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. …

Village Field Trip

President Yudhoyono visits a village and is not happy with what he sees.

The Jakarta Post says that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on 20th May suddenly descended on Karang Tengah village in Sentul, Bogor, to have an intimate look at the daily lives of villagers.

First he visited a petrol stall/kiosk owned by one Rohman Husein. Yudhoyono said he was bewildered that petrol was …

Comment by Teng: … school Lashkar Jihad I, Yudhoyono was surprised to see …

Islamic Leaders

People trust religious leaders the most and view religion as the basis of nationality.

A survey of 1,173 people carried out by the Islamic and Sociological Research Center (PPIM), Pusat Pengkajian Islam dan Masyarakat, at the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University in Jakarta (IAIN) asked respondents who they trusted the most detik :

religious leaders - 41%.
the …

Wiranto & East Timor

There was no genocide or serious human rights abuse in East Timor.

(Retired) General Wiranto, former commander of the Indonesian military and the founder of the Hanura Party , said in Jakarta on 5th May to the East Timor Commission of Truth and Friendship, that there were no serious, systemic human rights violations in East Timor immediately before and after the 1999 independence …

Comment by Purba Negoro: … to die in whatever Jihad we invent against the arrogant …

Zarima Mirafsur

… FPI lawyer Sugito says the Front Pembela Islam regards the matter of getting Nikita back as "jihad", and says Zarima's rights as a mother have to be defended.

We will get that child back by any means, but peaceful means. We will ask the police to help but if they don't help we will send in our men.

Another FPI lawyer, M. Hidayat Imran, said he was aware of Ferry's determination to keep Nikita but threatened him that the FPI could bring more men out than all of Ferry's money could …

Comment by Abul: … Nikita back as “jihad” I found myself chuckled …

Muhammadiyah

Muhammadiyah comes in for some criticism.

Muhammadiyah is holding its annual conference in Yogyakarta and the organisation, the second largest Muslim social group in the country, has come in for some criticism.

At the opening of the conference (Tanwir Muhammadiyah) on April 26th president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono complained that Muhammadiyah was not doing enough in the economic …

Comment by Ihaknt: … I being fatwa? or Jihad?

Violent Video

… a new upsurge in violence, this time of a different, more "professional" nature. About 7000 Laskar Jihad volunteers arrived in Poso from Java and attacked and burned whole villages in the largely Christian hinterland of the town. By December 2001 peace talks began and the resulting Malino Declaration was signed that month.

Here is the video - once again, it is very gory and violent.

Shia Islam

Pressure on Shia Islamic groups in Indonesia is growing.

On 10th April in Sampang, Madura island, East Java, the home of a Shiite cleric was attacked by a mob of more than 100 people. The attackers carried sharp weapons and attempted to enter the cleric's home but were prevented from doing so by police. No-one was hurt. metrotv

Still in East Java, but on the mainland, on 20th April …

Comment by Purba Negoro: … the very worst= Jihad. Shiite do not correctly …

Boy & Girl Caned

An amorous young couple in Aceh are given the lash.

Two romancing university students, a boy, Nuriadin bin Ismail (22), and a girl, Devita Citra Putri binti Ismail (21), were caught together in a boarding house room on 6th February 2007, subject to a citizens' arrest by local people, and then handed over to the religious police, Wilayatul Hisbah , and they were then charged with …

Comment by Cukurungan: … Martyr who died in Jihad War, the Famous Cleric and …

Arab Imperialism

… Habib Rizieq, threatening George Bush with death.

Habib Mohammad Rizieq Shihab (see Playboy Jihad, FPI, Garda Bangsa, & Gus Dur, Habib Riziq Beats a Retreat, Bush Visit Opposition, Bush's Blood Halal ) of the Front Pembela Islam, Front for the Defence of Islam (FPI), is interviewed and Habib answers this question:

Where are you from?

by saying Yemen, even though he was born in Jakarta. Stephens then goes on to detail some of the more memorable antics of Habib and …

Christianisation

Christianisation through sodomy, hypnosis, and kidnapping is rampant in Indonesia.

