Jewish Conspiracy

Feb 13th, 2008, in News, by

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 our culture.

The celebration of lover’s day was proof that the youth of today had lost their love for Indonesia and its culture, he said.

In the original Republika report there is also mention that Valentine’s Day, celebrated on 14th February by young people worldwide, is a capitalist-Jewish conspiracy, although it is not entirely clear whether this is an editorial statement, or Buya Mas’oed Abidin’s opinion, probably the latter.

Buya Mas’oed Abidin is then quoted:

Parents, teachers, and Islamic organisations have to urge young people not to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

The effort to stop the celebration was very important because of all the natural disasters that Indonesia had suffered recently, like floods, tsunamis and earthquakes, he said. Rises in the prices of basic goods were also connected, he seemed to suggest.

As a solution he recommended that the national government establish Hari Sumpah Pemuda (Youth Pledge Day, 28th October) as a day of young love, to replace Valentine’s Day, considering that the original oath swearers of 1928 had much love for their country. republika

Meanwhile in the West Sumatra town of Bukittinggi the mayor, Ismet Amzis, said on 13th February that celebrating Valentine’s was illegal, based on a pre-existing local anti-sin law (Peraturan Daerah tentang Pemberantasan Maksiat).

It’s not part of our culture, it’s very close to sin, people hug and kiss on Valentine’s Day, that is sinful.

One hundred public order officers will patrol the streets of Bukittinggi on Valentine’s Day looking for couples walking together. They will also raid hotels.

Hotels and restaurants are also forbidden from holding any special programs or offers for Valentine’s Day.

The city government has already instructed schools to direct their pupils to the mosque on 14th February, and has informed mosque preachers to prepare special sermons for teenagers.

The mayor also said that in future New Year’s Eve celebrations would also be banned, because they encouraged people to commit sin. Bukittinggi was known as a tourist destination, but: tempo

It’s better to not have tourists than have sinful things going on.

North Sumatra

Buya Mas’oed Abidin’s counterpart in North Sumatra, Abdullah Syah, said on 13th February that the MUI had ruled that celebrating Valentine’s Day was haram or “taboo” for Muslims in the province.

It’s against the principles of Islam.

He also said it was a product of foreign culture, and was strictly forbidden. republika


107 Comments on “Jewish Conspiracy”

  1. Aluang Anak Bayang says:

    Dear Goobers and trane,

    I challenge you two kaffir clowns to come up with another holy book that foretold world events, contained rocket science formulas and explained the Big Bang. The Jews knew all Muslims are ‘Children of Tommorrow’ and were/are jealous what we would achieve. Allah swt had foretold us of their treachery. See below:

    “O believers, take not Jews and Christians as friends; they are friends of each other. Whoso of you makes them his friends is one of them…” Sura (5:51)

    Salam.

  2. Murphy says:

    Sarcasm only works if it came out from normal conversation. Sarcasm that lasts for months is like hypochondriasis. People give special name to it; and treat the sufferer like a, well, hypochondriac.

  3. Goobers says:

    Dear Aluang,
    You may call me kaffir and I will not get offended at all, because I know the Almighty God loves me so much, I’m the apple of His eyes and I’m very special to Him. I’m greatly blessed, highly favored and deeply loved in HIM. My God teach me to love one another… so, I just want o say…. I LOVE YOU WITH LOVE OF MY GOD, ALUANG!

    Shalom & Blessing to you!

  4. dragonwall says:

    This guy is always saying others are infidels, kafir, evil plots everything bad except Islam, his religion.

    No disrespect to the religion, well I am so ignorant that the Quran say anything about the Supernova or formulas and scientific inventions and Muslim are the children of tomorrow? I thought it was the Bible that says so. And if so what happened around 1 AD and appears somewhere around 500 AD must be a reproduction for sure. Like song made popular in Bodyguard was sung by a country singer many many years ago by a male singer then Dolly Pardon.
    It is incinuated that says that if there is no predecessor there will be no reproduction.

    Everyone that is born today is a children of tomorrow.

    Only man who is narrow minded, lack of knowledge and blind that ask such a foolish question.

    I thought I was the only one trying to make his presence felt.

  5. trane says:

    Dear Aluang

    I have no problem with the religion of Islam. I do have a problem with you and your use of religion which I find unbecoming.

    It seems that you will go ahead and say anything – however nasty, ignorant, insensitive and senseless – and when you are asked to justify your views or substantiate your claims, you simply say “I am TEAM ONE, and everyone else is… (something bad)”.

    Your use of religion is a disgrace to any religion, including of course Islam.

    Note the address of my words, Aluang. I am speaking of you, not of Islam or Muslims. The issue is not your label of ‘TEAM ONE’. If you were to call yourself a Christian, a Jew, Buddhist or whatever, you would still be as much a hypocrite as you are now.

    Anyway, I hope you have a good day.

    Best regards,
    Jakob

  6. Aluang Anak Bayang says:

    Dear trane,

    I have no problem with the religion of Islam. I do have a problem with you and your use of religion which I find unbecoming.

    If you have no problem with Islam, then you should not have problem with jihad. I am promoting jihad for overseas Muslims, not Javanese Muslims. We have Kejawen Islam.

