இந்தோனேஷியாவில் சரஸ்வதி திருநாள் வெகு விமரிசையாக கொண்டாட்டப் பட்டது
Bali students celebrate Saraswati Day
The Jakarta Post , Denpasar | Sat, 01/03/2009 2:26 PM | National
Balinese celebrated the Saraswati Day on Saturday, a day when the Hindus praise and thank the goddess of knowledge for bestowing the ability to read, write and understand nature upon humans.
Thousands of students all across the island participated in the celebration, wearing traditional Balinese costumes and prayed together at their schools in the morning.
Some of the students later joined a mass of prayers at the Agung Jagatnata Temple in Denpasar where they performed traditional musical instruments.
Hindus celebrate the Saraswati Day once in 210 days and give young coconut leafs as an offering to the gods in the event. In Bali, most schools and universities place Dewi Saraswati statue in front of the buildings as a symbol of knowledge and technology. (ewd)
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Monday, January 05, 2009
Saturday, August 30, 2008
இந்தோனேஷியா ஜகார்த்தாவில் கைலாச மியூஸியம்
இந்தோனேஷியா ஜகார்த்தாவில் கைலாச மியூஸியம்
Kailasa museum, preserving Hindu civilization
Slamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post, Banjarnegara, Central Java
A lack of information and data on Central Java's archeological site in Dieng, Banjarnegara regency, has left the region a relatively unknown tourist destination.
As the oldest site of Hindu civilization on Java, Dieng is often seen by some people as the location of an ancient Hindu kingdom due to the lack of information.
In reality, no kingdom was ever set up on this plateau. It was the center of Shiva worship for Hindu saiwa sect followers during the 7th to 12th centuries.
The presence of this sect is shown through its Hindu features in the temple complex.
For instance, Arjuna Temple within the Dieng complex has the wimana (bamboo structure design) in India while Bima Temple represents the sikhara or India's pagoda.
One of the inscriptions also refers to Dieng as Kailasa, which is believed to be the heavenly abode of Shiva. Kailasa is also the name of a sacred mountain considered to be the center of the world by local Hindus.
Sadly, though, the historic value and natural marvels of Dieng have gone largely unnoticed. People are more familiar with Borobudur Temple and other historic places thanks to their better marketing systems.
In an effort to provide comprehensive information on Dieng, the Banjarnegara regency administration in cooperation with archeologists, historians and volcanologists of Yogyakarta's Gadjah Mada University (UGM) and the Archeological Heritage Conservation Agency has opened Kailasa Museum.
UGM archeologist Nia Nugrahani said preparations for the museum had taken place for years, but that intensive studies of Dieng, involving various disciplines of science, had been undertaken in the past 22 months.
Themed "Dieng in natural and cultural history", the studies gathered everything about the zone from the plateau's formation to the tradition of locals.
"It's like doing a jigsaw to create a Dieng information system," Nia said.
Dieng plateau is the second highest plateau in the world after Nepal. It lies at an altitude of 2,093 meters, where cool air, a beautiful hilly panorama and diverse flora and fauna can be enjoyed.
When the weather is fine, Dieng is the only place to watch the glows of the so-called "double sunrise".
The golden sunrise comes first, lasting from 5:30 am to 6:00 a.m.. From the 1,700-meter-high view station of Dieng, the yellowish red radiance of the rising sun is a wonderful spectacle.
After the golden sunrise, which lasts about 20 -30 minutes, visitors can still enjoy the second phase, known as the silver sunrise.
As a hilly zone formed out of millions of years of volcanic activity, Dieng is also naturally endowed with a lake called Telaga Warna -- named after the different colors it reflects as rays of sunlight pour over its surface.
Nia realized the museum could not yet supply all data on Dieng, yet it would hopefully serve as a center for primary sources of information on this archeological site, which is situated in two regencies, Banjarnegara and Wonosobo.
"So far Dieng has remained a site of mystery, with very little scientific data available amid numerous myths circulating in society," she said.
Kailasa museum, named after Shiva's heavenly home, is compiling the history of Dieng from the beginning of the temple zone to the growth of civilization of Dieng people.
The museum also presents the geological aspect of the plateau's formation as well as the endemic vegetation and wildlife of Dieng, where the originally 40 species, including Java's eagles, have been reduced to 19 as their habitat is lost.
The local people's perseverance as a farming community and their cultural life are well represented in the museum, in addition to a display of scattered statues found on the site in accordance with the chronicle of Dieng.
The museum also chronicles the history of Dieng's early period and its further developments in a 35-minute film.
Minister of Culture and Tourism Jero Wacik, who officially opened Kailasa Museum on July 28, said this museum collected statues and artifacts of very high value and significance in Dieng.
By further expounding on the significance of the findings, he hoped the public would form a positive attitude toward the preservation and utilization of the cultural heritage, historic site and zone while the Dieng community could actively participate in this effort.
In fact, according to Jero Wacik, Dieng is an attractive tourist destination. Apart from its gorgeous hilly areas, the cool climate of Dieng can offer an ideal place for tourists who are on their honeymoon.
"This highland can be a special place for honeymooners. Dieng only lacks promotion so it is less familiar to people from other regions," he said.
Banjarnegara Regent Djasri said his administration was also working to improve the attractiveness of Dieng, as well as Wonosobo regency and Central Java province, as an archeological site.
Under this cooperation, local guides have been made available to provide more accurate information for visitors to Dieng.
The main problem facing the site today is the widespread conversion of forestland into potato plantations. The crop has even covered an area only dozens of meters away from Dieng's temple site.
"We are now regularly replanting the forest to restore the natural harmony of Dieng," Djasri said.
To prevent the further spread of potatoes, the regency is boosting strawberry planting, which is seen as economically no less profitable.
"Without any alternative, it is difficult to halt the expansion of potato plantations because the crop has become a source of living for part of the community," he said.
The greening of Dieng is also underway in Wonosobo regency, which launched its Wonosobo Planting Movement in 2007.
Kailasa museum, preserving Hindu civilization
Slamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post, Banjarnegara, Central Java
A lack of information and data on Central Java's archeological site in Dieng, Banjarnegara regency, has left the region a relatively unknown tourist destination.
As the oldest site of Hindu civilization on Java, Dieng is often seen by some people as the location of an ancient Hindu kingdom due to the lack of information.
In reality, no kingdom was ever set up on this plateau. It was the center of Shiva worship for Hindu saiwa sect followers during the 7th to 12th centuries.
The presence of this sect is shown through its Hindu features in the temple complex.
For instance, Arjuna Temple within the Dieng complex has the wimana (bamboo structure design) in India while Bima Temple represents the sikhara or India's pagoda.
One of the inscriptions also refers to Dieng as Kailasa, which is believed to be the heavenly abode of Shiva. Kailasa is also the name of a sacred mountain considered to be the center of the world by local Hindus.
Sadly, though, the historic value and natural marvels of Dieng have gone largely unnoticed. People are more familiar with Borobudur Temple and other historic places thanks to their better marketing systems.
In an effort to provide comprehensive information on Dieng, the Banjarnegara regency administration in cooperation with archeologists, historians and volcanologists of Yogyakarta's Gadjah Mada University (UGM) and the Archeological Heritage Conservation Agency has opened Kailasa Museum.
UGM archeologist Nia Nugrahani said preparations for the museum had taken place for years, but that intensive studies of Dieng, involving various disciplines of science, had been undertaken in the past 22 months.