It is often heard that Indonesia is subject to a process of Christianisation, one example being an old article by one Herry Nurdi in Sabili magazine - "Alert! Christianization is Attacking Campuses" (ALERT! KRISTENISASI MENYERBU KAMPUS), the word "attack" having the sense of "in great numbers" or "stampede", …

Comment by Arema: … the polygamy and jihad verses based on this, a lot of …

Baywatch Bikini Party

… Doing anything of an overtly sinful nature would be like committing suicide, he said. jawapos

Comment by Agusto: … we should wage jihad and issue a death fatwa on Pam! …

Islam is for Arabs

Two Javanese men fall foul of the law for saying Islam is an unwanted Arab import.

In the town of Pasuruan, East Java two men, Rohim or Rochamim and Toyib were taken to the police station by angry local residents on 10th April because of Rochamim's dangerous ideas about religion, to which Toyib had become a follower.

Rochamim says that Islam is an Arab religion and has nothing to do …

Comment by Aluang anak Bayang: … where I promoted Jihad War at home or anywhere. Cuk, …

Biblical Law

Laws based on the bible in Papua.

The regency government of Manokwari in West Papua (West Irian Jaya) is considering enacting laws based on the Bible.

Specifically there are said to be ranesi proposed laws against alcohol and prostitution, regulations on dress and worship, including bans on the display of symbols of a "certain religion", and bans on the building of houses of worship …

Comment by Tomaculum: … of the laskar jihad come and make a call on …

IPDN, Institut Pemerintahan Dalam Negeri

Violence and sex at the Institut Pemerintahan Dalam Negeri.

The Institute of Public Administration (IPDN) campus in Jatinangor, Sumedang, West Java, the training ground for the civil servants of the internal affairs ministry, has been rocked by two scandals of late, one serious and the other frivolous.

On April 3rd Cliff Muntu , a junior student from North Sulawesi, died after …

Comment by Suhada: … religious sermons. Jihad become the stigma of Islam. …

Anti Islam Video

Police are hunting down the makers of an anti Islam video.

In Batu, Malang, East Java, a recording was apparently made using a handycam and then copied onto VCD format by a Christian student group called Lembaga Pelayanan Mahasiswa Indonesia (LPMI) at the Hotel Asida between 17-20 December 2006 which is said to contain scenes which insult Islam in some uncertain way.

The Lembaga …

Comment by Angie: … Islam, there’s jihad, which wikipedia, Britannica …

South East Sulawesi

… 39,300 Hindus, and a paltry 913 Buddhists. depag John T. Sidel says in Riots, Pogroms, Jihad that the absence of conflict is not necessarily a good sign for a society - it may or may not mean that the dominant group is simply very successfully repressing minorities, to the point that nearly all sections of the dominant group feel content with the situation and therefore have no need to lash out and attack, while minorities are suitably cowed or intimidated as to not make too …

Indonesian Muslims, & Jews

Visitor Askan asks whether Indonesian Muslims are congenitally hostile to America and Israel.

Hi everyone here.

I've visited this site before, and as someone with a high level of interest in both East Asia and the Islamic world and had some questions about the country I've always wanted to find answers to.

First off, when did so many Indonesians become such a "pan-Arabic" …

Comment by e askan: … http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/012144.php …

Tamsil Linrung

A PKS politician is prevented from boarding a flight to Canada.

Tamsil Linrung was prevented from boarding a Cathay Pacific Airways flight to Canada, leaving from Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta international airport on March 21st, because, so it is said antara , airport authorities had been informed by US embassy officials that Tamsil was an undesirable passenger. He was part of a …

Comment by riccardo: … FPI, DDI, Laskar Jihad and the militants of both the PKS …

Popular Maj

Popular magazine, as compared to Playboy.

While the editor of Indonesian Playboy magazine, Erwin Arnada , looks set to be imprisoned for about two years for publishing pornography, the makers of the much older magazine Popular still look safe despite the slightly more raunchy nature of their offering compared to the tame as can be Playboy.

Comparisons:

Playboy:

Front cover …

Comment by Bas: … laskar Jihad executives and politicians and …

Jafar Umar Thalib

Jafar Umar Thalib of Laskar Jihad regrets the use of religion by terrorists.

The former commander of Laskar Jihad (Holy Warriors' Force) says the use of religion as a cover for the activities of terrorists was more of a threat to Indonesia than the Communist Party once had been.

