The Most Dangerous Place to be an Atheist
But the real question is: where do its boundaries end?
But the real question is: where do its boundaries end?
"Human rights activists and ordinary Indonesians are sounding the alarm, warning the country is slowing turning into a Pakistan-style ‘Islamised’ state in which extremist movements sow terror to gain power." The government’s response has been inconsistent, thereby rewarding the pious thugs. Like Pakistan, they have sought to leverage Islamic supremacist…
Not exactly what James Hetfield and Co. were going for with Master of Puppets. "FPI sets its eyes on underground music," by Irawaty Wardani for the Jakarta Post, March 21: Hot on the heels of its campaign against the dissolution of Ahmadiyah, the hard-line Muslim group Islam Defenders Front…
One will recall that the recent wave of moves to ban Ahmadis from the public practice of their religion and even identifying themselves as Ahmadis began with the savage murder of three members of the sect. Authorities, who regard them as a heretical Islamic sect, essentially blamed the victim for…
Latest hollowed-out book-bomb title: Militant Jew. More on this story. "Popular singer latest target in Indonesian mail bombings," by Niniek Karmini for AP, March 17: JAKARTA, Indonesia — A popular singer. A former anti-terror chief. An outspoken critic of Islamic extremism. All have been targeted by parcel bombs sent by…
Somehow the senders of these book-bombs have gotten the idea that someone who "sins against Islam and Muslims" must be killed. And where are all the peaceful, moderate Muslim voices working to convince them that that isn’t so? How many hundreds or thousands of times must they be AWOL on…
Here is yet another chapter in our ongoing series, Why We Don’t See More Genuine Islamic Reformers: "Bomb explodes at Indonesian Islam group HQ: police," from AFP, March 15: JAKARTA — A bomb exploded at the office of a moderate Islamic group in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Tuesday, injuring…
Fred Branfman, author, blogger and early contributor to the current California economic miracle under Governor Jerry Brown, has written a very long apologetic about Noam Chomsky, or more accurately a standard screed against US imperialism and capitalism using Chomsky as a prop. Presumably he thought that invoking the grand old man’s name would somehow spur [...]
The troubling unwillingness of Obama to confront our enemies and protect our friends.
Priorities. Sharia Alert from modern, moderate Indonesia, and an update on this story: “West Aceh police checkpoints and raids against jeans and tight skirts,” from Asia News, May 27 (thanks to C. Cantoni): Jakarta (AsiaNews) – The women of the District of West Aceh can no longer wear jeans or…