“I never meant to teach violence to my students. We only used the props that we already had to cut costs for parents.”
Why did he have cardboard cutouts of assault rifles already on hand? What does he use them for, if not to teach violence?
“Kindergarten in Indonesia dresses children as armed jihadis for parade, sparks backlash,” AFP, August 20, 2018:
PROBOLINGGO (AFP) – An Indonesian kindergarten apologised on Monday (Aug 20) after images of its pint-sized students marching in niqab veils and carrying cardboard cutouts of assault rifles sparked outrage.
Organisers were left red-faced after a torrent of criticism suggested the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-style outfits promoted violence in a country that has long struggled with militant attacks.
The group of about 15 students were taking part in a parade for Indonesia’s independence day last Friday near the country’s second-biggest city Surabaya.
The Kartika kindergarten, which is located inside a military complex in Probolinggo town, said the costumes were resurrected from storage to save parents the cost of buying new ones.
It denied that the gun replicas and full-body veils promoted extremism.
“I never meant to teach violence to my students,” said school principal Suhartatik, who like many Indonesians goes by one name.
“We only used the props that we already had to cut costs for parents. I deeply apologise.”
The costumes had been used in previous parades to teach students about the Prophet Muhammad’s faith and beliefs, she added.
But the principal’s explanation was met with derision on Indonesian social media.
“Nobody carried assault rifles in the prophet’s time – is this teacher that clueless about history or was she just trying to dodge the blame?” one user posted on Twitter.
Another tweeted: “Obviously the seeds of ISIS are being nurtured early on.”…
Andy says
off topic
Terror Attack on the US Embassy in Turkey
https://israelunwired.com/terror-attack-on-the-us-embassy-in-turkey/
gravenimage says
This is because President Trump dared to criticize Erdogan’s persecution of Christians there.
StellaSaidSo says
The Saudi ‘investment’ in Indonesia is paying off…
gravenimage says
Yes, Stella–although Indonesia was never as “moderate” as they pretended, even before this.
StellaSaidSo says
Indonesia didn’t need to ‘pretend’ to be ‘moderate’. With the exception of Aceh province, Indonesians have long had a very relaxed attitude towards Islam, and most Indonesian Muslims could genuinely be described as ‘moderate’. Most still are. However, since the Saudi money started pouring in, and new mosques run by Wahhabist Imams and their enforcers began to proliferate, the situation has changed. The same gradual pressure towards fundamentalism has occurred in Malaysia, which is now effectively governed from Riyadh.
J D S says
More reasons to show what Islam actually is.
I thought way back on and after 9/11 that the western world would come crashing down on Islam..instead the so called western leaders are kowtowing to the Islamist and Islamism seems to be thriving.
Why? With such wickedness portrayed in their writings teachings, preachings and actions, would a sane world allow this nonsense to continue is beyond any comprehension. Just plain stupidness.
Garfield says
Or are the people who support and excuse Islamic atrocities just as bad as they are?
I don’t excuse what I hate.
I don’t support what disgusts me.
Gbox says
This is the country Obama cited as an example of a moderate Muslim country.
Indiana Tom says
Well….this is a moderate islamic country, the faithful ones give the kids real weapons and ammo.
Jim says
What a whopper! Saving money! Gotta admire their creativity.
Westman says
“Oh Fatima, your little Aisha is so darling in her niqab and carrying her weapon. Imagine how proud you will be when she grows up to be a real jihadi!”
No Muzzies Here says
Little Muslim children are taught to hate and indoctrinated in the need to kill non-believers. This gives little hope for a reform of Islam that might turn it into a religion that plays nice with others.
gravenimage says
Grimly true.