Jafar Umar Thalib

He said Poso and Ambon had become centres for the spreading of radical, violent religious teachings. The …

Comment by Odinius: … he consider laskar jihad to be for Christians in Ambon? …

Beheadings Trial

… Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in the Philippines he had heard stories that it was customary for jihadists to attack security posts and kill soldiers as a form of Lebaran charity for Muslims, at the end of Ramadhan. Sanusi then asked him whether such Lebaran gifts could also be given to Muslims in Poso. Things were different in Poso, Hasan said, but he would think about it. mediaindo

Hasan thought about it for a while and at some later point he is said to have gotten the idea of …

Comment by Czeslaw: … bodies. Is this a jihad in the name of the great Allah? …

Religious Tolerance

Even during the Crusades Muslims had religious tolerance.

Former president Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur) says during the Third Crusade in the 12th century Muslims and Christians had no hate for each other even while they were fighting, as evidenced in the relationship between the two opposing commanders, Saladin (Salahuddin) and King Richard the Lionheart.

Speaking in Kediri to a …

Comment by Aluang anak Bayang: … is primitive. 11. Jihad against infidels. Hardly …

Militants

On dealing with militant Islamic preachers.

Maruf Amin, the head of the Fatwa Commission of the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI), admits there are still a fair number of militant Islamic preachers and fanatics who preach the "war verses" from the Quran and encourage hatred of non-Muslims.

Maruf was speaking in Jakarta on the 9th in respect of statements made by the visiting Islamic Affairs …

Comment by Agusto: … goal and jihad is the ultimate way! It’s …

Islam and Chinese

… Islamic trading, and then missionary, networks.

What's more, as John Sidel in Riots, Pogroms, Jihad says, the first waves of Chinese migrants to Indonesia in the 15th & 16th century soon assimilated into Indonesian society, (Cheng Ho was one who specifically encouraged this), and as with the Baba Chinese of Malaya, Chinese mestizos in the Philippines, and Sino-Thai lukjin in Siam, locally born Chinese in Indonesia soon took up most of the linguistic, cultural, and religious …

Aceh Sharia Non-Negotiable

Sharia in Aceh is non-negotiable, says a young cleric.

Faisal Ali, the head of "Rabithah Thaliban", an organisation of Islamic school students in Aceh, says the issue of sharia is not a "political commodity". Speaking in response to criticisms voiced at an international conference in the capital Banda Aceh of the implementation of sharia and whether it was really desired by the people he …

Comment by Cukurungan: … Indo moslems to do Jihad protecting their home land and …

Long Road to Heaven

The Bali government bans the film "Long Road to Heaven".

Long Road to Heaven , a film that tells the story of the lead-up to the October 2002 Bali terror bombings at Kuta, has been declined a rating by the Bali censorship board and therefore cannot be shown on the island.

Long Road to Heaven.

I Gusti Ngurah Gede, head of the island's film censorship board, said of the banning of …

Comment by 1ndra: … civilians. Jihad? They might not have read Quran.

Security Forces

… enough, but raises real questions of who is on whose side. It evokes memories of the way Laskar Jihad terror gangs were allowed to operate in Maluku some years ago. There have been reports that Gus Dur's presidential orders to interdict those vicious thugs were flouted, but nobody has been brought to book for such insubordinate and irresponsible behaviour.

If part of the security forces is not with us, then the logical corollary is that they are against us - and I can distinctly remember …

Comment by Ivan Rizki: … like laskar jihad, front pembela islam are backed …

Combating Terrorism

… adding that so far the terrorists had often misunderstood Islamic tenets such as the matter of jihad. Jihad was not about fighting western countries, he said, such as those supporting the US, Israel and the Jews, by the use of extreme methods.

The use of "hard power" against the terrorism problem, such as attacks on countries thought to be harbouring terrorists, would only make things worse, he said, a more civilized and soft approach was needed, such as a program of de-radicalisation …

Comment by Cukurungan: … beliefs about Jihad in the Islamic tenets. Thaghut …

Political vs Cultural Differences

Indonesians are dubious as to whether the differences between Islam and the West can be resolved.

A Globescan poll conducted between 3rd November 2006 and 16th January 2007 for the BBC asked 28,389 people in 27 countries whether tensions between Islam and the West arise from ordinary political disputes and interests or from fundamental religious and cultural differences.

The questions, …

Comment by Tomaculum: … Like: Islam is jihad. Or: Western is immorality (read …

Habib Umar

A visiting cleric from Yemen worries about the state of the Indonesian Muslim clerisy, and Abu Bakar Bashir.

