Mahendradatta, says the Monas incident was caused by the AKKBB side making deliberately provocative speeches, saying such as things as

the FPI are Laskar Kafir (Infidels' Front) and Laskar Setan (Satan's …

Comment by timdog: … regards the CIA jihad in 1980s Afghanistan (the …

Insiden Monas, FPI & AKKBB

Video tindak kekerasan Front Pembela Islam saat parade kebebasan beragama di Jakarta, dan tanggapan Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Video pemberitaan serangan Front Pembela Islam (FPI) terhadap Aliansi Kebangsaan Kebebasan Beragama dan Berkeyakinan (AKKBB) yang berkumpul di Silang Monas, Jakarta menandai peringatan hari Kesaktian Pancasila tanggal 1 Juni. Sekitar 200 orang anggota FPI …

Comment by tomaculum: … berdasarkan Jihad. Jihad itu salah satu …

Purwakarta Church Burned Down

A church is burned down in Purwakarta, West Java by local people feeling slighted at the lack of response to their protests over its construction.

In Citeko village, Plered district, Purwakarta, West Java on 20th May a church run by the Abdi Karya Foundation (Yadika) was burned down in an attack by hundreds of local people.

The building had formerly been a tile factory and was in the …

Comment by RADEN: … the FPI laskar jihad, again your theory is at stake.. …

Amrozi Execution

… his days.

Once Amrozi is gone Mahendardatta says: inilah

That Rahma will carry on the jihad struggle, that is certain. But not as a terrorist, those who call Amrozi a terrorist, well, that's you people [journalists].

Execution

Meanwhile it seems that the execution of Amrozi, and fellow prisoners Imam Samudra and Muklas aka Ali Ghufron, will take place not in Bali but in Cilacap, and the time is drawing near. Says Abdul Hakim Ritonga of the Attorney General's Office: …

Comment by Kid Joe: … FAMILY and your JIHAD FRIEND Remember this before You …

FPI Murder Incitement Video

Video of "firebrand" FPI/Front Pembela Islam preacher Ahmad Sobri Lubis advocating murder.

The speech about the Ahmadiyah sect given by Ahmad Sobri Lubis to a gathering of the Islam Defenders' Front/Front Pembela Islam (FPI) in which he makes several incitements to murder.

…

Comment by Big White Infidel: … Tahrir, Laskar Jihad in Papua and the like. The lack …

Wag the Dog à la Indonesia

… place? Will tolerance resurrect and save the people from doom?

As always, we shall wait and see.

Comment by Cukurungan: … wait to die a jihadist so you can collect your 72 …

Impatient People

Impatient people in West Java province who can't wait for the banning of the Ahmadiyah sect.

Today the government's joint edict on whether to ban Ahmadiyah is expected, while some in the last few days have been rather impatient for it.

West Java

Police general Abu Bakar said on 21st April that West Java (see West Java's Tolerance Problem and Persecuted Churches for more on …

Comment by trane: … friends in Laskar Jihad). And then there are citizen …

Islamic-Western Civilization

Fatkhuri says Muslim and Christian civilization have much in common.

The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilization

The book written by Bulliet titled The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilization is a critique of Huntington's work on the Clash of Civilizations .

Islam & the West - Shared Heritage

Bulliet argues that Islam and the West have common roots and share much of …

Comment by Purba Negoro: … part of any Jihad- that’s the MUI view on things. …

Modern Day Witch Hunt

… was no one left to speak out.

Stop the persecution of Jamaah Ahmadiyah members! Defend Ahmadiyah!

Comment by Tony: … in a bullshit Jihad and when all is said an …

Representative Democracy & Islam

… engage in sort of consultation with the community they governed. Noah Feldman. ( 2004). After the Jihad. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, p 52 These features of early Islamic political theory provide the basis for all theories of Islamic democracy. Ibid p 52

Different from these facts, Islam was experienced in practicing such rules that tend to be repressive or authoritarian. This practice subsequently leads to the image that Islam, is not well-matched to democracy. This argument …

Bashir on Martyrs & Maggots

Some of Abu Bakar Bashir's village musings have Australians upset.

