Indonesia: Rally to promote moderate Islam canceled after threats of violence from other Muslims

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This is the Muslim-run country that liberals love to point to as an example of moderate Islam. Held up as shining examples of modernity and the “look-what’s-possible-in-the-Muslim-world,” nonetheless, the majority of people in moderate Muslim countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey (before the caliph Erdogan — further proof that reform is a blip, not a trend) don’t just fall short, but come down on the side of the jihad and sharia, monstrous, brutal and extreme. This incident shows that it isn’t the “extremists” who are the tiny minority of extremists, it’s the “moderates.”

“Mass rally to promote moderate Islam in Indonesia canceled,” Associated Press, October 26, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Organizers of an Indonesian movement to promote a moderate brand of Islam have canceled a mass rally after its youth supporters burned the flag of an outlawed hard-line Muslim group, sparking allegations of blasphemy.

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The rally in Yogyakarta, predicted to draw 100,000 people, was canceled to prevent violence, said Yahya Cholil Staquf, general secretary of Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia’s largest Muslim organization.

Video of members of Nahdlatul Ulama’s youth arm burning the flag of the outlawed group, Hizbut Tahrir, has stirred controversy in Indonesia because the flag is also emblazoned with the Islamic declaration of faith. Their uniforms indicated they’re part of the youth organization’s militia.

At least 1,000 people protested the flag burning in Jakarta and Bandung on Friday, demanding prosecution of those responsible.

Demonstrators in white Islamic robes snarled traffic outside the security ministry in Jakarta, waving flags with Arabic text professing belief in one God and chanting “God is great” and “No God except Allah.”

Staquf said Hizbut Tahrir “operatives” disrupted the youth wing’s celebrations and exploited religious symbols, which led to the flag burning incident….

Some 70,000 members of Ansor, Nahdlatul Ulama’s youth arm, had been on their way to Yogyakarta for the rally to coincide with the launch of an inter-faith movement that aims to counter extremism globally.

“Further incidents of provocation were planned. Our members would find it difficult to control their anger in the face of such flagrant exploitation of our religious symbols,” said Staquf….

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felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago

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Thomas Faddis
Thomas Faddis
5 years ago
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Topic of debate between Father Uncle Tom and the ayatollah unkil Tomeni

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago

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felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago

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OneNewMan
OneNewMan
5 years ago

Ha ,ha That headline looks like it’s from “The ONION”. What a joke,

bannedquran20
bannedquran20
5 years ago

No such a thing as moderate islam, nor moderate moslems Baba.

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
5 years ago

Allah “moderate” islum implies is “moderate” persecution for the unbeliever in islum and anyone female.

lostlegends
lostlegends
5 years ago

I have lived and worked in Malaysia, been there numerous trips. An old Asia hand. I rate the Malays, Chinese, and Japanese as the finest people in the world, in no particular order. Have been around. Have Asian wife and Eurasian sons. The Malays can lose the Jews for how I have been treated by the two. There are large diffs between Indonesians and Malays and Turks. I also have Indonesian friends. One who lives in Sumatra south of Aceh. He is a gold mine owner. Has a family. They are not moslems. He and his men survived the recent Celebes earthquake and tidal wave at a new mine in the mtns. above the town hit by the wave. I have donated to earthquake relief in the past in Sumatra. There is more religious freedom in Malaysia than in Israel. Have war correspondent friends who know the Middle East like the back of their hands. Been to Masada, West Bank, Mosul Front, Yemen, embeds with Kurdish Permerga, Damascus, Iran, West Bank, you name it. They have been critical of Jewish treatment of Arabs in the West Bank. I have offered Pamela an interview with them. She ignored the offer. One is a pretty gun-packing Italian. She writes for Libertas. The interview could have been in NYC as Eleonora is in NYC from time-to-time. Pamela sometimes can’t see straight. I have been treated better by Arabs in my life than by Jews. Just a fact. A Jewish friend once told me Jews are their own worst enemies.

lostlegends
lostlegends
5 years ago

I have lived and worked in Malaysia, been there numerous trips. An old Asia hand. I rate the Malays, Chinese, and Japanese as the finest people in the world, in no particular order. Have been around. Have Asian wife and Eurasian sons. The Malays can lose the Jews for how I have been treated by the two. There are large diffs between Indonesians and Malays and Turks. I also have Indonesian friends. One who lives in Sumatra south of Aceh. He is a gold mine owner. Has a family. They are not moslems. He and his men survived the recent Celebes earthquake and tidal wave at a new mine in the mtns. above the town hit by the wave. I have donated to earthquake relief in the past in Sumatra. There is more religious freedom in Malaysia than in Israel. Have war correspondent friends who know the Middle East like the back of their hands. Been to Masada, West Bank, Mosul Front, Yemen, embeds with Kurdish Permerga, Damascus, Iran, West Bank, you name it. They have been critical of Jewish treatment of Arabs in the West Bank. I have offered Pamela an interview with them. She ignored the offer. One is a pretty gun-packing Italian. She writes for Libertas. The interview could have been in NYC as Eleonora is in NYC from time-to-time. Pamela sometimes can’t see straight. I have been treated better by Arabs in my life than by Jews. Just a fact. A Jewish friend once told me Jews are their own worst enemies.

Alleged-Comment
Alleged-Comment
5 years ago

Poor brown skins. Don’t understand what they are getting themselves into. Islam, like Demoncraps don’t free you. They ENSLAVE you.

Alleged-Comment
Alleged-Comment
5 years ago

Poor brown skins. Don’t understand what they are getting themselves into. Islam, like Demoncraps don’t free you. They ENSLAVE you.

R. Arandas
R. Arandas
5 years ago

Even President Erdogan admits that there is no such thing as “moderate Islam”, only Islam. At least he is not as politically correct as some leaders.

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