Sun says
Not only in Indonesia – happens in Europe and Gaza too:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/gaza-preschoolers-stage-mock-killing-of-israeli-solider/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3623962/We-soldiers-future-Palestinian-kindergarten-holds-shocking-graduation-ceremony-small-children-performing-military-style-terrorist-drills.html
https://gellerreport.com/2018/04/germany-children-mosque.html/
https://twitter.com/onlinemagazin/status/986259591242637312?lang=en
Walter Sieruk says
This kind of child abuse, a jihad “parade,” seems very similar, in many ways, to those jihad “camps” which are, in reality, jihad Islamic mind programming centers. In those insidious “camps” youth are thoroughly and strongly indoctrinated into becoming brainwashed violent and murderous jihadists. This is outright child abuse and the cruel exploitation of children, to the extreme, for the advancement of the jihad of Islam. The adult Muslims who run those jihad mind programming centers for impressionable youth are men who are totally despicable and completely unconscionable to use and exploit children for the jihadist agenda. In addition, there are some decent but naïve people when discovering about those brainwashing “camp’” and the Muslim adults who run them would be shocked and the stop and wonder and ask “Just how can those Muslim men be so heinously unfeeling and heartless as to set up and run such places where children are brainwashed into becoming stooges and tools for the jihad ?” The answer to that question is found in the Bible. For the Bible reveals that there are some men who are very cruel, callous and dangerous because they have had “their conscience seared with a hot iron.” First Timothy 4:2. [K.J.V.] The “hot iron” in this case is Islam.
Wellington says
Sick stuff but oh so Islamic.
Indiana Tom says
Why did he have cardboard cutouts of assault rifles already on hand?
Geee,,,,we had realistic plastic Garand rifles, Thompson sub machine guns, M-14 rifles, tripod mounted machine gun, luger pistol, plastic grenades, and real WW2 army helmets to play big army with when I was a kid. We thought Sergeant Sanders and the Combat TV show was so cool.
I got you! No, I got you first!
These kids are underprivileged with just cardboard army toys. So who is going to play the Americans and who is going to play the Germans?
gravenimage says
Indonesia: Kindergarten dresses children as armed jihadis for parade
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Good to see, at least, that they are getting some criticism for this.
More:
The costumes had been used in previous parades to teach students about the Prophet Muhammad’s faith and beliefs, she added.
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Well, *that* explains it all–violence, oppression of women, and the threat of rape–that’s the “Prophet” Muhammad, all right.
Wellington says
+1
Flavius Claudius Iulianus says
And right next door:
“Malaysia Police Fear ‘Dirty Bomb’ as Radioactive Material Goes Missing”
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-security/uk-parliament-attack-suspect-appears-in-court-charged-with-attempted-murder-idUKKCN1L50X8
gravenimage says
Thanks for that troubling link, Flavius.
abu taleb says
The school principal is a complete liar
Frank Anderson says
Does anyone remember E.D. Hill’s last 1 hour program before leaving Fox News-Terror in Its Own Words? Among other accounts of brainwashing children into suicidal jihadis by the “Palestinians”, 3 year olds were dressed up as suicide bombers, complete with bomb vests. And some ignorant people believe they can make a deal for peace?
tim gallagher says
Very sick, nasty sorts of costumes to dress children up in for a parade. I can’t imagine Christians or Buddhists ever dressing their children in such revolting, threatening clothing for a parade. But that’s Islam, isn’t it? Nasty and always threatening violence, unlike other religious ideologies. It has such a vile outlook on life.
iprazhm says
Islam is the way of war, brutality and death, whose people threaten even each other with savagery. When they escape to a land that’s free, the only reason to stay a muslim, would be because they choose to retain their connection with savagery. These cannot be trusted.
s says
it is no different than the left’s takeover of education and the poison it feeds to the minds of America’s Children.
UNCLE VLADDI says
Turning from pagan Hindus and Buddhists into muslims isn’t that far of a stretch.
The former meditate to achieve holy “mindlessness” while the latter simply deliberately turn into thought-killing psychopaths by pretending their own fearful thoughts are externally-inflicted threat attacks by allah, in stead of internally generated warnings to help them think better to solve problems to avoid more pain.
All of the above adherents embrace creeds of cowardice and long for the “peaceful safety” of the grave or outright non-existence.