Themed "Dieng in natural and cultural history", the studies gathered everything about the zone from the plateau's formation to the tradition of locals.
"It's like doing a jigsaw to create a Dieng information system," Nia said.
Dieng plateau is the second highest plateau in the world after Nepal. It lies at an altitude of 2,093 meters, where cool air, a beautiful hilly panorama and diverse flora and fauna can be enjoyed.
When the weather is fine, Dieng is the only place to watch the glows of the so-called "double sunrise".
The golden sunrise comes first, lasting from 5:30 am to 6:00 a.m.. From the 1,700-meter-high view station of Dieng, the yellowish red radiance of the rising sun is a wonderful spectacle.
After the golden sunrise, which lasts about 20 -30 minutes, visitors can still enjoy the second phase, known as the silver sunrise.
As a hilly zone formed out of millions of years of volcanic activity, Dieng is also naturally endowed with a lake called Telaga Warna -- named after the different colors it reflects as rays of sunlight pour over its surface.
Nia realized the museum could not yet supply all data on Dieng, yet it would hopefully serve as a center for primary sources of information on this archeological site, which is situated in two regencies, Banjarnegara and Wonosobo.
"So far Dieng has remained a site of mystery, with very little scientific data available amid numerous myths circulating in society," she said.
Kailasa museum, named after Shiva's heavenly home, is compiling the history of Dieng from the beginning of the temple zone to the growth of civilization of Dieng people.
The museum also presents the geological aspect of the plateau's formation as well as the endemic vegetation and wildlife of Dieng, where the originally 40 species, including Java's eagles, have been reduced to 19 as their habitat is lost.
The local people's perseverance as a farming community and their cultural life are well represented in the museum, in addition to a display of scattered statues found on the site in accordance with the chronicle of Dieng.
The museum also chronicles the history of Dieng's early period and its further developments in a 35-minute film.
Minister of Culture and Tourism Jero Wacik, who officially opened Kailasa Museum on July 28, said this museum collected statues and artifacts of very high value and significance in Dieng.
By further expounding on the significance of the findings, he hoped the public would form a positive attitude toward the preservation and utilization of the cultural heritage, historic site and zone while the Dieng community could actively participate in this effort.
In fact, according to Jero Wacik, Dieng is an attractive tourist destination. Apart from its gorgeous hilly areas, the cool climate of Dieng can offer an ideal place for tourists who are on their honeymoon.
"This highland can be a special place for honeymooners. Dieng only lacks promotion so it is less familiar to people from other regions," he said.
Banjarnegara Regent Djasri said his administration was also working to improve the attractiveness of Dieng, as well as Wonosobo regency and Central Java province, as an archeological site.
Under this cooperation, local guides have been made available to provide more accurate information for visitors to Dieng.
The main problem facing the site today is the widespread conversion of forestland into potato plantations. The crop has even covered an area only dozens of meters away from Dieng's temple site.
"We are now regularly replanting the forest to restore the natural harmony of Dieng," Djasri said.
To prevent the further spread of potatoes, the regency is boosting strawberry planting, which is seen as economically no less profitable.
"Without any alternative, it is difficult to halt the expansion of potato plantations because the crop has become a source of living for part of the community," he said.
The greening of Dieng is also underway in Wonosobo regency, which launched its Wonosobo Planting Movement in 2007.
Monday, March 24, 2008
காபிரி டூரிஸ்டுகளை அடித்து நொறுக்க அமைதிமார்க்கத்தினருக்கு இமாம் அறைகூவல்
பாலித்தீவுக்கு வரும் வெளிநாட்டு டூரிஸ்டுகளை அமைதிமார்க்கத்து இளைஞர்கள் அடித்து நொறுக்க இந்தோனேஷியா இமாம் பஷீர் அறைகூவல் விடுத்துள்ளார்.
பாலித்தீவு இந்துக்களால் நிரம்பியது என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.
அமைதி மார்க்கத்து இளைஞர்கள் உடனே தியாகிகளாகி சாகவேண்டும் என்றும் இவர் அறைகூவல் விடுத்துள்ளார்.
Bashir urges attacks on 'infidel' Australians
March 24, 2008
ISLAMIC cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has returned to his hardline rhetoric with a call for followers to "beat up" Western tourists and for young Muslims to die as martyrs.
In the sermon, organised by an Islamic youth organisation and delivered a few kilometres from the home village of convicted Bali bombers Amrozi and Mukhlas, Bashir likened tourists in Bali to "worms, snakes, maggots", and specifically referred to the immorality of Australian infidels.
The address was caught on video by an Australian university student.
"The youth movement here must aspire to a martyrdom death," said the cleric, who was convicted of conspiracy over the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, including 88 Australians, but was later cleared and released from prison.
"The young must be first at the front line - don't hide at the back. You must be at the front, die as martyrs and all your sins will be forgiven. This is how to achieve forgiveness."
Observers said the sermon's content was a clear indication of what many terrorism academics have noted - that the accused spiritual head of Jemaah Islamiah has been emboldened by his release from prison last year after serving 26 months for conspiracy in relation to the Bali blasts.
"Immediately after Abu Bakar Bashir was released from incarceration he was very cautious in spreading hatred," said Rohan Gunaratna, head of the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University. "The remarks show that Abu Bakar Bashir has gone back to the pre-incarceration period where he was in a very similar way urging JI members, encouraging JI members to move in the direction of violence, especially violence including terrorism."
The sermon was organised by the youth group Persatuan Pemuda Islam Pantura (Java North Coast Islamic Youth Group) and delivered on October 22 last year.
It was captured on videotape by Darwin-based political science PhD student Nathan Franklin, who was conducting research at Islamic boarding schools in east Java.
Bashir's address was observed by the village's police chief and a horde of plain-clothes Indonesian police officers. It was also attended by relatives of Amrozi, who travelled to the sermon from the Bali bomber's former Islamic boarding school on the village's outskirts.
The cleric has warned of retribution should the Bali bombers be executed by firing squad.
During the sermon, Bashir talked of a previous visit to Australia, claiming that he had wanted to see the "beauty of the ocean" but was told by a friend there was "one condition" of a visit to the beach.
"He said if you enter that area you must be completely naked," Bashir told the crowd of about 300 hearing his sermon.
Bashir likened non-Muslims to crawling animals. "Worms, snakes, maggots - those are animals that crawl. Take a look at Bali ... those infidel tourists. They are naked."
He called for signs to be erected across Indonesia warning tourists they were entering a Muslim area, and directing they cover up appropriately. But in east Java, he urged the Islamist youth to "beat up" foreigners.
"God willing, there are none here," Bashir said. "If there were infidels here, just beat them up. Do not tolerate them."
Bashir has never sought to hide his support for the Mujahideen, or holy warriors, who seek to wage jihad and die as martyrs in defence of Islam. However, he has in the past been careful to distance himself from the Bali bombings, praising the bombers' intention but not their method.
Mr Franklin, who is completing a doctorate in political science specialising in Indonesian politics, agreed that Bashir's radical address proved the cleric had been emboldened by his early release from prison and was seemingly intent on attracting greater publicity for his cause. "Going to jail, serving a very light sentence, and becoming a media icon - it's the best thing that's happened to him," Mr Franklin said.
He said Bashir sensed his opportunity for greater power and influence as Indonesia increasingly moved away from secularism towards Islamic law.
