The firebrand Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir is being charged with setting up jihad training camps in Aceh province. He says his prosecution is because he wants to "defend Islam" and admits to organizing the camps. Bashir also says he set up the camps because as a Muslim he is required "to follow(the) orders from Allah that Muslims perform I’dad [prepare for armed conflict] to cause fear among the enemies of Islam..."
Ah, another misunderstander of the "religion of peace".
OK, i'll send the memo.
From the Jakarta Globe March 7 by Heru Andriyanto
Bashir Says Charges Against Him Equate to Ban on Islam
Firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Bashir told a court on Monday that the government’s actions against him and the paramilitary training in Aceh were tantamount to banning Islam in Indonesia, .
“This is a trial by the thagut ,” Bashir told the South Jakarta District Court, referring to the term in the Koran for those who worship as God anything other than Allah.
“I’m being tried for defending Islam.”
The 72-year-old faces terror charges for funding the training of a paramilitary force in Aceh that police believe aimed to launch attacks on state leaders and foreigners.
Bashir has admitted to setting up the training camp “to follow orders from Allah that Muslims perform I’dad [prepare for armed conflict] to cause fear among the enemies of Islam, so they don’t disturb Muslims.”
On Monday, he said the paramilitary training was the implementation of the Islamic teachings, or Shariah, and any attempt to challenge it would mean the government had outlawed the nation’s most widespread religion.
Does Bashir adhere to all the tenets of sharia, or just those not involving stoning or amputations or rape?
“The paramilitary training is recognized by Shariah, and I say the religious teachings should not be violated,” Bashir said in response to the prosecution’s statements. “If the implementation of Sharia was banned, it would be that the government had banned Islam in Indonesia.”
Not such a bad idea considering how sharia is implemented in strict Islamic societies.
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Ah, another misunderstander of the "religion of peace".
OK, i'll send the memo.
From the Jakarta Globe March 7 by Heru Andriyanto
Bashir Says Charges Against Him Equate to Ban on Islam
Firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Bashir told a court on Monday that the government’s actions against him and the paramilitary training in Aceh were tantamount to banning Islam in Indonesia, .
“This is a trial by the thagut ,” Bashir told the South Jakarta District Court, referring to the term in the Koran for those who worship as God anything other than Allah.
“I’m being tried for defending Islam.”
The 72-year-old faces terror charges for funding the training of a paramilitary force in Aceh that police believe aimed to launch attacks on state leaders and foreigners.
Bashir has admitted to setting up the training camp “to follow orders from Allah that Muslims perform I’dad [prepare for armed conflict] to cause fear among the enemies of Islam, so they don’t disturb Muslims.”
On Monday, he said the paramilitary training was the implementation of the Islamic teachings, or Shariah, and any attempt to challenge it would mean the government had outlawed the nation’s most widespread religion.
Does Bashir adhere to all the tenets of sharia, or just those not involving stoning or amputations or rape?
“The paramilitary training is recognized by Shariah, and I say the religious teachings should not be violated,” Bashir said in response to the prosecution’s statements. “If the implementation of Sharia was banned, it would be that the government had banned Islam in Indonesia.”
Not such a bad idea considering how sharia is implemented in strict Islamic societies.
Read it all
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