Unrest erupted in Indonesia amid calls for a “constitutional jihad” with “thousands-strong riots…against the re-election of moderate President Joko Widodo over hard-line military general Prabowo Subianto.”
6 people were left dead and at least 200 injured.
Still, the lie persists that violence and bloody jihad have nothing to do with Islam, despite the ubiquitous global evidence.
“‘Constitutional Jihad’: Six Killed in Indonesian Riots After Islamists’ Candidate Loses Presidential Race”, by Frances Martel, Breitbart, May 22, 2019:
Indonesian police struggled to contain thousands-strong riots late Tuesday against the re-election of moderate President Joko Widodo over hard-line military general Prabowo Subianto. The unreast has killed six and injured hundreds since Islamic groups called for “constitutional jihad” against Widodo this weekend.
Subianto, who has run for the presidency on several occasions, has denied being an avowed Islamists but embraced the support of fringe Islamic groups. His campaign benefitted from social media rumors and unofficial negative campaigning accusing Widodo of being a secret Christian and communist (communism is illegal in Indonesia).
The Indonesian election commission ratified Widodo’s victory on Tuesday, revealing the results of the race giving the president an 11-point lead over the challenger. A total of 44 percent of voters, or 69 million people, supported the losing candidate. Subianto rejected the results of the election and has announced he will petition for a recount, citing alleged fraud.
According to Singapore’s Straits Times, Widodo opponents used social media to organize in anticipation of the presidential election results released Tuesday. A group calling themselves “Persaudaraan Alumni 212,” a reference to the mobs that pressured the government into imprisoning Christian Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama for alleged blasphemy, began posting calls for “constitutional jihad” against another Widodo term regardless of the results of the election.
The calls attracted 2,000 people to the headquarters of the national election institute in Jakarta, who began burning vehicles and garbage, throwing Molotov cocktails and rocks to block police activity. Police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd.
Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan confirmed six dead and 200 injured as of 9 a.m. local time Tuesday, including, according to the Jakarta Post, a 17-year-old dead.
Indonesia’s national police accused 58 “provocateurs” of causing violent chaos “by design” in opposition to Widodo.
“There are indications that most of the rioters were from outside Jakarta and that they had been paid [to riot],” Police spokesperson Insp. Gen. M. Iqbal told reporters on Wednesday. “We have detained 58 people suspected of being provocateurs of the riot.”….
Michael Copeland says
Unrest erupted, but it was almost certainly INSTRUCTED.
Islam does not allow its adherents free critical thinking:
“For things which have been stipulated in the texts of Islam, the Ummah [Muslim community] possesses no power except to acknowledge and obey”,
https://republicaninthearts.blogspot.com/2011/04/leader-of-assembly-of-muslim-jurists-of.html
says a Fatwa from Dr. Salah al Sawy of the “Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America”. Their name sounds benign, but In Arabic they are “The Group of Lawyers Implementing Sharia Law in the United States”, which is unconstitutional. In this context “implementing” is kitman-speak for “imposing” (by force).
Mischief Maker in the Land says
“As jihad is … the best part of worship, doing it on Ramadan is rewarded more”,
Zabihullah Mujahid,
spokesman for the Taliban, rejecting a Ramadan ceasefire offer
Jayell says
‘Constitutional Jihad’? That’s a new one! ‘Representation throughj Riot’ is perhaps nearer to the truth, and about as near to civilised democracy as this lot will ever get. I’m trying to work out how many kinds of ‘jihad’ our Friends of the Great Prophet have managed to invent so far as they continue to enrich our dull existences here in the West.
CRUSADER says
Add “Constitutional Jihad” to the list:
cultural jihad
stealth jihad
sword jihad
demographic / birthrate jihad
pen jihad
political pressure jihad
parallel leftism (red-green axis) jihad
creeping shari’ah
on and on….
JeffS says
Love jihad
talipinulu says
Plus “Incesf Jihad”
KWJ says
According to Bat Ye’or’s book you left off education jihad and economic jihad both of which we’ve seen. Same thing as $words.
Apostate Prophet (ex-Muslim) was just permanently banned from Twitter with no explanation. Prince Alaweed owns more shares than Jack Dorsey who apparently doesn’t support free speech even for ex-Muslims. Some Muslim on his YT complained that he was making fun of fasting during Ramadan. Oh boo hoo…Muslims should learn to not to get so mental over what doesn’t affect them personally…they’ll believe what they want to believe anyway.
Free speech jihad. Jihad on progressive values! It’s insane that in the 21st century STILL have people engaging in a holy war for whatever reasons.
Patriot2G says
Ahhh, the religion of peace. Way to write “a way of life,” Mohammed.
mortimer says
The Islamic Republic of Indonesia will soon be here. The largest Muslim nation in the world. If it becomes aggressive towards its neighbors, Indonesia could start WWIII.
The fact that ‘Allah’ did not foresee nuclear conflagration shows that ‘Allah’ was not all-knowing as claimed, and thus, ‘Allah’ is false, the Koran is false and Islam is false. Muslims may abandon Islam with confidence.
talipinulu says
You must know that Indonesian Islam differs with Islam living in Indonesia. Islam Indonesia will fight Islam trying to convert Indonesia to become khilafat. We fought Darul Islam/Islamic Indonesian Army 1949 and win!
katherine says
Gimme a break – Indonesian society has already changed drastically and not for the better. Just look at the photos of the people today and note the increasing percentage of mandatory hijabs in the crowd.
The Indonesian government has been blind for decades to the spread of Arab-supported Wahabi madrassas as well as doctrinaire Islamist educators in the public school system, undermining it . They have been patiently inculcating the values of Jihad into the minds of the youth and juveniles.
Meanwhile an autonomous hotbed province of extremists already exists in Acheh which is being used as a hub for the export of Jihad to other provinces and countries in the region.
Military nationalist regimes of the past had attempted to eradicate the problems in northern Sumatra and Sulawesi but ran afoul of EU and UN principals of Human Rights (for extremists).
The Islamist leaders were even given refuge in Europe to escape from Indonesian ‘ persecution ‘.
The repercussion from all this subterfuge is already evident in the religious polarization of voters in this recent election and in the violent aftermath.
It will only get worse in future simply because nobody has the guts to stop the indoctrination centers in the kindergartens, schools and mosques.
Dachlan says
That is a undeniable fact. Indonesia is heading to Saudi Arabia culture alike. Luckily the nationalist able to beat them this time. This is going to be a hard and long journey for Indonesia nationalist.
gravenimage says
Indonesia regularly discriminates against Infidels and less fervent Muslims, and has full Shari’ah law in Aceh.
gravenimage says
6 killed, 200 injured during “constitutional jihad” in ‘moderate’ Indonesia
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“Moderate”, indeed…sarc/off