The PhD student will screen extracts of the Bashir video, which has been sub-titled, at Charles Darwin University in Darwin on Friday as part of an academic talk on how the sermons give inspiration to the radical Islamist cause to create a Caliphate, or greater Islamic state.
Dr Gunaratna said the radical nature of Bashir's current sermons showed that Indonesia's legal system was still not equipped to police terrorism.
"The very fact that Abu Bakar Bashir is spreading hatred and ideological extremism is testimony to the fact that Australia has failed in engagement with Indonesia to build a robust Indonesian counter-terrorism legislation," Dr Gunaratna said.
Bashir's address contained many direct challenges to Indonesian secularism. The cleric urged his supporters to reject the laws of the nation's parliament and said following state laws that contradicted Islamic Shariah law was an act of "blasphemy".
"Don't be scared if you are called a hardliner Muslim," Bashir said. "It must be like that. We can't follow human law that is in conflict with Allah's law."
பாலித்தீவு இந்துக்களால் நிரம்பியது என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.
அமைதி மார்க்கத்து இளைஞர்கள் உடனே தியாகிகளாகி சாகவேண்டும் என்றும் இவர் அறைகூவல் விடுத்துள்ளார்.
Bashir urges attacks on 'infidel' Australians
March 24, 2008
ISLAMIC cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has returned to his hardline rhetoric with a call for followers to "beat up" Western tourists and for young Muslims to die as martyrs.
In the sermon, organised by an Islamic youth organisation and delivered a few kilometres from the home village of convicted Bali bombers Amrozi and Mukhlas, Bashir likened tourists in Bali to "worms, snakes, maggots", and specifically referred to the immorality of Australian infidels.
The address was caught on video by an Australian university student.
"The youth movement here must aspire to a martyrdom death," said the cleric, who was convicted of conspiracy over the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, including 88 Australians, but was later cleared and released from prison.
"The young must be first at the front line - don't hide at the back. You must be at the front, die as martyrs and all your sins will be forgiven. This is how to achieve forgiveness."
Observers said the sermon's content was a clear indication of what many terrorism academics have noted - that the accused spiritual head of Jemaah Islamiah has been emboldened by his release from prison last year after serving 26 months for conspiracy in relation to the Bali blasts.
"Immediately after Abu Bakar Bashir was released from incarceration he was very cautious in spreading hatred," said Rohan Gunaratna, head of the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University. "The remarks show that Abu Bakar Bashir has gone back to the pre-incarceration period where he was in a very similar way urging JI members, encouraging JI members to move in the direction of violence, especially violence including terrorism."
The sermon was organised by the youth group Persatuan Pemuda Islam Pantura (Java North Coast Islamic Youth Group) and delivered on October 22 last year.
It was captured on videotape by Darwin-based political science PhD student Nathan Franklin, who was conducting research at Islamic boarding schools in east Java.
Bashir's address was observed by the village's police chief and a horde of plain-clothes Indonesian police officers. It was also attended by relatives of Amrozi, who travelled to the sermon from the Bali bomber's former Islamic boarding school on the village's outskirts.
The cleric has warned of retribution should the Bali bombers be executed by firing squad.
During the sermon, Bashir talked of a previous visit to Australia, claiming that he had wanted to see the "beauty of the ocean" but was told by a friend there was "one condition" of a visit to the beach.
"He said if you enter that area you must be completely naked," Bashir told the crowd of about 300 hearing his sermon.
Bashir likened non-Muslims to crawling animals. "Worms, snakes, maggots - those are animals that crawl. Take a look at Bali ... those infidel tourists. They are naked."
He called for signs to be erected across Indonesia warning tourists they were entering a Muslim area, and directing they cover up appropriately. But in east Java, he urged the Islamist youth to "beat up" foreigners.
"God willing, there are none here," Bashir said. "If there were infidels here, just beat them up. Do not tolerate them."
Bashir has never sought to hide his support for the Mujahideen, or holy warriors, who seek to wage jihad and die as martyrs in defence of Islam. However, he has in the past been careful to distance himself from the Bali bombings, praising the bombers' intention but not their method.
Mr Franklin, who is completing a doctorate in political science specialising in Indonesian politics, agreed that Bashir's radical address proved the cleric had been emboldened by his early release from prison and was seemingly intent on attracting greater publicity for his cause. "Going to jail, serving a very light sentence, and becoming a media icon - it's the best thing that's happened to him," Mr Franklin said.
He said Bashir sensed his opportunity for greater power and influence as Indonesia increasingly moved away from secularism towards Islamic law.
The PhD student will screen extracts of the Bashir video, which has been sub-titled, at Charles Darwin University in Darwin on Friday as part of an academic talk on how the sermons give inspiration to the radical Islamist cause to create a Caliphate, or greater Islamic state.
Dr Gunaratna said the radical nature of Bashir's current sermons showed that Indonesia's legal system was still not equipped to police terrorism.
"The very fact that Abu Bakar Bashir is spreading hatred and ideological extremism is testimony to the fact that Australia has failed in engagement with Indonesia to build a robust Indonesian counter-terrorism legislation," Dr Gunaratna said.
Bashir's address contained many direct challenges to Indonesian secularism. The cleric urged his supporters to reject the laws of the nation's parliament and said following state laws that contradicted Islamic Shariah law was an act of "blasphemy".
"Don't be scared if you are called a hardliner Muslim," Bashir said. "It must be like that. We can't follow human law that is in conflict with Allah's law."
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
பாலியில் இந்துக்களை குண்டுவைத்து கொன்ற இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதி சுட்டுக்கொலை
பாலியில் இந்துக்களை குண்டுவைத்து கொன்ற இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதி சுட்டுக்கொலை
Bali bomber believed killed in southern Philippines
February 19, 2008 12:36pm
THE terrorist who built the bombs used in the 2002 Bali atrocities is believed to have been killed in the Philippines, according to local military.
The body of a man thought to be Indonesian bomb expert Dulmatin, one of those behind the Bali bombings, was recovered from a shallow grave in the island of Tawi-tawi, said Major General Ben Dolorfino.
"As of now, we are conducting a DNA test to confirm if it is really his body,'' said Maj-Gen Dolorfino, adding that an informant had led them to the grave.
The US government has offered a $10 million bounty for Dulmatin, who has been hiding out in the southern Philippines with local militants for most of the past five years.
The army reported in January 2007 that Dulmatin was believed to have been hit by gunfire in a special forces commando raid that killed a top leader of al-Qaida-linked terror group Abu Sayyaf named Abu Sulaiman. Dulmatin was sighted afterward.
A US-backed offensive by up to 10,000 Philippine soldiers led to the killing of Abu Sayyaf chieftain Khaddafy Janjalani in September and has kept Dulmatin, Patek and other Islamic militants on the run.
Patek and Dulmatin are believed to have been on the run with members of Abu Sayyaf.
Philippine security officials suspect the men were involved in helping the Abu Sayyaf carry out a 2004 bombing that gutted a ferry and killed 116 people in the country's worst terror attack.
Bali bomber believed killed in southern Philippines
February 19, 2008 12:36pm
THE terrorist who built the bombs used in the 2002 Bali atrocities is believed to have been killed in the Philippines, according to local military.
The body of a man thought to be Indonesian bomb expert Dulmatin, one of those behind the Bali bombings, was recovered from a shallow grave in the island of Tawi-tawi, said Major General Ben Dolorfino.