An Australian student, Nathan Franklin, who is researching Islamic boarding schools in East Java, is said to have filmed a speech/sermon given by Abu Bakar Bashir on October 22nd 2007, in which the cleric rails against "infidel" tourists in Indonesia.

Toothy.

The story is all over the Australian media, and to a …

Comment by HItam TApi CIna: … why not declare jihad to corruption in the government. …

Easter Militancy & Mayhem

Easter celebrations in Indonesia, a service in Bogor is broken up, mayhem in Atambua, everywhere else humdrum.

Illegal Service in Bogor

On the 22nd an Easter celebration at the Yohanes Baptista Catholic parish in Parung, Bogor, was broken up by a group of people claiming to be from a Muslim clerical organisation.

The 200-odd parishioners had set up a tent on the 6000 meter plot of …

Comment by dewaratugedeanom: … violence. The jihad of the sword has turned into a …

Banned Movie Promised Paradise

… Leonard Retel Helmrich on imdb.com
Interview with Agus Nur Amal
Leo Lumanto homepage

Comment by Lairedion: … talk about Islam, jihad, crusades etc. I do believe …

Carissa Putri & Melanie Putria

Beautiful young actresses Carissa Putri and Melanie Putria discuss their readiness for polygamy.

Party girl Carissa Putri, left.

One of the stars of the film Ayat-Ayat Cinta , which at least one wit has dubbed "Ayat Ayat Poligami " detik , the lovely Miss Carissa Putri, who plays Maria the Copt-turned-Muslim in the movie, says being in a polygamous marriage would be …

Comment by Agusto: … we should go jihad on them.

Fitna by Geert Wilders

… could be a possible date. For anyone interested bookmark www.fitnathemovie.com in your favorites.

Comment by barry prima: … the ruckus, my jihad will you. dewaratugedeanom …

Female Genital Mutilation

Foreign efforts to eradicate female genital mutilation.

United Nations

On February 27th ten United Nations agencies pledged to engage in a renewed effort to eliminate female genital mutilation (FGM), or female circumcision , within a generation.

UN Deputy Secretary General Asha-Rose Migiro said:

If we can come together for a sustained push, female genital mutilation can vanish …

Comment by Shloka: … Huji (Harkat ul Jihad Islamiah) carried out a series of …

New Order Relics

Whether the government should pay heed to fatwas issued by the clerics' council.

Politician and the principal of an Islamic boarding school, Salahuddin Wahid, said on 14th February that the government should not give any special credence or weight to fatwas issued by the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI).

This country is based on the 1945 constitution and the basic law.

The fatwa …

Comment by Bogalakon: Jihad was not a popular concept during …

Perang Salib

… agama atau menerima status 'dhimmi' yang memalukan. Lebih dari tiga abad kemudian, setelah jihad raksasa ini dimulai, masyarakat Kristen Eropa akhirnya membuat suatu tanggapan yang lambat - Perang Salib - dan berusaha untuk merebut kembali sedikitnya beberapa dari daerah yang hilang dari dunia Kristiani.

Pertentangan diantara Barat dan "Timur" dapat dijejak balik ke perluasan awal daerah masyarakat Muslim yang berdarah dari kampung gurunnya, bukan dari Perang Salib. Hal ini …

Jewish Conspiracy

Whether Valentine's Day is a Jewish conspiracy.

West Sumatra

Buya Mas'oed Abidin, the chairman of the West Sumatra branch of the Indonesian Clerics' Council (Majelis Ulama Indonesia, MUI) complained on 12th February that the celebration of Valentine's Day was proof that Indonesia was more and more subject to foreign, global culture .

We have to stop it, it's not appropriate in …

Comment by Aluang Anak Bayang: … have problem with jihad. I am promoting jihad for …

Media Self Censorship

President Yudhoyono asks the media to not report inappropriate news stories.

