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Indonesia: Man jailed on blasphemy charges for ripping Qur’an apart

Aug 11, 2020 11:00 am By Robert Spencer

“Last year, Indonesia’s Supreme Court rejected an appeal by an ethnic Chinese Buddhist woman who was sentenced to 18 months in jail for complaining about the volume of a mosque’s call to prayer. The case fuelled fears that Indonesia’s moderate brand of Islam was coming under threat from increasingly influential radicals.”

No kidding, really? But why is “Indonesia’s moderate brand of Islam,” which everyone in the Western world takes for granted is the genuine article, not able to withstand the challenge from “increasingly influential radicals”? No Western authorities seem interested in that question.

“Indonesia jails Muslim for destroying Koran,” AFP, August 5, 2020:

MEDAN: An Indonesian has been jailed for destroying a Koran in a rare case of a Muslim being convicted on blasphemy charges in the Muslim-majority nation.

The district court in Sumatra’s Medan city sentenced Doni Irawan Malay, 44, to three years in prison on Tuesday (Aug 4), less than the four years demanded by prosecutors.

“The defendant has been found guilty of blasphemy against Islam,” said presiding judge Tengku Oyong as he read the court’s verdict.

Malay made headlines this year when he stormed out of a mosque in Medan with a Koran stuffed in his trousers.

He then ripped the book apart and tossed its pages into a rubbish bin before angry mobs apprehended him.

Rights groups have long campaigned against Indonesia’s blasphemy laws which they say are frequently misused to target Christians, Buddhists and other religious minorities in a country where nearly 90 per cent of the population is Muslim.

Last year, Indonesia’s Supreme Court rejected an appeal by an ethnic Chinese Buddhist woman who was sentenced to 18 months in jail for complaining about the volume of a mosque’s call to prayer.

The case fuelled fears that Indonesia’s moderate brand of Islam was coming under threat from increasingly influential radicals….

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Filed Under: blasphemy, Featured, Indonesia, Islamic supremacism, Moderate Muslims, Qur'an Tagged With: Doni Irawan Malay, Medan, Sumatra, Tengku Oyong


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  1. mortimer says

    Aug 11, 2020 at 11:05 am

    The Koran is of human origin and thus it should be no more serious to rip it up than it would be to rip the phone book or the dictionary. The phone book and dictionary, however, are MUCH more useful than the Koran.

    The Koran was created by the caliphs as a troop motivator so that ordinary soldiers would give their lives for the emolument of the Arab ruling class.

  2. Antiislamicman says

    Aug 11, 2020 at 11:40 am

    The Koran it just a copied book of fake stories that Muhammed stupidity thought were true. ( proof that he was a false prophet).

    If you tore up an old A-Z then you would have a problem.

    An A-Z is worth far more than the illogical comic book called the Koran.

    However this goes to show that the Koran and Islam can’t handle critical analysis.

    This makes this so called religion susceptible for annilation on a slow burn which is a very good thing.

    Eventually Islamic governments will have to lock up or kill everyone who opposes this evil sick fascist ideology.

    The only reason why Islam is still here is because of the very violent threat it poses to humanity.

    However don’t feel so sad, people are leaving in their droves from this barbaric cult.

    They are waking up to this idiotic nonsense tearing and burning Korans. Islam is losing day by day Allah is useless, a false God.

    • mortimer says

      Aug 11, 2020 at 11:56 am

      We should support the youtube channels that are sharing (with Indonesians) the very human errors that fill the pages of this very stupid book.

  3. FYI says

    Aug 11, 2020 at 12:20 pm

    But..but Yasir Qadhi says its OK to BURN the koran..

    “when you burn the koran you are not disrespecting it. In fact this is the way to respectfully dispose of it”

    Yasir Qadhi has most helpfully told us all about the HOLES IN THE NARRATIVE in that famous debate with muhammed hijab..in that video he deleted which unfortunately for qadhi still exists on the web.
    I could kiss Qadhi{mwah}..not eh..not eh,…so much m.hijab…

    I have an old koran that is falling apart;what with all the ERRORS I have had to heavily underline,I am not sure I want to follow Yasir Qadhi’s advice and incinerate it.

    I’ll Recycle it instead..there is an old goat in a farmer’s field..i’ll have to rip up the pages of course..

  4. mortimer says

    Aug 11, 2020 at 12:49 pm

    Quote: “Last year, Indonesia’s Supreme Court rejected an appeal by an ethnic Chinese Buddhist woman who was sentenced to 18 months in jail for complaining about the volume of a mosque’s call to prayer.”

    Westerners who want to show how broad-minded they are should realize what will happen when mosques start using amplified calls to prayer in their neighborhoods. They will end up in JAIL eventually for ISLAMOPHOBIA or ‘RACISM’ if they complain about the high-decibel wailing!

    Individual Muslims may be friendly, but the IDEOLOGY of Islam is not friendly, but HOSTILE towards the dirty kafir.

  5. Mike says

    Aug 11, 2020 at 7:56 pm

    how can one be charged with blasphemy if this is not your I’d say religion but it not a religion

  6. gravenimage says

    Aug 11, 2020 at 10:09 pm

    Indonesia: Man jailed on blasphemy charges for ripping Qur’an apart
    …………….

    I’m sure he would not have been imprisoned if he had torn up a Bible.

    • James Lincoln says

      Aug 12, 2020 at 8:01 am

      gravenimage,

      That would’ve made for a great controlled experiment.

      One man ripping apart a Koran, another man next to him ripping up a Bible.

      I think that we already know the outcome…

  7. notnolib says

    Aug 12, 2020 at 7:08 am

    Come on! We do that all the time!! They also make good target backings, and lining bird cages. Tried using one to line the cat box, but the cats won’t poop in filth.

    • OLD GUY says

      Aug 12, 2020 at 11:04 am

      Smart Cat.

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