"As of now, we are conducting a DNA test to confirm if it is really his body,'' said Maj-Gen Dolorfino, adding that an informant had led them to the grave.
The US government has offered a $10 million bounty for Dulmatin, who has been hiding out in the southern Philippines with local militants for most of the past five years.
The army reported in January 2007 that Dulmatin was believed to have been hit by gunfire in a special forces commando raid that killed a top leader of al-Qaida-linked terror group Abu Sayyaf named Abu Sulaiman. Dulmatin was sighted afterward.
A US-backed offensive by up to 10,000 Philippine soldiers led to the killing of Abu Sayyaf chieftain Khaddafy Janjalani in September and has kept Dulmatin, Patek and other Islamic militants on the run.
Patek and Dulmatin are believed to have been on the run with members of Abu Sayyaf.
Philippine security officials suspect the men were involved in helping the Abu Sayyaf carry out a 2004 bombing that gutted a ferry and killed 116 people in the country's worst terror attack.
Monday, December 17, 2007
2002இல் பாலித்தீவில் இந்துக்களை சரமாரியாக கொன்ற இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதிகளுக்கு இஸ்லாமிய இமாம்கள் ஆசீர்வாதம்
2002இல் பாலித்தீவில் இந்துக்களை சரமாரியாக கொன்ற இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதிகளுக்கு இஸ்லாமிய இமாம்கள் ஆசீர்வாதம் அளித்து, மேன்மேலும் ஆஸ்திரேலியாவையும் தாக்கவேண்டும் என்று அறிவுரை அளித்தனர்
Bali bomber warns of terror doom for AustraliaBy Cindy Wockner in Bali and Michelle Cazzulino
December 17, 2007 12:00am
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IN a visit sure to anger the families of those killed in the 2002 Bali bombings, radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has been allowed to see the three death-row bombers in jail to offer them guidance.
Himself convicted then acquitted of his role in the murderous nightclub attacks which killed 202 people, including 88 Australians, Bashir told the terrorists that they must be patient and not weak, and that they were mujahidin (holy warriors).
Also alleged to have been the spiritual leader of terror group Jemaah Islamiyah, questions are being asked why authorities allowed the 69-year-old to visit his one-time protege at Nusakambangan, an island prison complex off the southern coast of Java.
Bashir was among a group of Islamic preachers, family members and lawyers who visited the so-called smiling assassin Amrozi, his older brother Mukhlas and Imam Samudra on Saturday.
Before going into the jail, Bashir warned of a "big disaster" for Indonesia if the three were executed for their crimes, admitting their methods in defending Islam were wrong.
"It is true they were defending Muslims but their methods were wrong. That is why they are now fasting to pay for the loss of innocent lives," he said.
Bashir also delivered a sermon to the group, during which some family members are reported to have cried. He asked them to be patient in the test they were facing.
"Convince yourself that you are a mujahidin. A mujahidin cannot be weak, sad and show grief and have to be patient," he told the men.
He also said the Indonesian Government should review the convictions and death penalties of the trio.
The men themselves, who have never expressed any remorse for their crimes except to say they are sorry that fellow Muslims died in the bombings, warned of doom for Australia.
"Not long now Australia will go down. Its world will go down, the people will go down and doom on their Armageddon," Samudra said in English.
"Specially for you Australia. Tell to your Minister, if you kafir did not convert to Islam then you will go to hell. Take America for example. Now their condition is worse than Russia."
Perth man Peter Hughes, who survived the bombings with burns to more than half of his body, yesterday slammed the decision to allow the prison visit. "It's corruption at its worst," Mr Hughes said.
"Bashir needs to be kept quiet. Our Government needs to step in and tell the Indonesians this isn't acceptable."
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Bali bomber warns of terror doom for AustraliaBy Cindy Wockner in Bali and Michelle Cazzulino
December 17, 2007 12:00am
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IN a visit sure to anger the families of those killed in the 2002 Bali bombings, radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has been allowed to see the three death-row bombers in jail to offer them guidance.
Himself convicted then acquitted of his role in the murderous nightclub attacks which killed 202 people, including 88 Australians, Bashir told the terrorists that they must be patient and not weak, and that they were mujahidin (holy warriors).
Also alleged to have been the spiritual leader of terror group Jemaah Islamiyah, questions are being asked why authorities allowed the 69-year-old to visit his one-time protege at Nusakambangan, an island prison complex off the southern coast of Java.
Bashir was among a group of Islamic preachers, family members and lawyers who visited the so-called smiling assassin Amrozi, his older brother Mukhlas and Imam Samudra on Saturday.
Before going into the jail, Bashir warned of a "big disaster" for Indonesia if the three were executed for their crimes, admitting their methods in defending Islam were wrong.
"It is true they were defending Muslims but their methods were wrong. That is why they are now fasting to pay for the loss of innocent lives," he said.
Bashir also delivered a sermon to the group, during which some family members are reported to have cried. He asked them to be patient in the test they were facing.
"Convince yourself that you are a mujahidin. A mujahidin cannot be weak, sad and show grief and have to be patient," he told the men.
He also said the Indonesian Government should review the convictions and death penalties of the trio.
The men themselves, who have never expressed any remorse for their crimes except to say they are sorry that fellow Muslims died in the bombings, warned of doom for Australia.
"Not long now Australia will go down. Its world will go down, the people will go down and doom on their Armageddon," Samudra said in English.
"Specially for you Australia. Tell to your Minister, if you kafir did not convert to Islam then you will go to hell. Take America for example. Now their condition is worse than Russia."
Perth man Peter Hughes, who survived the bombings with burns to more than half of his body, yesterday slammed the decision to allow the prison visit. "It's corruption at its worst," Mr Hughes said.
"Bashir needs to be kept quiet. Our Government needs to step in and tell the Indonesians this isn't acceptable."
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Saturday, November 24, 2007
காபிர்களை கொன்றதால் அல்லாவின் அருள் எங்களுக்கு நிச்சயம் உண்டு- பாலித்தீவில் குண்டுவைத்தவர்கள் மகிழ்ச்சி
காபிர் இந்துக்கள் கிறிஸ்துவர்களை கொன்றதால் அல்லாவின் அருள் எங்களுக்கு நிச்சயம் உண்டு, எங்களுக்கு எங்கள் குடும்பத்தினரும் அல்லாவின் அருளை பெறுவார்கள். நாங்கள் வைத்த குண்டினால் சில முஸ்லீம்கள் இறந்தார்கள் என்பது எங்களுக்கு வருத்தமாக இருந்தாலும் ஏராளமான காபிர் இந்துக்கள் செத்தார்கள் என்பதால் அல்லா எங்களுக்கு அருள் பாலிப்பார் என்று பாலித்தீவில் குண்டுவைத்தவர்கள் மகிழ்ச்சி அடைந்துள்ளனர்.
Bali bombers still defiantArticle from: Font size: Decrease Increase Email article: Email Print article: Print Submit comment: Submit comment Cindy Wockner and Gita Anggun
November 23, 2007 12:00am
THE three men responsible for the carnage of the 2002 Bali bombing were yesterday defiant, unapologetic and welcoming of their forthcoming executions as they were visited in their island jail by some of their family members.
Imam Samudra had a chilling message for Australia: "Next year Australia will be down because it is one of the world's Christian armies".