In a speech marking National Press Day on 9th February President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono asked journalists and media outlets to exercise self-censorship, given that the time of government control over the press is over.

He told about 500 journalists and media people present: waspada

I really …

Comment by Lairedion: … for murder, jihad and inciting violence. Many …

Diatas Tumpukan Abu Sejarah

… balik, membuat pertahanan terakhir yang putus asa, lari kembali ke abad ketujuh, selenggarakan jihad. Atau bersikap sekedarnya, meninggalkan kekerasan dan mengeluarkan pernyataan tidak berarti tentang pengrusakan anak muda oleh Playboy, berusaha menang sedikit dalam keadaan yang nihil. Atau menyerah, menerima perubahan zaman, bunuh diri. Pilihan yang tersedia tidak menarik karena proses penghancuran budaya lama tidak membolehkan banyak ruang untuk bergerak.

Artikel ini diterjemahkan …

Comment by Cukurungan: … selenggarakan jihad. Atau bersikap sekedarnya, …

Israeli Palestinian Conflict

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and Indonesia's relationship with Israel.

Visiting Israel

In early December of 2007 five representatives of Indonesian Islamic organisations, including Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama, travelled to Israel and met its president, Shimon Peres, their trip sponsored by the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the LibForAll Foundation.

Shimon Peres said he was …

Comment by Lairedion: … Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other terrorist groups with …

Terror Threat

… Tanah Runtuh district, has been smashed by police, rather brutally ( Poso Fighting & Poso Jihad ).

Radical Javanese clerics that had come to the town have either been killed by police, or have run away or been chased out of the area, twenty of the " Poso 29 ", the men most sought after for terrorism offences, have been caught, and some of them tried and jailed, without any backlash from the Muslim community, and the government is funding de-radicalisation programs and implementing …

Ahmadiyya

Ahmadiyah makes changes to its beliefs and avoids being banned by the government.

Continued from Religious Intolerance and Banning Islamic Sects .

No Ban

Pakem (Pengawas Aliran Kepercayaan Masyarakat, Overseers of the Peoples' Beliefs), made up of representatives of the Attorney General's Office, police, the State Intelligence Agency and the Religious Affairs Ministry, …

Comment by Miss Rufo Bashiruddeen: … ATTEPT TO DECLARE JIHAD AS ABROGATED. GO TO PAGE 5 OF …

Banning Islamic Sects

… as demos in a number of other cities, calling on the state to defend religious freedom. detik

Comment by agam: … Indonesia, Laskar Jihad, etc. mostly these groups were …

Gender Equity

Western aid agencies and their gender equity agenda in Indonesia.

Western Agenda

Said to be a commentator on public affairs, Ansari Yamamah, M.A., Lecturer in Shariah Law at Medan IAIN, said on 12th December that western NGO's and aid agencies were trying to impose their own ideas of gender equality on Indonesians, as well as western conceptions of terrorism, human rights, and …

Comment by raden: … / laskar jihad / etc. We should prepare to see …

Djoko Santoso

General Djoko Santoso warns students about foreign agents.

Army Chief of Staff General Djoko Santoso said on 10th November that there were many foreign secret service agents and agents provocateur in Indonesia who attempted to recruit, in particular, university students.

Djoko Santoso.

Speaking to a group of students in Magelang, Central Java, he warned:

There are a lot of …

Comment by naga: … trained the Laskar Jihad (Maluku) and Kompak (Central …

Military Conscription

Whether Indonesia should introduce military conscription.

The proposed revision to the Reserve Forces Act (RUU Komponen Cadangan), put forward by the Department of Defence and which will go before the parliament in early 2008, contains clauses that will make Army training or service compulsory ( wajib militer, wamil ) for all citizens aged 18-45.

