Aceh is a case study in how creeping Sharia works. It gets a foot in the door with promises of moderation, tolerance, and limited applications -- after all, "War is deceit," according to Muhammad. As its proponents gain confidence, enforcement of Sharia becomes more aggressive and intrusive on private behavior, because, in truth, Sharia is a comprehensive system of governance for every aspect of human life, and knows no compartmentalization of public and private behavior. The claim of enforcing Allah's own law does not lend itself to limitations on power which would be, by extension, limitations on Allah.
We have seen this pattern in Gaza as well as Aceh, and even in Iran, where the worst of Sharia's punishments were introduced under the guise of a six-year "experimental law" that has now been extended over almost 30 years. Indeed, Sharia is not getting entrenched in Britain to exist only in the form of the already-disastrous arbitration courts over the long term.
Sharia always fails to work as advertised, but not as designed. "Sharia cops vs. Indonesian punks," by Patrick Winn for the Global Post, March 10 (thanks to Twostellas):
Why do cops in Indonesia's strictest Islamic territory hate local punk rockers?
Muhammad's well known antipathy toward music and musical instruments can't help.
They just do, the punks of Aceh told the Jakarta Globe. The Sharia police, given broad powers to crack down on social impurities, are ridding the streets of punk kids, sometimes demanding they shave off their dyed hair. The kids cry discrimination, the Globe reports, but the police say punk rockers are a nuisance.
"Parents have thanked us because they have been unable to knock sense into their kids who have been influenced by this punk culture," a Sharia police investigator told the newspaper.
Besides offering a plot for a potentially awesome teen flick, the Sharia crackdown on Indonesian punks is the latest attempt to police morality in strictly Islamic Aceh.
Last month, groups marched the streets in Aceh to stop Muslims from celebrating Valentine's Day.
Last year, police set up checkpoints to catch women wearing jeans. Caught traveling in Levi's? Cops had 20,000 skirts on hand to cover up the obscenity of a woman in denim.
As for the punks, many have been forced into religious study "rehabilitation" after short stays in jail, the Globe reports. Those that go back to their punky ways could bring stronger punishment which, in Aceh, often means public caning.
"Some people say that the devil's got my soul,
But that's a bunch of Sharia, I just want to rock and roll!
From "I Don't Wanna (Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes)"
"strictly Islamic Aceh"
Isn't that where the tsunami happened? Can't say I'm sorry. Except for the unfortunate tourists.
i know some indonesian punks.. the kids there, muslim or christian, love anything western. especially in jakarta.
they have a ball at their live shows and get hundreds of kids show up to see bands etc. all dressed to the 9's in that eras gear. they are outcasts like the original punks were in our society in the late 70's.
jakarta is huge wheras aceh is provincial. so it doesn't surprise me that away from the relative saftey in numbers in jakarta, acehs punks are being targeted. as well as everyone else. the province is a jihad hotspot.
From "I Don't Wanna (Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes)"
Sttafl, are you saying there is an actual rock n roll band that sings openly about Mohammedism? If you weren't joking, where can I get their music?
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Isn't that where the tsunami happened?
Yup, the very place. The U.S. Navy, the U.S. volunteers and the U.S. money saved a lotta Moslem lives in Aceh.
So, when the smoke cleared, Aceh had many more Moslems than it would've had otherwise. And the ingrates didn't even say thank you.
Remember the Bali Bombers? Remember how the Indonesian gov't disposed of the perps on that one.
Alarmed Pig Farmer wrote:
From "I Don't Wanna (Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes)"
Sttafl, are you saying there is an actual rock n roll band that sings openly about Mohammedism? If you weren't joking, where can I get their music?
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I believe that was a riff from Tanstaafl, APF. The following are, I believe, the original lyrics:
http://www.music.kngine.com/lyrics.ashx?id=hang-up-my-rock-and-roll-shoes-lyrics-chuck-willis&name=Hang%20Up%20My%20Rock%20And%20Roll%20Shoes%20Lyrics
On the other hand, there have been a lot of different takes on this song over the years. If I recall correctly, Bruce Springsteen did a famous version some years back.
By the way, where is Muslim apologist GerbilTea, whose inlaws are from fast Islamizing Aceh?
It's an old Holland-Dozier-Holland song. Instead of Sharia, substitute a common barnyard by-product. If no muslims are present, I was attempting to equate Sharia with s**t.