Mukhlas, aka Ali Ghufron, gave a copy of his final will and testament to his wife and six children.
Delivering the will in the form of a spirited and emotional sermon, Mukhlas had 12 pieces of advice for his children, the youngest of whom is four, telling them to avoid Kaffirs and non-believers.
He, along with the others, was scathing of the roles of his brother and brother-in-law who have turned police informants and now work with police on deradicalisation projects.
"We should pray for them as much as we can so that God can save them," Mukhlas said.
During the visit Amrozi, the so-called smiling assassin, was smiling and laughing, kissing and cuddling his brother's young children and saying that when he is executed as a martyr his family will be blessed.
"There will be a benefit if I die syahid (a martyr). My children will get the blessing, my family will get the blessing and they will be happy," Amrozi said.
All three men, who played leading roles in the nightclub attacks which killed 200 innocent people, including 88 Australians, remained defiant to the cause and say they welcome execution.
They have lost their final appeal against the death penalty, a judicial review.
However their lawyers say they are working on another appeal, saying the previous one was not conducted under due processes of the law.
Indonesia's Attorney-General has said he will give them a month after the final appeal judgment is released to signal whether they want to appeal for presidential clemency or the firing squad will be readied.
Yesterday's jail visit by Mukhlas's wife and children from Malaysia was witnessed by journalists who were allowed into the high-security island jail off the coast of Cilacap in Central Java.
It began with Mukhlas looking through his children's school report cards before handing each family member a letter and copy of his will.
The will contained 12 points and he lectured his family on the importance of keeping the faith, of prayer and jihad, and of staying away from non-believers.
Samudra, the so-called field commander of the Bali bomber, took the opportunity to hold a press conference to correct what he said was misinformation.
He had never said he was sorry about the bombing, he was only sorry that Muslims died, he said.
"I regret that there are Muslim people (who died) and Allahu Akbar (God is great) if there are Kaffir people (unbelievers) who die," Samudra said.
As the visit ended Samudra called: "Australia will be down, next year Australia will be down."
Bali bombers still defiantArticle from: Font size: Decrease Increase Email article: Email Print article: Print Submit comment: Submit comment Cindy Wockner and Gita Anggun
November 23, 2007 12:00am
THE three men responsible for the carnage of the 2002 Bali bombing were yesterday defiant, unapologetic and welcoming of their forthcoming executions as they were visited in their island jail by some of their family members.
Imam Samudra had a chilling message for Australia: "Next year Australia will be down because it is one of the world's Christian armies".
Mukhlas, aka Ali Ghufron, gave a copy of his final will and testament to his wife and six children.
Delivering the will in the form of a spirited and emotional sermon, Mukhlas had 12 pieces of advice for his children, the youngest of whom is four, telling them to avoid Kaffirs and non-believers.
He, along with the others, was scathing of the roles of his brother and brother-in-law who have turned police informants and now work with police on deradicalisation projects.
"We should pray for them as much as we can so that God can save them," Mukhlas said.
During the visit Amrozi, the so-called smiling assassin, was smiling and laughing, kissing and cuddling his brother's young children and saying that when he is executed as a martyr his family will be blessed.
"There will be a benefit if I die syahid (a martyr). My children will get the blessing, my family will get the blessing and they will be happy," Amrozi said.
All three men, who played leading roles in the nightclub attacks which killed 200 innocent people, including 88 Australians, remained defiant to the cause and say they welcome execution.
They have lost their final appeal against the death penalty, a judicial review.
However their lawyers say they are working on another appeal, saying the previous one was not conducted under due processes of the law.
Indonesia's Attorney-General has said he will give them a month after the final appeal judgment is released to signal whether they want to appeal for presidential clemency or the firing squad will be readied.
Yesterday's jail visit by Mukhlas's wife and children from Malaysia was witnessed by journalists who were allowed into the high-security island jail off the coast of Cilacap in Central Java.
It began with Mukhlas looking through his children's school report cards before handing each family member a letter and copy of his will.
The will contained 12 points and he lectured his family on the importance of keeping the faith, of prayer and jihad, and of staying away from non-believers.
Samudra, the so-called field commander of the Bali bomber, took the opportunity to hold a press conference to correct what he said was misinformation.
He had never said he was sorry about the bombing, he was only sorry that Muslims died, he said.
"I regret that there are Muslim people (who died) and Allahu Akbar (God is great) if there are Kaffir people (unbelievers) who die," Samudra said.
As the visit ended Samudra called: "Australia will be down, next year Australia will be down."
Saturday, September 15, 2007
இந்தோனேஷிய பெண்களோடு அரபுகள் விபச்சாரம் செய்ய இந்தோனேஷிய துணை ஜனாதிபதி ஆதரவு
அரபுகள் இந்தோனேஷிய பெண்களோடு தற்காலிக திருமணம் முறையில் விபச்சாரம் செய்வதை இந்தோனேஷியாவின் துணை ஜனாதிபதி ஆதரித்துள்ளார். இது இந்தோனேஷியாவில் டூரிஸத்தை வளர்க்கும் என்றும் இதற்கு ஆதரவு தெரிவித்துள்ளார்
இந்தோனேஷிய துணை ஜனாதிபதி யூசூப் கல்லா டூரிஸத்தை இந்தோனேஷியாவில் பெருக்குவது எப்படி என்ற கான்பரன்ஸில் இவ்வாறு தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.
Arabs encouraged to pay for sex with women in Indonesia
Associated Press
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia's vice president said he saw nothing wrong with Arab men paying local women to marry and then divorcing them days or hours later, and suggested the practice -- dismissed by critics as legalized prostitution -- could boost tourism.
Jusuf Kalla made the off-the-cuff remarks at a travel industry seminar on how to attract more Arab visitors to Indonesia. It was not clear whether he was joking, though his comments caused laughter in the audience.
Kalla said that many Arab tourists currently traveled to the hill town of Puncak near Jakarta to enter into short-term marriage contracts with Indonesian women.
"We need different kinds of marketing campaigns, more targeted. At the moment most Arabs go to Puncak. If they go there looking for widows or divorcees, that is not our business, it is not a problem."
"So what if the man goes home, the lady gets a small house that is good isn't it?"
Women activists say the weddings, which are not recognized by the state but are blessed by Islamic clerics for a fee, they are a form of legalized prostitution and encourage poor families to sell their daughters for sex.
Media reports say the practice is common throughout Indonesia, and that most of the grooms are local men.
Puncak is notorious for prostitution, and signs in Arabic at several restaurants and hotels testify to the area's popularity with Arab visitors. But it was unclear on what Kalla was basing his assertion that Arab men were especially involved in short-term marriages.
Kalla was not available for comment Thursday, and he does not have a spokesman.
இந்தோனேஷிய துணை ஜனாதிபதி யூசூப் கல்லா டூரிஸத்தை இந்தோனேஷியாவில் பெருக்குவது எப்படி என்ற கான்பரன்ஸில் இவ்வாறு தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.
Arabs encouraged to pay for sex with women in Indonesia
Associated Press
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia's vice president said he saw nothing wrong with Arab men paying local women to marry and then divorcing them days or hours later, and suggested the practice -- dismissed by critics as legalized prostitution -- could boost tourism.
Jusuf Kalla made the off-the-cuff remarks at a travel industry seminar on how to attract more Arab visitors to Indonesia. It was not clear whether he was joking, though his comments caused laughter in the audience.