Ifdhal Kasim of the Human Rights …

Comment by Pakmantri: … for “komando jihad and mudjahedeen” and future …

Bahai

… leaders. Four others refused to change back to Islam, while the seventh did not turn up. antara

Comment by Mohammed Khafi: anna, Jihad, simply means struggle, it can be …

The Youth of Today

Janma wonders about the spirit of nationalism among young people today.

Janma wonders about the spirit of nationalism among young people today.

Many Indonesians (and indeed many of us here on IM!) have been taking a rather dim view of Indonesia and Indonesians of late. It sometimes seems that Indonesia as a nation, besides it's sterling reputation as a recruitment ground for …

Comment by Janma: … to go to Palu for Jihad mission. He said if you want …

Al-Qiyadah Al-Islamiyah

Mini theocracy in Bogor and Padang.

MUI Fatwa

On 4th October the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) issued a fatwa against the "Al-Qiyadah Al-Islamiyah" sect, which is led by Ahmad Moshaddeq, real name Salam.

MUI Chairman, Ma'ruf Amin said the sect had grown rapidly since 2000 and that since July 23rd 2007 Ahmad Moshaddeq had been claiming to be a prophet after he spent 40 days and …

Comment by Cukurungan: … blow people up, jihad version of Islam is more damaging …

Ramadan Fasting

Video of an FPI raid on people not fasting for Ramadan.

This Ramadan, without much variation on last year , some militant Islamic groups, mainly in West Java and some of the more Islamically austere parts of the other islands, have attacked places selling food, and people eating in them, during the daylight hours, while Muslims are supposed to be fasting.

These news reports show men …

Comment by dewaratugedeanom: … and its notion of jihad can do to people. A ‘holy’ …

Stoning

Indonesians are divided on the question of stoning people to death for extra-marital affairs.

1200 people were surveyed by the Indonesian Survey Institute, LSI, 88% of them Muslim, and asked to agree or disagree on various statements or questions. lsi

Public Policy

The government should punish adulterers by stoning them to death. - Yes 43%, No 48%, Don't Know 9%. …

Comment by Raden: … 4 milion potential jihad bombers that are ready resources …

Women in Mosques

Women are not allowed in the Sultan mosque in Ternate.

Women & Their Unholy Voices

While almost all mosques in Indonesia allow women to come inside and pray, although they have to sit behind the men, the Sultan mosque in Ternate, North Maluku (Maluku Utara, Malut) ( map ) is unique in forbidding women from entering.

Djafar, a local figure, explains:

Only men can pray in …

Comment by Augusto: … you rather wage jihad and issue some killing fatwas on …

Batam Radio

The Batam airwaves are often a mix of foreign and religious content.

What is broadcast on the radio stations of Batam island ( map ) has frequently been raised in the media of late, with specific concerns related to foreign use of Batam airwaves.

Falun Gong

In May of 2007 Chinese embassy officials complained that the station Radio Era Baru 106.5 FM (Xi wang zhi sheng, New Era …

Comment by Aluang Anak Bayang: … Introducing JIHAD and arouse controversy after …

Metro TV Xin Wen

Ross on Metro TV's Chinese-language news service, Xin Wen.

The Metro TV Chinese-language news reported on the APEC conference in Sydney on its morning news. What did Metro show the Indonesian viewers? None other than the President of Red China making his speech. But Indonesia's own President, SBY, attended that gathering.

Jakarta's Metro TV is quite a young channel, which has …

Comment by Tinkerbell: … understand. Jihad on standby. Peace. If you …

Put Downs & Insults

Australia insults president Yudhoyono.

Golkar parliamentarian Yuddy Chrisnandi said on 9th September that Australia had insulted president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the APEC summit in Sydney by placing him in the back row of the final photo shoot.

Regardless of our critical stance towards the president, as loyal patriots we want the president to be respected as the leader of the …

Comment by dewaratugedeanom: … ISLAM THROUGH JIHAD. I don’t know if you are …

Batak Church Attack

A Batak church in Tangerang, West Java is attacked.

On 2nd September a house used as a church in the Pondok Sukatani Permai housing estate, Sukatani, Tangerang ( map ), western Java was damaged in an attack by about 300 Muslims.

