“Koran teachers linked to the campaign of defeated Indonesian presidential challenger Prabowo Subianto instructed teenagers to take part in last month’s deadly riots in Jakarta.”
Eight people were killed and hundreds of others were injured in the riots.
The entire election process of the world’s largest Muslim country was dominated by calls to be “more Islamic” where “a big chunk” of young people who comprised the electorate was reportedly in support of traditional Islam.
Indonesia has been slowly shifting to become increasingly Islamized.
Indonesia’s current president, Joko Widodo who managed to hold on to his leadership, was slammed by his opponent Subianto for not being sufficiently Islamic; and “accused of not being able to recite the Koran in proper Arabic.”
Post election Indonesia remains tense, amid threats of further riots.
But Westerners are repeatedly told: “violence has nothing to do with Islam.”
“Indonesia riots: Islamic teachers linked to defeated candidate Prabowo Subianto told teens to take part, human rights chief says”, by Amy Chew, South China Morning Post, June 5, 2019:
Koran teachers linked to the campaign of defeated Indonesian presidential challenger Prabowo Subianto instructed teenagers to take part in last month’s deadly riots in Jakarta, according to the country’s National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas Ham).
Eight people were killed and hundreds more wounded in the riots on May 21-22, which were triggered by the re-election of incumbent President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, who triumphed over rival Prabowo after securing 55.5 per cent of the vote.
Many of the demonstrators were “young”, according to Komnas Ham, and took part in the protests because they were instructed by their religious teachers and friends….