Kalla said that many Arab tourists currently traveled to the hill town of Puncak near Jakarta to enter into short-term marriage contracts with Indonesian women.
"We need different kinds of marketing campaigns, more targeted. At the moment most Arabs go to Puncak. If they go there looking for widows or divorcees, that is not our business, it is not a problem."
"So what if the man goes home, the lady gets a small house that is good isn't it?"
Women activists say the weddings, which are not recognized by the state but are blessed by Islamic clerics for a fee, they are a form of legalized prostitution and encourage poor families to sell their daughters for sex.
Media reports say the practice is common throughout Indonesia, and that most of the grooms are local men.
Puncak is notorious for prostitution, and signs in Arabic at several restaurants and hotels testify to the area's popularity with Arab visitors. But it was unclear on what Kalla was basing his assertion that Arab men were especially involved in short-term marriages.
Kalla was not available for comment Thursday, and he does not have a spokesman.
Monday, August 13, 2007
இஸ்லாமிய காலிபாட் உருவாக்க 80000 பேர் பேரணி
இஸ்லாமிய காலி பாட் உருவாக்க 80000 பேர் இந்தோனேஷியாவில் பேரணி ஒன்று நடத்தினார்கள்.
ஹிஜ்புல் தாஹ்ரிர் என்ற அமைப்பு இந்த பேரணியை நடத்தியது.
இந்த பேரணியில் ஆஸ்திரேலியா மற்றும் நாடுகளிலிருந்து பலர் கலந்துகொண்டதாக கூறியது.
130 மில்லியன் முஸ்லீம்கள் உள்ள நாட்டில் வெறும் 80000 பேர்தான் இந்த இஸ்லாமிய காலி பாட்டுக்கு ஆதரவு தெரிவிக்கிறார்களா?
இந்தோனேஷியாவிலேயே உள்ள பல முக்கியமான இஸ்லாமிய தலைவர்கள் இந்த மாநாட்டில் கலந்துகொள்ளவில்லை.
பல இஸ்லாமிய தலைவர்கள், இந்தோனேஷியாவிலேயே பெரும்பாலான இஸ்லாமியர்கள் ஷாரியா சட்டத்தை ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளமாட்டார்கள் என்று கருத்து தெரிவித்துள்ளனர்.
Indonesian group rallies for world Islamic rule
Posted August 13, 2007 00:27:00
Updated August 13, 2007 00:35:00
The Hizbut Tahrir group has heard speeches calling for global Islamic rule. (Reuters)
More than 70,000 members of a Muslim group have held a rally in Indonesia calling for a caliphate - or Islamic rule - to govern the world.
The supporters of the Hizbut Tahrir group filled up most of an 80,000-seat sports stadium in the capital Jakarta, waving flags as they heard speeches saying it was "time for the caliphate to reign".
The meeting was held as part of "civic education" for Indonesian Muslims, Hizbut Tahrir spokesman Muhammad Ismail Yusanto said.
The organisation advocates Islamic rule and is banned in several Middle Eastern countries.
Supporters travelled to the stadium in convoys of buses from other parts of Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority country.
Local and foreign speakers were invited to give speeches.
But Mr Yusanto said that two inivtees, Imran Waheed from England and Syeik Ismail Al Wahwah from Australia, had been denied entry and deported from Indonesia on Friday.
"The organising committee deplores the deportation because they came to Indonesia at the invitation of the Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia to give their good advice for the progress of Islam, for the progress of this country," he said.
The hardline Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir declined to appear at the event, without giving a reason.
But Yusanto said that police had advised Bashir and another hardline cleric, Habieb Rizieq, not to attend the conference.
The senior Muslim figure Dien Syamsuddin was among the key speakers to address the crowd. He is the chairman of Indonesia's second largest Islamic movement, the Muhammadiyah.
"Islam's progress or regress depends entirely on Muslims themselves," he told the crowd.
He said that "the essence" of a caliphate was that Muslims be united and that therefore Indonesian Muslims should safeguard the unity of their country.
But popular Muslim preacher Abdullah Gymanstiar said Muslims in Indonesia were still divided over Sharia law.
"Why do some Muslims not agree with the Islamic Sharia, even though it is for the own good of Muslims?" he said.
Security did not appear tight for the conference, with police limiting their role to directing traffic.
The rally ended with a prayer and the participants left the venue peacefully, but caused massive traffic jams as they departed.
Tags: religion-and-beliefs, islam, world-politics, indonesia
ஹிஜ்புல் தாஹ்ரிர் என்ற அமைப்பு இந்த பேரணியை நடத்தியது.
இந்த பேரணியில் ஆஸ்திரேலியா மற்றும் நாடுகளிலிருந்து பலர் கலந்துகொண்டதாக கூறியது.
130 மில்லியன் முஸ்லீம்கள் உள்ள நாட்டில் வெறும் 80000 பேர்தான் இந்த இஸ்லாமிய காலி பாட்டுக்கு ஆதரவு தெரிவிக்கிறார்களா?
இந்தோனேஷியாவிலேயே உள்ள பல முக்கியமான இஸ்லாமிய தலைவர்கள் இந்த மாநாட்டில் கலந்துகொள்ளவில்லை.
பல இஸ்லாமிய தலைவர்கள், இந்தோனேஷியாவிலேயே பெரும்பாலான இஸ்லாமியர்கள் ஷாரியா சட்டத்தை ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளமாட்டார்கள் என்று கருத்து தெரிவித்துள்ளனர்.
Indonesian group rallies for world Islamic rule
Posted August 13, 2007 00:27:00
Updated August 13, 2007 00:35:00
The Hizbut Tahrir group has heard speeches calling for global Islamic rule. (Reuters)
More than 70,000 members of a Muslim group have held a rally in Indonesia calling for a caliphate - or Islamic rule - to govern the world.
The supporters of the Hizbut Tahrir group filled up most of an 80,000-seat sports stadium in the capital Jakarta, waving flags as they heard speeches saying it was "time for the caliphate to reign".
The meeting was held as part of "civic education" for Indonesian Muslims, Hizbut Tahrir spokesman Muhammad Ismail Yusanto said.
The organisation advocates Islamic rule and is banned in several Middle Eastern countries.
Supporters travelled to the stadium in convoys of buses from other parts of Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority country.
Local and foreign speakers were invited to give speeches.
But Mr Yusanto said that two inivtees, Imran Waheed from England and Syeik Ismail Al Wahwah from Australia, had been denied entry and deported from Indonesia on Friday.
"The organising committee deplores the deportation because they came to Indonesia at the invitation of the Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia to give their good advice for the progress of Islam, for the progress of this country," he said.
The hardline Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir declined to appear at the event, without giving a reason.
But Yusanto said that police had advised Bashir and another hardline cleric, Habieb Rizieq, not to attend the conference.
The senior Muslim figure Dien Syamsuddin was among the key speakers to address the crowd. He is the chairman of Indonesia's second largest Islamic movement, the Muhammadiyah.
"Islam's progress or regress depends entirely on Muslims themselves," he told the crowd.
He said that "the essence" of a caliphate was that Muslims be united and that therefore Indonesian Muslims should safeguard the unity of their country.
But popular Muslim preacher Abdullah Gymanstiar said Muslims in Indonesia were still divided over Sharia law.