    If you have problem with me, I hope it is not personal. I am all ears.

    It seems that you will go ahead and say anything – however nasty, ignorant, insensitive and senseless – and when you are asked to justify your views or substantiate your claims, you simply say “I am TEAM ONE, and everyone else is”¦ (something bad)”.

    I only quote from the quran. The one and only book of guidance that OUR Creator gave us. If you think it is nasty, ignorant, insensitive and senseless, then you have a problem with OUR Creator’s messages.

    Your use of religion is a disgrace to any religion, including of course Islam.

    Our Islamic creed declared that “there is no god but Allah, and I testify that Muhammad is the messenger of God.”

    As a good Muslim, it is our duty to point ‘lost sheeps’ to the right direction. What is your religion, may I ask?

    Note the address of my words, Aluang. I am speaking of you, not of Islam or Muslims. The issue is not your label of ‘TEAM ONE’. If you were to call yourself a Christian, a Jew, Buddhist or whatever, you would still be as much a hypocrite as you are now.

    I am afterall, a humble and a God-fearing man and I believe in world peace as taught by Islam.

    Anyway, I hope you have a good day.

    Best regards,
    Jakob

    Have a nice day. Something to share with you:

    Miracles of Islam.

  7. Shorty says:

    malam aluang

    ”I only quote from the quran. The one and only book of guidance that OUR Creator gave us……”

    all religions will claim the same – substitute ‘quran’ with bible/torah/whatever.

    ”..If you think it is nasty, ignorant, insensitive and senseless, then you have a problem with OUR Creator’s messages …”

    fortunately there are people who accept and recognize there are many ways to worship.

    even more important are those who respect and do not denigrate the beliefs of others

    shorty

    ps. i rather like being given chocolates and flowers

  8. Aluang Anak Bayang says:

    all religions will claim the same – substitute ‘quran’ with bible/torah/whatever.

    They can only claim, but does the bible/torah/whatever contains rocket science technology, explain Big Bang, corrected bible claims, how to do ablutions, etc.

    even more important are those who respect and do not denigrate the beliefs of others

    Islam is the One and Only religion for all mankind.

    Salam.

  9. Shorty says:

    ”They can only claim….” as only can you.

  10. Aluang Anak Bayang says:

    shorty Says:

    March 2nd, 2008 at 6:10 am
    “They can only claim”¦.” as only can you.

    Reread:

    They can only claim, but does the bible/torah/whatever contains rocket science technology, explain Big Bang, corrected bible claims, how to do ablutions, etc.

  11. Shorty says:

    aluang i expect a little more of my faith than how many times a day i should wash my ears.

    why is it difficult for you to accept that you have your faith, and that others hold different beliefs? why are you so concerned with the souls of infidels? are you afraid that they challenge your beliefs?

    a secure person can handle and accomodate differing viewpoints.

    the final judge is god (note the small ‘g’) not religious bigots.

    shalom

    shorty

    ps. despite the ‘shalom’ i’m not jewish, i just like the sound of the word – aramaic, b4 islam

  12. Shorty says:

    ps. i still like chocolate and flowers

  13. Mach Jabber says:

    Ah, Jewish conspiracy?

    What isn’t these days? Perhaps the color of our national flag, the policies made, and the briefs our president wears, are all Jewish conspiracy as well.

    I suspect “Jewish conspiracy” is being used as a synonym for “things I don’t like”.

  14. Mach Jabber says:

    @ Aluang Anak Bawang
    Does Poe’s law apply to you? Seriously, drop the act if it does. Confuse me no more.

  15. commenter says:

    Okay. Seriously people ease up! The celebration of valentintes day banned?! What’s next christmas is actually seen as a satanic festival! Oh far out. Valentines day is a way of having a diverse culture. Look at Australia for example, we accept and celebrate many different cultural celebrations and we still hold a sense of our cultural identitiy. Therefore having a celebration such as valentines day should not rob indonesia from its cultural identity it should have this as a comparison to draw on between indonesian culture and more western culture. Also indonesia is a hot spot for tourism and therefore tourists would love the familiarity of having some of their culture whilst holidaying. Also this would increase the opportunity for merchandise to be made and sold in places like bali for valentines day and have more income coming into the economy. Also this whole ‘Jewish Conspricy’ thing. sigh sigh sigh. Maybe if there was some actual accurate research put into the history of valentines day they would actually see that the so called conspiricy is nothing of the sort. And if by any chance there was a ‘Jewish conspiricy’ It is working? NO. Therefore people calm diggidty dooown.
    peace peeps.

  16. Cabe says:

    It is silly that the gov wants to control what people celebrate on different days. If people want to have a fun valentines day, then let them, it is what they want and will make them happy. I just cannot imagine why someone would urge another not to celebrate because it is not the ‘culture’. The people make up the culture, not the culture making the people. It is silly and I hope that it doesn’t come to fruition.

  17. Miton1 says:

    A muslin leader said the holocost did not exixt, now a moron talk about conspiracy– I believe that there stipid peoiplew in the world and this one lkead the pack, congratulation I must award you por.

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