Indonesia: Ramadan kareem! Muslim mob carrying swords and golf clubs smashes bar "to ensure the month of Ramadan is not tainted"

"They committed sins there. They get drunk so action must be taken." Drunkenness: sin. Smashing up a bar so that people can't drink there: not a sin.

Ramadan mubarak from modern, moderate Indonesia: "62 arrested for Indonesian Ramadan bar-room blitz," from Sapa-AFP, July 30 (thanks to David):

A group of 150 youths -- some as young as 13 and carrying swords and golf clubs -- raided the De Most bar late Saturday, smashing bottles of alcoholic drinks and damaging the property, said Hermawan, chief detective for South Jakarta police.
"Of the 62 arrested most are minors, and some...were armed with Samurai swords, sickles and golf clubs," said Hermawan, who like many Indonesians goes by one name.

"They shattered the windows and door and smashed bottles, saying they wanted all bars shut to ensure the month of Ramadan is not tainted," he added.

Twenty-three people face charges of damaging property while four are additionally charged with carrying sharp weapons.

The group called itself the Prophet's Defenders Council, Hermawan said.

"It is usual for me and my followers to raid sinful places during Ramadan," the group's alleged leader, 33-year-old Habib Bahar was quoted as saying by the Kompas.com news website after the arrests.

"They committed sins there. They get drunk so action must be taken," said Bahar, who was also arrested.

In previous years Islamic groups have raided places serving alcohol, but Saturday's attack was the first this year since the fasting month of Ramadan officially began on July 21.

Authorities have ordered bars and nightclubs to close during the holy month, but the ban is not strictly enforced.

Ninety percent of Indonesia's population of 240 million identify themselves as Muslim but the vast majority practise a moderate form of Islam.

...and do nothing to rein in sword-wielding "youths."

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Steffen Larsen | July 30, 2012 5:10 AM | Reply

Fair is fair: many "youths" were arrested and some will face charges, potentially very hard sentences. We'll see. The more cynical commenters are predicting they'll be out in a few hours.

The Jakarta Globe has more information, some of which is quite revealing: "In a move that was considered surprising to some, the police arrested 62 members of a hard-line Muslim group after they were involved in the year’s first illegal Ramadan raid in Jakarta. "

They are "hard-liners" because they insist on enforcing already existing laws themselves.

Counterjihad2012 | July 30, 2012 5:14 AM | Reply

OT:

PI "At the weekend a couple of Muslims in Mali has been stoned to death. They were accused of adultery. A spokesman for the ruling terror group Ansar Dine, Sanda Mohammed Abou told The Associated Press on Sunday that the execution was carried out according to Islamic law, or sharia. A resident of the northern town of Kidal Mali, reported eyewitnesses in the nearby Aguelhok According to the husband and wife were buried up to his neck and then up to her death had been pelted with stones." (See also AP. SPIEGEL!)

Devout Muslims: Allah’s word Qur’an 24:2
“…flog each of them with a hundred stripes”

… and then stoning to death to the “exellent example” (33:21) Muhammad to Saheeh (Most authentic) Muslim Number 4191 Book 17 “The Book Pertaining to Punishments Prescribed by Islam (Kitab Al-Hudud)”

… And in case of married male committing adultery with a married female, they shall receive one hundred lashes and be stoned to death.”

Counterjihad2012 | July 30, 2012 5:16 AM | Reply

http://www.cmje.org/religious-texts/hadith/muslim/017-smt.php#017.4191

undaunted | July 30, 2012 6:05 AM | Reply

So it doesn't happen here...

http://freemendo.typepad.com/undaunted/2011/10/attacks-in-bars.html

salah | July 30, 2012 6:51 AM | Reply

Another Indonesian Muslim mob in action:
http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2011/02/indonesia-lynching.html

bmorgens | July 31, 2012 6:11 AM | Reply

Golf Clubs? Where in Indonesia did they get swo many golf clubs?

gravenimage | August 1, 2012 2:58 PM | Reply

Indonesia: Ramadan kareem! Muslim mob carrying swords and golf clubs smashes bar "to ensure the month of Ramadan is not tainted"
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But a ravening mob smashing up private property doesn't "taint" Ramadan—instead, it rather "enhances" its celebration...

"They shattered the windows and door and smashed bottles, saying they wanted all bars shut to ensure the month of Ramadan is not tainted," he added.
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Yeah—and that would just be the first step. It would be followed in short order by demands that all bars be shuttered altogether.

The group called itself the Prophet's Defenders Council, Hermawan said.
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More of that Islamic "defense"—which looks an awful lot like "offense" to use Infidels...

"It is usual for me and my followers to raid sinful places during Ramadan"...
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Sure! It's just like families in the West touring streets with the best displays of Christmas lights...sarc/off

Authorities have ordered bars and nightclubs to close during the holy month, but the ban is not strictly enforced.
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So the "youths" are just being a little high-spirited about enforcing the law...

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