"Why do some Muslims not agree with the Islamic Sharia, even though it is for the own good of Muslims?" he said.
Security did not appear tight for the conference, with police limiting their role to directing traffic.
The rally ended with a prayer and the participants left the venue peacefully, but caused massive traffic jams as they departed.
Tags: religion-and-beliefs, islam, world-politics, indonesia
Saturday, August 04, 2007
இந்தோனேஷியாவில் 200 புது மதரஸாக்களுக்கு 20 மில்லியன் ஆஸ்திரேலியா உதவி
இந்தோனேஷியாவில் இஸ்லாமிய மதரஸாக்களை உருவாக்கி நடத்த ஆஸ்திரேலிய அரசாங்கம் 20 மில்லியன் டாலர் உதவி அளிக்கிறது.
Australia unveils Islamic schools for Indon
By Foreign affairs editor Peter Cave
Posted Thu Aug 2, 2007 7:00am AEST
Australia's ambassador to Indonesia and the secretary-general of the Indonesian Ministry for Religious Affairs have opened 46 new Islamic schools as part of a $29 million gift from Australia.
Work on another 255 of the schools, known as madrasahs, will start in a few weeks.
Part of the aim of the Australian program is to lessen the influence of radical Islamists who have used their own madrasahs as a training ground for terrorism.
Ambassador Bill Farmer, speaking at the ceremony in Java's Islamic stronghold of Lumajang, said the program would fund the construction of 2,000 schools in 20 Indonesian provinces by 2009.
Of those, 500 would be madrasahs.
Australia unveils Islamic schools for Indon
By Foreign affairs editor Peter Cave
Posted Thu Aug 2, 2007 7:00am AEST
Australia's ambassador to Indonesia and the secretary-general of the Indonesian Ministry for Religious Affairs have opened 46 new Islamic schools as part of a $29 million gift from Australia.
Work on another 255 of the schools, known as madrasahs, will start in a few weeks.
Part of the aim of the Australian program is to lessen the influence of radical Islamists who have used their own madrasahs as a training ground for terrorism.
Ambassador Bill Farmer, speaking at the ceremony in Java's Islamic stronghold of Lumajang, said the program would fund the construction of 2,000 schools in 20 Indonesian provinces by 2009.
Of those, 500 would be madrasahs.
Monday, July 30, 2007
முஸ்லீம்களின் தலையை துண்டாக்கிய கிறிஸ்துவ பயங்கரவாதிகள் 17 பேருக்கு சிறை
முஸ்லீம் பயங்கரவாதிகள் கிறிஸ்துவர்களின் தலையை துண்டாக்கி கொன்றதால், கோபமுற்ற கிறிஸ்துவ பயங்கரவாதிகள் 2 முஸ்லீம்களது தலைகளை வெட்டினார்கள்.
இந்த குற்றத்துக்காக இந்தோனேஷிய கிறிஸ்துவ பயங்கரவாதிகள் 17 பேருக்கு 8 வருட சிறைதண்டனை விதிக்கப்பட்டது.
வன்முறை மார்க்கத்தில் இருக்கும் இந்த கிறிஸ்துவ , முஸ்லீம் பயங்கரவாதிகள் தங்களது வன்முறை மார்க்கங்களை விட்டு விட்டு அமைதி மார்க்கத்தை விரும்பவேண்டும் என இறைஞ்சுவோம்.
17 Christians Convicted in Indonesia
By IRWAN FIRDAUS
The Associated Press
Thursday, July 26, 2007; 9:43 AM
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A dozen Christian men were convicted Thursday and sentenced to up to 14 years in jail for beating to death and beheading two Muslims to avenge the government executions of three Christians in Indonesia last year.
Five other Christians received eight-year terms for burying the pair, who were set upon by a mob as they drove though a Christian neighborhood on Sulawesi island a day after the Sept. 22, 2006, executions of Fabianus Tibo and two other Christian militants.
The three executed Christians had been found guilty of leading a militia that killed at least 70 Muslims during a 1999-2002 religious war on the island that led to the deaths of at least 1,000 people from both faiths.
The South Jakarta District Court found all 17 men guilty Thursday of violating anti-terrorism laws.
"It has been proven that they carried out acts of terror together and tried to hide the crime by hiding the bodies," said head judge Ahmad Subari.
Two of the 12 found guilty of murder were sentenced to 14 years in jail each, while the other 10 got 12 years.
It was not clear whether any of defendants intended to appeal.
The executions of the three Christian militiamen took place despite an appeal by Pope Benedict XVI to spare the men and claims by human rights groups that their trials were unfair. The revenge killings were the bloodiest incident in several days of protests at the executions.
More than 90 percent of Indonesia's 220 million people are Muslims, but Sulawesi has a roughly equal number of Muslims and Christians. Earlier this year, police rounded up several Islamic militants accused in bombings and shootings since 2002, and the island has been peaceful since then.
இந்த குற்றத்துக்காக இந்தோனேஷிய கிறிஸ்துவ பயங்கரவாதிகள் 17 பேருக்கு 8 வருட சிறைதண்டனை விதிக்கப்பட்டது.
வன்முறை மார்க்கத்தில் இருக்கும் இந்த கிறிஸ்துவ , முஸ்லீம் பயங்கரவாதிகள் தங்களது வன்முறை மார்க்கங்களை விட்டு விட்டு அமைதி மார்க்கத்தை விரும்பவேண்டும் என இறைஞ்சுவோம்.
17 Christians Convicted in Indonesia
By IRWAN FIRDAUS
The Associated Press
Thursday, July 26, 2007; 9:43 AM
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A dozen Christian men were convicted Thursday and sentenced to up to 14 years in jail for beating to death and beheading two Muslims to avenge the government executions of three Christians in Indonesia last year.
Five other Christians received eight-year terms for burying the pair, who were set upon by a mob as they drove though a Christian neighborhood on Sulawesi island a day after the Sept. 22, 2006, executions of Fabianus Tibo and two other Christian militants.
The three executed Christians had been found guilty of leading a militia that killed at least 70 Muslims during a 1999-2002 religious war on the island that led to the deaths of at least 1,000 people from both faiths.
The South Jakarta District Court found all 17 men guilty Thursday of violating anti-terrorism laws.
"It has been proven that they carried out acts of terror together and tried to hide the crime by hiding the bodies," said head judge Ahmad Subari.
Two of the 12 found guilty of murder were sentenced to 14 years in jail each, while the other 10 got 12 years.
It was not clear whether any of defendants intended to appeal.
The executions of the three Christian militiamen took place despite an appeal by Pope Benedict XVI to spare the men and claims by human rights groups that their trials were unfair. The revenge killings were the bloodiest incident in several days of protests at the executions.
More than 90 percent of Indonesia's 220 million people are Muslims, but Sulawesi has a roughly equal number of Muslims and Christians. Earlier this year, police rounded up several Islamic militants accused in bombings and shootings since 2002, and the island has been peaceful since then.
Friday, July 06, 2007
பலவீனமான இதயம் உள்ளவர்கள் இந்த பதிவை பார்க்கவேண்டாம்.
கிறிஸ்துவ சிறுமிகளின் தலைகளை துண்டித்த பயங்கரவாதிக்கு 20 வருடம் சிறை. சுலவேஸியில் 17 சதவீதம்கிறிஸ்துவ சிறுபான்மையினர் வசிக்கின்றனர். பெருமான்மையாக 80 சதவீதம் பேர் முஸ்லீம்கள். இவர்களுக்குள் அடிக்கடி கலவரங்கள் நடக்கின்றன.