The head of a delegation of eleven Muslim clerics from the region of Hadramaut in Yemen, from whence many of those of Arab descent in Indonesia hail from, Habib Umar bin Hafiz bin Sheikh Abu Bakar, said during a meeting with hundreds of his Indonesian counterparts at the Lirboyo …

Comment by Dedi turmudi: … eg, Komando Jihad, Talangsari Way Jepara, Warman …

Anti-Chinese Violence

Anti-Chinese feeling in Indonesia, 1996-1999.

Jemma Purdey, in Anti-Chinese Violence in Indonesia, 1996-1999 , suggests that the anti-Chinese violence which periodically occurred prior to May 1998 had its origins in the policy of the Suharto government of marginalising the ethnic Chinese population, restricting them to certain, mainly business, roles, and portraying them as uncaring and …

Comment by Cukurungan: … ” Global Jihad against Big Sattan”. The big …

Densus 88

The name of Densus 88 should be changed to Densus 5000, says Abu Bakar Ba'asyir.

Densus 88, or "Special Detachment 88", of the Indonesian police force charged with anti-terror duties, Detasemen Khusus (Densus) 88 Anti Terror , has aroused the ire of some Muslims recently because of its increasing success in capturing terrorists and militants.

The head of the Mujahidin Council, (Majelis …

Comment by Mohammed Khafi: … of FPI, and Laskar Jihad. Had the Acehnese wanted to …

Basri

… group and attended religious services. Many of the preachers came from Java, he said (see Poso Jihad ), and he mentioned the names of Mahmud, Rifki, Yahya, Iban, Afid, Said and Sahal.

He was instructed to fight against kafir (non-Muslims) and thagut, the latter of which often included policemen and soldiers.

Security personnel are thagut because they don't punish Muslims under Islamic law. That's why we fight them.

Basri said he was given weapons by Rifki. He said he was …

Foreign Radio & Television

Foreign radio and television broadcasts should be censored, say some leaders.

Joko Susilo, a member of the Information Commission of the Indonesian parliament from the National Mandate Party (Partai Amanat Nasional (PAN)) from East Java, says that relayed foreign broadcasts, whether radio or television, such as Voice of America (VOA), have to be stopped immediately.

Joko Susilo. …

Comment by Ali: … to do - get a jihad fund from al qaeda?

Poso Fighting

… Last week two suspected militants and one policemen were killed in similar fighting, see Poso Jihad.

______________

24th January

Police are continuing hunting for militants in Poso. Central Sulawesi Police Brigadier General Badrodin Haiti blamed terrorists for triggering the clash by throwing handmade explosives at police. He said his office had issued shoot-on-sight instructions for armed civilians.

More than fifty other militants are believed to have escaped the crackdown, …

Al Zaytun

The Al-Zaytun Islamic school has fallen under suspicion of links to Negara Islam Indonesia (NII).

Al Zaytun, or Pondok Pesantren Modern Al'Zaytun, formally opened by President B.J. Habibie in 1999, and occupying some 1,200 hectares in Mekarja, Gantar (Haurgeulis), Indramayu, West Java, and led by one Syekh Panji Gumilang was visited by vice-president Muhammad Jusuf Kalla, Minister of …

Comment by Andrew: … They leave Laskar Jihad and FPI alone, but worries about …

Yusuf Lakaseng

PBR leader Yusuf Lakaseng has been reported to the police for blasphemy against Islam by Zaenal Ma'arif.

Zaenal Ma'arif, the one of the chairman of the Indonesian parliament, was expelled from the Partai Bintang Reformasi (PBR) on 8th January 2007 due to the fact that he had, in late December 2006, took a second wife and thereby become polygamous (see Zaenal Maarif ). The expulsion of …

Comment by Cukurungan: … it is go for Jihad and died as Syuhada, it sound …

Bird Flu

About half the regions of Indonesia have endemic bird flu.

It is claimed by Memed Z.H., the Head of Public Communications for the Bird Flu Campaign Management of the Department of Agriculture, that up to 223 out of 444 regencies and cities in Indonesia are Avian influenza endemic areas, that is, areas that have had cases of the virus and in which there is a possiblility that new outbreaks …

Comment by Naga: … and the TNI’s jihad program reconfigured the balance …

Bashir Innocent

Abu Bakar Baasyir has been cleared on appeal of all involvement with the Bali and Marriot bombings.

