Indonesian Islamic supremacists persecute Christians: "we are doing this because we want to strike fear in the hearts of Christians"

And that's a Qur'anic imperative: "Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies of Allah and your enemies..." (8:60)

"Radical Muslims threaten to kill Christian man in Bekasi," from Asia News, July 3 (thanks to C. Cantoni):

Jakarta (AsiaNews/Agencies) - Christians continue to endure persecution in the city of Bekasi, 25 kilometres from Jakarta. Today a banner was hung in front of a mosque with a picture of a Christian man with a noose around his neck and the words: "This man deserves the death penalty!"
The man is Andreas Sanau, 29, accused along with Henry Sutanto by the Islamic Defender Front (FPI) of organising mass baptisms. The FPI is a radical Islamic group known for his violence against religious minorities, especially Christians.

For years, Islamic extremists have targeted Bekasi Christians, accusing the latter of trying to "Christianise" the city. In the first months of 2010, radical Islamic groups have interrupted Christian religious services, prevented Christians from entering their churches and blocked the building of new churches.

Dhimmis "are forbidden to build new churches" ('Umdat al-Salik, O11.5(7))

Charges against Sanau and Sutanto are the result of an initiative by the Mahanaim Foundation, a Christian organisation that helps the poor. Last Wednesday, 14 buses full of people met at the residence of the foundation's president, Henry Sutanto. For Murhali Barda, the local FPI leader, Sutanto "must be killed; he wants a mass baptism."
Foundation spokeswoman Marya Irawan said that the busloads of people were villagers who had come as part of an outreach programme in favour of the poor. The Foundation has no intention of baptising anyone.

Meanwhile things are getting worse, especially after the local FPI decided to set up a paramilitary organisation ahead of an expected struggle with Christians. More than 1,500 volunteers are training.

According to Murhali Barda, "we are doing this because we want to strike fear in the hearts of Christians who behave in such a way. If they refuse to stop what they're doing, we're ready to fight."

Fr Andreas Yewangoe, secretary of the Communion of Indonesian Churches, said that the militia will only create fear, nervousness and unrest in the nation. "The government must protect all citizens from anarchist action as mandated by the constitution." So far, the government has done nothing.

Political analyst Arbi Sanit said that the authorities are afraid of taking step that might be interpreted as anti-Islam. For them, "Being popular is more important [. . .] than punishing those who are clearly breaking the law," Sanit said.

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traeh | July 3, 2010 8:09 AM | Reply

IN ISLAM'S CORE TEXTS, MUHAMMAD IS AGAINST RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
In Sahih Bukhari, the most canonical of hadith collections,
Muhammad said, "Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him.".

MUHAMMAD SAYS IF YOU ARE NOT A MUSLIM, YOUR BLOOD AND PROPERTY NOT SAFE FROM MUSLIMS
In Sahih Bukhari, the most canonical hadith collection, Muhammad said, "I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.' And if they say so, pray like our prayers, face our Qibla and slaughter as we slaughter, then their blood and property will be sacred to us and we will not interfere with them except legally and their reckoning will be with Allah." Narrated Maimun ibn Siyah that he asked Anas bin Malik, "O Abu Hamza! What makes the life and property of a person sacred?" He replied, "Whoever says, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah', faces our Qibla during the prayers, prays like us and eats our slaughtered animal, then he is a Muslim, and has got the same rights and obligations as other Muslims have."

MUHAMMAD AGAINST RELIGIOUS PLURALISM
In Sahih Muslim, a canonical hadith collection, there are many hadith that help us understand why Muslim-majority nations, to this very day, all trample to one extent or another the religious rights and freedoms of non-Muslims:

It has been narrated by 'Umar b. al-Khattib that he heard the Messenger of Allah [Muhammad] (may peace be upon him) say:"I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula and will not leave any but Muslim." (Sahih Muslim, 19.4366)

tanstaafl | July 3, 2010 8:56 AM | Reply

Those pesky infidels! You try rubbing them out, terrorizing them out and still they won't just disappear!

Infidels! You see how difficult it is for the faithful. Allah promised us that all Muslims had to do was kill you, steal your property, rape your widows and sell your children into slavery! But you won't submit! By the beard of the prophet! Don't you people read the Qur'an?

Nobody knows the troubles Muslims have seen. Nobody knows but Allah.

-Abdullah Bhullah, the wacky mullah.

Schnellmann_org | July 3, 2010 9:18 AM | Reply

http://newstime.co.nz/dhimmi-to-quran-9-29-dr-rohe-dr-thielman-of-the-university-in-erlangen-germany.html
The ultimative dhimmi's dhimmi to Quran 9:29

sri | July 3, 2010 10:21 AM | Reply

Bekasi locals better keep an eye out for paint marking in front of their houses from now on.

This might escalate in to an Ambon type situation very quickly. ie; some local fighting, murder, rape and pillage between local moslems and non moslems, to be followed up buy overwhelming attacks by thousands of armed moslem jihadis from surrounding areas.

Links below are to a home video made by FPI jihadis in Ambon back in 1999. Just in case people have doubts about what this means or maybe were not islamo-savy 10 years ago.

FPI in Ambon Pt 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PdTFkdqGwQ
FPI in Ambon Pt2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCT4SNR3fwc
FPI in Ambon Pt3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zX6PHszpUk

southcoastcrusader | July 3, 2010 10:51 AM | Reply

"They have occupied more and more of the lands of those Christians, and have overcome them in seven battles. They have killed and captured many, and have destroyed the churches and devastated the empire. If you permit them to continue thus for awhile with impurity, the faithful of God will be much more widely attacked by them. On this account I, or rather the Lord, beseech you as Christ's heralds to publish this everywhere and to persuade all people of whatever rank, foot-soldiers and knights, poor and rich, to carry aid promptly to those Christians and to destroy that vile race from the lands of our friends."
(Pope Urban II: Speech at Council of Clermont, 1095, according to Fulcher of Chartres)

Alarmed Pig Farmer | July 3, 2010 12:54 PM | Reply

Prez Barack Hussein Obama was reared in Indonesia, the world's most populous Islamic nation.

Put another way, the world's most egregious nation.

*** 88:1 ***

Some faces (Jews and Christians) that Day, will be humiliated, downcast, scorched by the burning fire, while they are made to drink from a boiling hot spring.

And the Moslems, it is written, will enjoy perpetual erections, piles of peach fuzz 11 yr old virgins, and will drink from rivulets flowing with fine wine, not boiling water.

*** 33:21 ***

If Islam is above criticism, and it is, then we should commend these fine hate mongers. After all, they're only doing their job.

Aunty Dhimmi | July 3, 2010 2:26 PM | Reply

What complete idiots! The only thing a Christian fears is God himself. "I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after the killing of the body, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him." Luke 12:4-5 (NIV)

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