Tag Archives: Indonesia
Indonesia: Hey kids! Want to see Lady Gaga?
Then ditch your stupid religion. SMH Indonesia’s national police are considering banning a performance next month by pop diva Lady Gaga amid threats of violence by Islamic extremists. It follows an attack by religious hardliners on lesbian Muslim author Irshad … Continue reading
Indonesia: God sends disasters to prepare us…
… for when God sends more disasters. SMH Like many, Acehnese man Rizni Aulia’s suffering from the 2004 tsunami was profound. Of his family, only he and his wife survived the wave. Together they watched from the second storey of … Continue reading
Indonesia: The crime of being rational
The Jakarta Post A civil servant who incited controversy by declaring that he was atheist was on Monday indicted on three charges, including one for violating the Information Transaction Law (ITE). The first charge brought against Alexander at the Muaro … Continue reading
Indonesia: Harmless pleasure? Ban it!
SMH Indonesia’s powerful religious affairs minister has declared that mini-skirts are pornographic and would be banned under the country’s tough new anti-porn laws. Minister Suryadharma Ali has been appointed to run Indonesia’s new anti-porn task force, announced by president Susilo … Continue reading
Indonesia: Ten suspected terrorists killed in Bali
SMH Indonesian counter-terrorism forces have shot dead five suspected militants believed to have been planning a series of attacks in Bali. Heavily armed officers from Indonesia’s crack anti-terror unit Detachment 88 stormed two separate addresses, in Denpasar and in Sanur, … Continue reading
Global: Uppity atheists back for 2012!
Jesus & Mo JUST minutes after learning that a Cardiff student had removed a Jesus & Mo cartoon from his Facebook page after his school threatened to expel him, I learned that an Indonesian man, who used Facebook to declare … Continue reading
Indonesia: Atheism is against the law
BBC News An Indonesian man who said that God did not exist in a posting on a Facebook page for atheists could face jail. Civil servant Alexander Aan, 31, is now in protective police custody after he was attacked by … Continue reading
Filed under Atheists, Islamicism, Manufactured outrage
Indonesia: Muslim extremist gets three month sentence for killing
SMH. An Indonesian court has sent a “chilling message” by giving Muslim extremists light sentences for a vicious mob attack in which three sect members died, rights activists say. Twelve people stood trial but none faced murder charges in what … Continue reading
Indonesia: Islamic cleric guilty of incitement to terrorism
SMH. Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has been found guilty of inciting terrorism and financing an Aceh-based terrorist cell and sentenced to 15 years in prison, ending a decade-long effort by authorities to put the firebrand militant who endorsed the … Continue reading
Indonesia: Temple dispute disrupts ASEAN meeting
SMH. The credibility of the Association of South-East Asian Nations and its aim of becoming a European Union-style security and economic community by 2015 was damaged this weekend as Thailand and Cambodia openly brawled over their deadly dispute over ownership … Continue reading