The High Court, Mahkamah Agung, on 21st December found that the charges against Bashir, that he had ordered or encouraged the first Bali terrorist bombings in 2002 and the J. W Marriot attack in 2003, were unproven. Said the chief judge reviewing the case of Bashir, after that latter had …

Comment by bradlymail: … or the Laskar Jihad, are all Yemenis or of Yemeni …

Erwin Arnada

… was like a first birthday gift for Playboy Indonesia, because the magazine was one year old. detik

I Love Islam

What Islam is and why people love it.

In the discussion on Alfarini Eridani Agnes says , likely as a self-defensive reflex against the "cloud" which Islam may have been put under by the polygamy issue, always a difficult issue for Muslim women to deal with:

I LOVE ISLAM!!!!!

Loving a religion? A certain type of Christian might say "I love God" or "I love Jesus" but "I love …

Comment by Khaled: … should research is Jihad. What is Jihad in Islam? Some …

Religion of Peace

… misunderstood the teachings of Islam, particularly in the area of war.

The concept of war and jihad have to be understood within the context of the time of Muhammad, he says. Muhammad never attacked anyone, he claims, he never started any wars but simply fought in self-defence. What's more, opines Hasyim, the prophet of Islam never killed women and children, never destroyed crops, never burnt down houses and churches, or any other buildings.

Sectarian conflicts were an increasing trend …

Comment by Ismail: … than to fight jihad. they are some sort of apostate. …

Terrorist Resurgence

… of such men could be set up. Men who had been released from prison still had the potential to wage jihad against Pancasila, he said, and the government had to "take care" of these men. indosiar

Meanwhile Ansyaad Mbai, the head of the Desk Koordinator Pemberantasan Terorisme (DKPT), a state anti-terrorism body, said much effort had already been made to prevent the resurgence of terrorist activity among those who were already known to have been trouble-makers:

We've already …

Maria Eva

Maria Eva, deeply religious woman and star of the Golkar porn flick, a hive of contradictions.

Maria Eva, or Maria Ireva, 29, usually called Merry, from Sidoarjo in East Java, is the dangdut singer and sometime sinetron actress who appeared in the raunchy sex recording with Golkar parliamentarian Yahya Zaini.

Her name has cropped up here once before, when she was reported to have …

Comment by Saddam: … like FPI, Laskar Jihad or Laskar Mujahiddin use …

Yahya Zaini Sex Scandal

A sex scandal involving a Golkar politician and a dangdut singer.

A video recording has been circulating which purports to show a member of parliament from the Golkar party, with the initials Y.Z., and a lady dangdut singer, with the initials M.E., in a hotel room, frolicking about in a fashion thought by many only permissible within the bounds of holy matrimony. The man, Y.Z., may or may …

Comment by lambretta: … do not know what jihad is all about I’d suggest you to …

RUU Pornografi

[Updated] The long, tortuous journey of the RUU Anti Pornoaksi Pornografi is approaching its end.

The name of the bill has been changed, dropping the "anti" part ( RUU AP or RUU PP ), and a revised copy of the draft has been finalised and handed over to a vice-chairman of the parliament, Zaenal Maarif.

Balkan Kaplale.

Although the changes that have been agreed upon by the …

Comment by orgindo: … want is sharia and jihad! We will cast terror into the …

Government Downfall

Extremists are attempting to bring down the government, says one politician.

Denny Tewu, the deputy chairman of the Partai Damai Sejahtera (PDS), a Christian party, said on the 28th that certain extreme groups were working hard to bring down the government of president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and vice president Jusuf Kalla (SBY-JK).

Tewu said the team of SBY-JK had the right to lead …

Comment by Dragonwall: … clerics, religious jihad, racial conflict leading to …

Arabic Only

Conducting Muslim worship services in Indonesian, rather than Arabic, remains invalid, and illegal, says NU boss Hasyim Muzadi.

Likely in reference to the recent release from prison of Yusman Roy in Malang, East Java, who was imprisoned for two years in connection with his use of Indonesian when leading Muslim prayers, Hasyim, the leader of Nahdatul Ulama (NU), urged the authorities to …

Comment by DisgustedbyKemunafikan: … polygamy, act of jihad, consumption of seafood, etc. …

War Criminal

Hidayat Nur Wahid says the Indonesian parliament should report George Bush to the International Court, as a war criminal.