One report says about 200 people were in the house attending a regular Sunday service when a crowd of 300 surrounded the church and demanded that the service …

Comment by dewaratugedeanom: … and the pretext (jihad) that justifies their deranged …

Live In Programs

… which is owned by the family of Muhammad Najib Ghoni, usually called Gus Najib.

Mission & Jihad

Gus Najib says the program has helped lessen his suspicions about Christianization :

Maybe from living-in I can find out whether Christianization is really happening, I can see how Christians get their funds and whether it is true they get back-up funds from the West. I used to think that was happening, but they welcomed me and they answered every question that I asked. I even sat …

Mixed Religion Marriages

Four ways you can possibly get around the law against mixed-religion marriages.

Some time ago Law Professor Wahyono Darmabrata of Universitas Indonesia (UI), Depok, suggested four ways those of mixed faiths could marry, they being:

by court order
marrying according to each partner's religion
submitting to your partner's religion for marriage purposes, but without converting …

Comment by Odinius: … belief (see: jihad) and those who commit violence …

Rebecca Soejati Reijman

Singer Rebecca Reijman falls afoul of Islamic law in Aceh.

Singer Rebecca Soejati Reijman, who is from the Netherlands, was performing on stage in Banda Aceh on 26th August in front of 4,000 people in support of the Jakarta-based band "Nidji" when the head covering that she was obliged to wear in the sharia-law province got caught in the wind and fell off, revealing her head, and the hair …

Comment by Augusto: … and jihad: …

Sharia Application

Sharia can be applied without making Indonesia an Islamic state.

Fuad Amsyari of the Crescent Star Party, Partai Bulan Bintang (PBB), said in Jakarta on 21st August that the basic form of the state, Pancasila, did not need to be changed in order that sharia be applied. Instead, every law that was made could incorporate Islamic law.

It was a mistake to think that sharia application …

Comment by Augusto: … voluntarily wage jihad for the cause of Allah against …

Pasuruan Bomb

Fish bombs, or terrorist bombs.

A very powerful bomb exploded in a house in Pasuruan, East Java on 11th August killing three people and damaging 15 houses.

Initially many suspected that Islamic terrorists were responsible, believing that the house in which the bomb exploded was being used for storage of materials and a terrible accident then occurred, or even that a deliberate attack …

Comment by Aluang Anak Bayang: … Allah who perform Jihad to elevate the word (laws) of …

Islam & Pork

Pig and pork eating issues in the news in Sumatra.

In early June 2007 a housekeeper in Medan, called Risma, who comes from Palembang, reported her boss Andi (50) to the police for forcing her to eat some pork meat.

The case excited some passions in Medan, easily understandable for those who have noticed the visceral disgust and loathing that many Muslims have whenever pork appears in …

Comment by dewaratugedeanom: … during their great Jihad. The system of mathematics they …

Learning Islam

Indonesian Muslims still have some way to go in learning Islam.

The minister of religion, Maftuh Basyuni said on 4th August that Islam did not teach violence or radicalism, and radicalism could not be allowed to flourish Indonesia because most people were opposed to it and it had no basis in the Quran. He advised people to not only read the Quran a lot but to learn it and understand …

Comment by dawud farquhar: … of this greater jihad, the ulema of Islam remark …

Islam & Terrorism

Islam has no relationship to terrorism.

Australian ambassador to Indonesia Bill Farmer said on 23rd July that the various acts of terrorism around the world in recent times had nothing to do with Islam. He told Antara reporters: antara

I can't see any relationship between Islam and terrorism.

He said he had learned this after having lived in Indonesia for some time.

I …

Comment by Aluang Anak Bayang: … will be global jihad (as it is happening now), and …

Heretic Outreach

The government reaches out to heretics.

The head of the Bengkulu office of the Department of Religion (Depag), Mukhtaridi Baidjuri, has invited any members of non-orthodox Islamic groups to give up their strange beliefs and return to the fold of government approved Islam .

