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How dare these dhimmis dare to step out of line? From the TimesOnline, with thanks to all who sent this in:
THREE Indonesian housewives face up to five years in prison for allegedly trying to lure Muslim children into Christianity at a Sunday School “Happy Week”.Senior Christian figures claim that the prosecution is politically motivated and part of a campaign of persecution by Islamic fundamentalists against Indonesia’s Christian minority — about 8 per cent of the Muslim-majority population.
The three women faced threats from a yelling mob of 150 fundamentalists during a court appearance in West Java last week. It is claimed that the women were teaching lessons in reading and writing to mixed classes of Christian and Muslim children, taking them on trips to parks and swimming pools, and rewarding them with treats such as pencils for memorising Christian prayers and Bible verses. Many of the alleged offences took place at a special Happy Week earlier this year, although the lessons began in 2003.
A claim of “Christianisation” was made against the women by a chapter of the Indonesian Council of Muslim Clerics, which alleged that they enticed Muslim children to participate and that they had tried to convert the children to Christianity by giving them gifts.
The three, Rebekka Zakaria, Ratna Mala Bangun and Ety Pangesti, have been held in prison since May, charged under Indonesia’s criminal law with using lies, deception or enticement to change a child’s religion. They are evangelical Christians who belong to the Church of David’s Camp in Haurgelis, a strongly Muslim fundamentalist area in West Java which is about 2 per cent Christian.
They say that the Muslim children were friends of Christian youngsters and were attending with the consent of their parents. No attempts were made to convert them, they say.
Bambang Widjaya, the chairman of the Indonesian Council of Evangelical Churches, said: “The main motive behind this is political. Fundamentalists want to use this case to launch a political campaign and rally support for their goal of implementing Sharia (Islamic law).
“The Government is too scared of Muslim voters to intervene. In many areas Muslims are tolerant, but in other areas where there are fundamentalists there is discrimination. Fundamentalists are growing in influence in our country.
“These women have been terrorised by mobs, who have even tried to hit them. They are not scared, however. They are very tough women.”
Posted by Robert at July 25, 2005 10:26 AM
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Oppas: “I believe that you understand how the entire army of Spain cannot resist the force of the Muslims. How then can you resist on this mountain? Listen to my advice. Abandon your efforts and you will enjoy many benefits from the Muslims.”
Pelayo: “Have you not read in Sacred Scripture that the Church of the Lord is like the mustard seed, which, small as it is, grows more than any other through the mercy of God?”
Oppas: “Truly, so it is written.”
Pelayo: “Our hope is in Christ. This little mountain will be the salvation of Spain and of its people. The mercy of Christ will free us from the Muslims.”
- From the “Cronica de Alfonso”, written in the 9th century, the story of Pelayo, who began the war for the reconquest of Spain.
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at July 25, 2005 10:46 AM
the psychopathic dichotomy of islam. muslims must convert, subjugate, or kill until world domination is achieved, and that is okay, but let 3 children mingle with infidels in a positive setting and your kiester is ours.
maybe not that illogical after all, shows what a life and death struggle muslims see it as.
Posted by: t-ham at July 25, 2005 10:57 AM
Tough on women...Those guys are only doing what comes naturally.Islam has been tough on women ever since Eve sliced the wheat tree and made it bleed. Allah didn't like that one little bit. And then there was that serpent episode...a woman again...Well, it really wasn't her fault...she had no mother to give her advice, and her father was too busy building a brothel for future jihadists. But she gets all the blame anyway...
Adam being a muslim man, did the natural thing, he hid behind her fig leaf and said, 'The woman made me do it'...Of course Allah believed Adam and things have been tough for women ever since...
at July 25, 2005 11:13 AM
This proves once again that Islam is from the Devil.
Any and i mean Any attempt to even do something good if they even think it has anything to do with christianity they will Jail or be-head the victims..
This is why winston churchill commented that Islam is the reason the entire arab world has stagnated for the past 5 centuries..
Islam is SICK
Posted by: jingoist at July 25, 2005 11:29 AM
Women hand out treats, are jailed.
Jihadists behead people, are hailed as heroes.
Think something may be wrong with islam?
at July 25, 2005 12:25 PM
Islam views proselytization very seriously obviously. For Evangelical Christians “soul-winning” is a life priority. It is easy to see how Islam and proselytizing Christians is like mixing sodium and water.
The ideology of Islam seems more like a gang affiliation than a religious belief. A proclaimed “belief” in Islam puts you into a club you can never leave. If you do you are under a death sentence and can be tortured until you express “belief” in Islam again. As long as the outer-man parrots, they don’t seem concerned with what the inner-man believes, if you know what I mean.
So in all practical reality, the act of proselytizing a Muslim might be seen as an attempt to have him killed, hence the sentence.
In the Bizarro World of Islamic metaphysics, spirituality is reduced to lip service.
f.g.
at July 25, 2005 12:56 PM
And we pledged more than $1 Billion in US aid, and perhaps in excess of that as citizens to Indonesia for Tsunami relief -- when will we realize that every dollar which goes to a Muslim country in aid, in trade, and for oil, is going to be used in part or in toto to finance Islam and its holy war against us?
at July 25, 2005 2:50 PM
I hope the day is not far off when we can read the headline
"Muslims face jail for making threats to children of Christians...."
This is what is being done daily in nearly every mosque in the West. Their sedition knows no bounds...
Posted by: jsla at July 25, 2005 3:43 PM
Christian loses battle over Sunday work
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/d9bdf334-fd71-11d9-b224-00000e2511c8.html
Can you imagine any dhimmi western country denying some muslim's rights to stop taking time off to pray or for whatever bullshit was dictated by Islam.
Disgusting
Posted by: SaveEurope at July 26, 2005 11:41 AM
The horror how dare they give a muslim child.
A pencil (the child might learn to write)
A reading book (the child might learn to read)
A trip to the pool (the child might enjoy swimming)
And the most horiffic crime of all
A bible story...
This to any rational person proves why Islam is a cult.
In any other religion you can enter and leave as you will. You are free (except in some cults) to question, challenge and even reject some teachings.
You dont find jews blowing themselves up.
You dont find Baptists or methodists storming a school and raping the children before blowing up the GYM.
Seems Islam does have something to export..
KILLING everybody else..
at July 26, 2005 5:06 PM
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