Hidayat Nur Wahid, who is the speaker of parliament (DPR RI) and a former leader of the Islamist Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), said in Magelang, Central Java, on the 23rd of November, that president Bush of the United States was a war criminal and the Indonesian …

Comment by Dragonwall: … the Muslim sent Jihad fighters to Ambon or Maluku. The …

Bush’s Blood Halal

Habib Rizieq of the Islam Defenders' Front says it is religiously permissible to murder George Bush.

During a speech given to a large crowd protesting against the upcoming visit by George Bush to Indonesia Habib Rizieq said at Jakarta on Sunday 19th November:

Bush can be killed by anyone who has the chance to kill him. It's not just that it is permissible to kill him, he must be …

Comment by Tomaculum: … your information Jihad in all its definitions is evil …

NU & Suicide Bombing

Hasyim Muzadi of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) worries about the suicide bomber trend.

In the wake of this week's suicide bombing attempt by 36-year old Muhammad Nuh at an A&W restaurant in Jakarta the chairman of the NU, Indonesia's largest Muslim social association, is concerned about the phenomenon of suicide bombing and the tendency of young Muslims to idolise terrorists such as Dr. …

Comment by Fanglong: … not mean (pseudo)jihad and the name Patrick does not …

Al-Aqsha Love

… itself, to attend the march.

Organisers of the demonstration said it was held to create "ruhul jihad" among Muslim men, or a spirit of struggle, to inspire them to help in the liberation of the Al-Aqsha mosque in Jerusalem from Zionist Israel.

The marchers, many dressed in all white and wearing headbands with the words "Allahu Akbar" written on them, started out at 20.30 from the Al Fatah Ciluluk Islamic boarding school in Tanjungsari, Sumedang, and finished up outside the Pusat Dakwah …

Comment by Dedi Turmudi: … misconception of Jihad concept. As it was said by Rusdy …

A&W Jakarta Bomb

A bomb exploded at an A&W restaurant in Jakarta.

The low-explosive bomb went off at the Kramat Jati Indah plaza branch of the American fast food chain in east Jakarta at about 13.00 today. One person, with the intitials MN, was hurt, he being the person who carried the bomb into the restaurant. The motive is not yet known. One witness said the man pretended to be sick, or was sick, and …

Comment by 1ndra: … carrying out Jihad against the unbelieving infidels …

Sholat in Indonesian

Yusman "Gus" Roy says he intends to continue conducting services in both Indonesian and Arabic after having been released from prison.

Roy was sentenced to two years imprisonment by a Kepanjen, East Java, court, because he advocated the use of Indonesian language, in addition to Arabic, during sholat , or prayers. The use of any language but Arabic is considered unlawful according to most …

Comment by Tomaculum: … Take the word “Jihad” as an example. How many know, …

Danish Royal Pigs

The battle of the cartoon competitions. A group of Muslims in Kediri, East Java, draw insulting pictures of the Danish royal family as pigs.

As some sort of vengeance for the two Muhammad drawing controversies in Denmark ( Prophet Muhammad Cartoons and Danish Cartoon Crisis II ), a radio station in the East Java provincial town of Kediri held a cartoon drawing competition, in cooperation …

Comment by Erin McMahon: … Qaida and Lashkar Jihad put together… Stop making …

Tibo Case to ICJ

The family of Fabianus Tibo plan to take their case to the International Court of Justice.

Fabianus Tibo, along with Marinus Riwu and Dominggus da Silva, was executed on September 22nd for being involved in murders of Muslims during sectarian conflict in Central Sulawesi in 2001.

A spokesman for Tibo's family, who live in Ende, Flores, Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT), Yustinus Sani, said …

Comment by Czeslaw: … as we speak, your jihad bros are practicing and training …

Muazzez Ilmiye Cig

… the prosecution dimly and both Cig and her publisher were acquitted after a one hour trial. cnn

Comment by Czeslaw: … brave “Muslim jihads” did? Saddam run for cover as …

Tanah Runtuh Marches

… (See Causes of Poso Strife.) Antara

Ja'far Umar Thalib, the former leader of the Laskar Jihad, seems to agree with the BIN head. He says religion no longer plays a role in the violence in Poso, rather there are certain groups who benefit if the area is not at peace. He did not support the demands of the Tanah Runtuh Muslims that the security forces leave the area, but rather that the police should work together with Poso people to solve the problems. Metrotv

Today police …

Causes of Poso Strife

… makers of mischief in Poso were "terrorists", likely the leftovers from past movements of Islamic jihadists, such as members of Laskar Jihad and similar groups from Java and Sumatra, into the area in the late 1990's and early 2000's, men who just decided to stay on after the ceasefire but continue to cause trouble. Today Kalla went further and said the authorities even knew who they were, and shortly the police and army would "finish them".