We are inviting them to return to the correct teachings, ie., those based on the Quran and hadiths of Muhammad. …

Comment by dewaratugedeanom: … come just to wage Jihad, like dogs biting the hand that …

Javanese Terrorists

The Javanese are more likely to become terrorists than other ethnic groups.

Professor Azyumardi Azra, a liberal Muslim intellectual and former rector of Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN; State Islamic University) in Jakarta, said on June 23rd how surprised he was that most terrorists in Indonesia were of Javanese origin, given the fact that the Javanese are often not known for their …

Comment by Shiva: … view than that of Jihad vs. Crusades Shiva is a Hindu …

Violations of Human Rights

Sharia, caning, and violations of human rights.

IAIN professor of Islamic law in Banda Aceh, Ar Raniry Al Yasa' Abubakar, says:

There are some concerns that Islamic law violates human rights.

The application of sharia in Aceh was not yet complete or perfect, he said, and still needed time, and besides it represented the will of God.

In Indonesia this is the first time sharia …

Comment by Dragonwall: … adopting? Pro Jihad? Moderate Islam? Socialistic or …

Individualism

… They have to understand that Indonesia is a pluralistic country, there are many religions, and jihad is not synonymous with war, swords, and violence.

Meanwhile, in the little village of Donoharjo, Ngaglik, Sleman, Yogyakarta, a kind of party was held on 22nd June in which residents celebrated the capture of several suspected terrorists in their village a week before. About 200 villagers attended and said the Muslim recitation of faith, "there is no God but Allah", as a form of thanks …

Abu Irsyad, Zarkarsih

… that is as emir or not. But we have to find a good emir to lead the spread of Islam teachings and jihad.

Previously, in 1997 he studied Islam in Sasda/Saddah, Pakistan and in the following year he underwent military training at camp Udaidiah in Mindanao, southern Philippines, graduating second to Nasir Abbas. metrotv antara

April 21st 2008. Zarkarsih was sentenced to 15 years prison for terrorism offences. antara

Comment by Arema: … (because reading jihad websites) was captured before he …

Hardline Islam

… professor at Sunan Kalijaga Islamic University in Yogyakarta. Farish told a conference titled "Jihad Revisited - Shifting Dynamics of Radical Movements in Indonesia Today", in Kuala Lumpur that Indonesian hardline Islam was in a "cooling down" phase, and was weak.

Farish Ahmad-Noor

He said that since the disbanding of the paramilitary group Laskar Jihad the words and political manouverings of such figures as Jafar Umar Thalib and Abu Bakar Bashir rarely gained attention in …

Sunday School

A Sunday school/church in Bandung was raided, the pastor's wife beaten and images of Jesus smashed.

Robby Elisa, a Christian pastor, in the Gading Tutukan housing estate, Katapang, Bandung, West Java, was playing host to a few people, mainly children, on 3rd June when a number of people came to the house and accused Elisa of holding an illegal religious service.

The visitors then broke …

Comment by Mohammed Khafi: … actuall based on Jihad, Struggle in the way of Allah, …

Anti Australian

Governor Sutiyoso and anti-Australianism and street thuggery.

Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso while in Sydney, Australia was visited at his hotel room by Australian Federal Police (AFP) over the inquest into the deaths of the "Balibo Five" in East Timor. (see also Yunus Yosfiah )

Ross writes this opinion piece about protests against Australia and street thuggery in general, called " Brutes …

Comment by Tomaculum: … accident or by jihad bombing or by military violence) …

Pagan Rituals

Indonesian Muslims are urged to defend their practice of Islam against accusations of paganism.

The leader of the Clerics' Council, Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI), for Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB) province in the east of the country, Syaiful Muslim, warned Muslims, particularly those on the islands of Lombok and Sumbawa, to be on guard against beliefs brought by people from the middle east. …

Comment by Cukurungan: … asked anyone to do Jihad and other extreme religion deeds. …