Although not all tenets of the Sharia are barbaric, a fact which is often used as an argument to muddle the discussions about the aspects which are inhumane, far too much of it is indeed inhumane, including the stipulation that people must be killed for blasphemy and homosexuality, as well the acceptance of female genital […]
Indonesia: Man jailed on blasphemy charges for ripping Qur’an apart
“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 […]
Indonesia: Christians banned from Christmas home celebrations in West Sumatra
“Governments on the Indonesian island of Sumatra have banned Christians from celebrating Christmas in private homes, according to a report Thursday from International Christian Concern.” This comes on the heels of the announcement that Indonesia was set to deploy 200,000 police to protect Christmas celebrations from Islamic jihad massacres. The country’s President Joko Widodo has […]
Sharia in Indonesia: Women unable to walk after brutal public whippings
“At least two women were left unable to walk after a brutal public whipping in Indonesia as punishment for alleged ‘intimate relations’ outside marriage, with a total of six couples subjected to the brutal ordeal, carried out in accordance with Sharia law.” Where are feminists who call themselves defenders of women’s rights, and other defenders […]