Jusuf Kalla.

George Junus Aditjondro …

Enemies of Islam

Faith can overcome the enemies of Islam, says a preacher in Bogor.

Muslim cleric Ahmad Degel delivered some old time religion at his Idul Fitri sermon at the Bogor Botanical Gardens on the 24th, saying that faith was a powerful weapon indeed against the enemies of Islam, the countries of the West, because it put God in the Muslims' corner:

Besides sophisticated weapons, faith is the …

Comment by Czeslaw: … Walid Shoebat, ex-jihad guy from Palestine Why I Quit …

Quantity, Quality & Power

Muslims are numerically superior in Indonesia but quantity does not lead to quality, says Muhammadiyah boss Din Syamsuddin, nor does it lead to power, says Abu Bakar Ba'asyir.

Despite the fact that Muslims were overwhelmingly the majority in Indonesia their contribution to the nation was not in accord with their numbers. Din said :

Even though Muslims make up a majority compared to …

Comment by Karlira Kanakahuko: … FPI and Laksar Jihad because I really hate …

Gays & Sharia

Regional laws based on Islamic sharia and their effect on homosexuals.

The Arus Pelangi (Rainbow Flag) recently launched a national campaign against what they say are a wave of "homophobic" or anti-homosexual, regional laws based on Muslim sharia law. Widodo Budi Darmo, a 35-year-old director for Arus Pelangi, claims that homosexuals in Indonesia are regularly harassed by the police, …

Comment by Rob: … societies. Jihad as a spirit of religious defense …

Howard, Iraq, & JI

Prime minister Howard of Australia claims that withdrawing his forces from Iraq would aid terrorist organisations in Indonesia.

Previously the oil minister of Iraq, Hussain al-Shahristani, had said while visiting Canberra, Australia, that there was no longer any need for a foreign military presence in his country. The Labor opposition leader Kim Beazley seized on these comments in …

Comment by Czeslaw: … or what? Hey Jihad, good job, keep doing what you …

Rev. Irianto Kongkoli

Reverend Irianto Kongkoli, murdered in Palu, Sulawesi, on Monday, was buried today.

Reverend Kongkoli, the head of the Protestant Gereja Kristen Sulawesi Tengah (GKST) synod, was shot in the back of the head in Palu on the 16th as he, his wife, and and their four-year old daughter Gea, were shopping for ceramic tiles at Sinar Sakti construction materials shop on Jalan Mongonsidi. He was …

Muslim Political Attitudes

… Tahrir Indonesia - 7.2%

The bombings done by Imam Samudra and co. in Bali are a form of jihad to defend Islam.

Don't Know - 10.3%
Disagree - 80.7%
Agree - 9%

Do you feel close to....?

Parties with Islamic platforms (like PPP, PKS) - 5%
Parties based in Islamic organisations (like PAN, PKB) - 5%
Secular parties (like Golkar, PDI-P) - 13%

Do you feel close to....?

PKS - 2.3%
PBB - 0.5%
PPP - 2.2%
PAN - 1.5%
PKB - …

Comment by drbruce: … acceptable form of jihad is rather depressing. Just shows …

Rebuilt Ambon Mosque

A mosque in a mainly Christian village in Ambon has recently been rebuilt.

Nurul Hidayah mosque, in the middle of a Christian kampung in Latta village, was burnt down and later used as a military post during sectarian fighting in the province several years ago. It has recently been repaired, along with several other buildings, with 200 million rupiah of funds allocated by the central …

Comment by Quazi: … fighters of Laskar Jihad in the Maluku conflict. None have …

Roots of Indonesian Terrorism

… the Middle East was rooted in nationalism, in Indonesia it has traditionally been based on Islamic jihad ideology.

Another difference was that families of Indonesian terrorists were mostly ashamed of their sons'/brothers'/fathers' acts, unlike in the Middle East where such terrorist and suicide attacks are often a source of pride.

Sarlito said a recent study showed that the doctrine of jihad was the main factor that influenced young Muslims to join militant groups and launch terrorist …

Comment by Molisan Tono: … Islam teach about jihad? gee… no wonder many FPI looney …

Ahmad Dhani of Dewa

… or "Warriors of Love" was launched, the title of which was likely a play on the name of a militant jihadist group "Laskar Jihad" (Holy War Warriors) whose members wrought much misery and death upon Indonesian Christians in the civil wars of central Sulawesi and the Malukus in the late 1990's and early 2000's.

Radical Islamic groups took a dim view of Ahmad Dhani and he and his family went into hiding in 2005. However by the end of the year the band had produced a new album, "Republik Cinta" …

Comment by Hassan: … Monotheism or Jihad, etc.). again, now i will mind …

Anti-Zionism

… state news agency, which seems to have a pre-occupation with all things Al-Aqsa ( Al-Aqsa Mosque Jihad ), informed us of the non-news that in Lampung, between the 7th and 9th, an anti-Israel "festival" will be held by about 1000 Muslims. Organised by the Lampung Al Aqsha Solidarity group which seems to be connected to the Al Fatah Muhajirun Islamic boarding school, in Negararatu village, Natar district, South Lampung, seminars, street marches, and prayer sessions will be held all in the …

Terrorism, Poverty & Islam

… particular Professor Ahmad Syafii Maarif is averting his eyes from the concept of jihad and its connection to terrorism. If challenged he will likely say that jihad is only permissible for defensive purposes and those who believe otherwise have corrupted Islam's teachings (but of course which Islam?). This is ahistorical but is as legitimate an interpretation as many others. But it is psychologically shallow. Most great religions in the world require some sort of sacrifice on …

Comment by Ismail: … nothing wrong with jihad, alot of them have Osama pictures …

Citizenship Law

The implementation of the new citizenship law seems to be progressing with unusual swiftness.

The new law, UU Kewarganegaraan, touted as a "revolutionary" change in the way that the state views citizenship and nationality, was passed by the parliament on July 11th and the affected government departments were at that time given nine months to prepare the necessary regulations and forms to …

Comment by Raden: … of martyrs for jihad.

Expats

… Certainly some home truths there, but the "Most of them..." part may not stand up to analysis.

Comment by Tuan: … Terrorism, jihad or whatever is not something to …

Discrimination Against Chinese

Lee Kuan Yew says there is systematic discrimination against Indonesians of Chinese descent.

The former president of Singapore, as part of a one-hour address at the Raffles Forum , held in conjunction with the IMF-World Bank Meeting in Singapore, reportedly said that the ethnic Chinese minority population in Indonesia, and Malaysia:

Our neighbors both have problems with their …

Comment by Dragonwall: … are fighting a Jihad for their future. Most of terror …

Terror Against Muslims

The Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia views the Atambua protests in a dim light.

The protests over the execution of Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus Da Silva and Marianus Riwu, which have seen the destruction of some state property by Christian mobs, are viewed by Fauzan Al-Anshari of the MMI as a form of terrorism.

Acts like that are only done by terrorists.
(Tindakan seperti itu hanya …

Comment by Daniel: … the form of Jihad that he so passionately preached …

Reasons for Benedict’s Speech

… doubt deliberately chose to raise the question of Islam's connection to violence, the concept of jihad, in his recent speech in Germany, in which he quoted a 14th century Byzantine leader:

Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.

These are two possible reasons why he did it.

Christianity today is largely dead, except in America, and in developing …

Tibo, et al. Execution

Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus Da Silva and Marianus Riwu are due to be executed on either the night of Thursday the 21st, or the morning of the 22nd.

Tibo himself was handed a letter informing him of the planned execution at around lunchtime, Monday 18th, in his isolation cell in a Palu prison. His lawyer, Roy Rening, said that the families of the men had not yet received the letter.

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Comment by night: … FPI to go jihad on POSO.

Papal Speech

… because failing to do so would create disharmony. Islam was not spread by the sword, he said, and jihad was only for defensive purposes. He asked that Muslims forgive the Pope and not react violently.

I hope that this case will not disturb relations between Muslims and Catholics in Indonesia because the nation already has enough problems.
(Saya berharap kasus ini tidak mengganggu hubungan antara umat Islam dan umat Katholik di Indonesia, karena hanya akan menambah masalah bangsa yang …