1998இல் நடந்த கிறிஸ்துவர்களுக்கு எதிரான கலவரத்தில் ஆயிரக்கணக்கான கிறிஸ்துவர்கள் கொல்லப்பட்டனர். 2000ல், 2006இல் மீண்டும் கலவரம் நடந்தது. இதில் கிறிஸ்துவர்களும் குறை வைக்காமல் முஸ்லீம்களை தாக்கினர்.
ஹஸானுதீன் என்ற முஸ்லீம் பயங்கரவாதி 2 சிறுமிகளை தலையை துண்டாக்கி கொன்றது உலகம் முழுவதும் பெரும் கண்டனத்தை கிளப்பியது. இவர்கள் மீது 2 வருடம் விசாரணை நட்ந்து தண்டிக்கப்பட்டனர்.
http://palestinename.com/fruit_of_Islam.htm
Indonesians jailed for beheadings
Hasanuddin has admitted his involvement in the attacks
An Indonesian court has sentenced three Muslim militants to jail for beheading three Christian schoolgirls in Central Sulawesi in 2005.
Hasanuddin, 34, was given 20 years for planning the attack, while two accomplices were given 14 years.
Hasanuddin had earlier told the court he helped plan the attack but rejected allegations he masterminded it.
The beheading of the girls, attacked as they walked to school in Poso in 2005, drew international condemnation.
It also fanned tensions in Sulawesi, where Muslim-Christian violence has continued despite a 2002 peace deal.
Previously known as Celebes, Sulawesi is Indonesia's fourth largest island
80% of residents are Muslim, while 17% are Christian
A December 1998 brawl in Poso led to months of religious violence in which hundreds died
Flashpoint Sulawesi
Hasanuddin's denial was rejected by chief judge Binsar Siregar, who said: "The accused was proven to plan and move other people to carry out terror acts."
The court in Jakarta was also told that Hasanuddin had left a message next to the severed heads of the girls, saying: "A life for a life. A head for a head".
A separate court sentenced defendants Irwanto Irano and Lilik Purwanto to 14 years each.
Speaking before his sentencing, Hasanuddin said going to jail did not concern him.
"It's not a problem (if I am being sentenced to prison) because this is a part of our struggle. What will become a problem is if our brothers decide to get revenge," he said.
The three girls were attacked as they walked to the private Christian school near their home in Poso. One of their heads was discovered outside a church.
The trial had been told that the attack was timed to take place during a festival at the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Hasanuddin said he wanted to avenge the deaths of Muslims killed during previous religious violence in the country, the world's most populous Muslim nation.
More than 1,000 people are believed to have been killed during two years of violence triggered by a brawl between Christian and Muslim gangs in December 1998.
Tensions have risen in recent months following the execution of three Christian militants in September 2006, for attacks against Muslims in 2000.
1998இல் நடந்த கிறிஸ்துவர்களுக்கு எதிரான கலவரத்தில் ஆயிரக்கணக்கான கிறிஸ்துவர்கள் கொல்லப்பட்டனர். 2000ல், 2006இல் மீண்டும் கலவரம் நடந்தது. இதில் கிறிஸ்துவர்களும் குறை வைக்காமல் முஸ்லீம்களை தாக்கினர்.
ஹஸானுதீன் என்ற முஸ்லீம் பயங்கரவாதி 2 சிறுமிகளை தலையை துண்டாக்கி கொன்றது உலகம் முழுவதும் பெரும் கண்டனத்தை கிளப்பியது. இவர்கள் மீது 2 வருடம் விசாரணை நட்ந்து தண்டிக்கப்பட்டனர்.
http://palestinename.com/fruit_of_Islam.htm
Indonesians jailed for beheadings
Hasanuddin has admitted his involvement in the attacks
An Indonesian court has sentenced three Muslim militants to jail for beheading three Christian schoolgirls in Central Sulawesi in 2005.
Hasanuddin, 34, was given 20 years for planning the attack, while two accomplices were given 14 years.
Hasanuddin had earlier told the court he helped plan the attack but rejected allegations he masterminded it.
The beheading of the girls, attacked as they walked to school in Poso in 2005, drew international condemnation.
It also fanned tensions in Sulawesi, where Muslim-Christian violence has continued despite a 2002 peace deal.
Previously known as Celebes, Sulawesi is Indonesia's fourth largest island
80% of residents are Muslim, while 17% are Christian
A December 1998 brawl in Poso led to months of religious violence in which hundreds died
Flashpoint Sulawesi
Hasanuddin's denial was rejected by chief judge Binsar Siregar, who said: "The accused was proven to plan and move other people to carry out terror acts."
The court in Jakarta was also told that Hasanuddin had left a message next to the severed heads of the girls, saying: "A life for a life. A head for a head".
A separate court sentenced defendants Irwanto Irano and Lilik Purwanto to 14 years each.
Speaking before his sentencing, Hasanuddin said going to jail did not concern him.
"It's not a problem (if I am being sentenced to prison) because this is a part of our struggle. What will become a problem is if our brothers decide to get revenge," he said.
The three girls were attacked as they walked to the private Christian school near their home in Poso. One of their heads was discovered outside a church.
The trial had been told that the attack was timed to take place during a festival at the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Hasanuddin said he wanted to avenge the deaths of Muslims killed during previous religious violence in the country, the world's most populous Muslim nation.
More than 1,000 people are believed to have been killed during two years of violence triggered by a brawl between Christian and Muslim gangs in December 1998.
Tensions have risen in recent months following the execution of three Christian militants in September 2006, for attacks against Muslims in 2000.
Friday, June 29, 2007
கிறிஸ்துவமதம் வெகுவேகமாக இந்தோனேஷியாவில் பரவி வருகிறது
கிறிஸ்துவமதம் வெகுவேகமாக இந்தோனேஷியாவில் பரவி வருகிறது
என்று இஸ்லாம் ஆன்லைன் கூறுகிறது.
ஏழை இஸ்லாமியரை உணவு, உடை ஆகியவற்றை கொடுத்து இந்தோனேஷிய சீனர்கள் (இவர்கள் பெரும்பாலோர் கிறிஸ்துவர்கள்) மதம் மாற்றி வருகிறார்கள்.
1960இல்தான் இங்கு வந்த கிறிஸ்துவத்தில் இன்று கோடிக்கணக்கானவர்கள் இருப்பதாக கூறுகிறது. அதற்கு முன்னர் இங்கு இஸ்லாமியரே 99 சதவீதம் இருந்தனர். 1991இல் 10 சதவீத இந்தோனேஷியர்கள் கிறிஸ்துவர்கள் என்று கூறுகிறது.
Indonesian Muslims Fear Christianization
By Daniel Hummel, IOL Correspondent
The Catholic Church has 57 churches in the capital Jakarta alone. (IOL photo)
JAKARTA — Indonesian Muslims are worried about a growing Christianization drive in the world's most populous Muslim country led by Indonesian Chinese, the economic heavyweights.
"The missionaries’ ability to come and give food as well as other services coupled with government corruption in providing alternatives allows this problem to swell," Dr. Mohammad Siddiq, Executive Director of Dewan Dakwah Islamiyah Indonesia, told IslamOnline.net.
He believes that Christianization is a major problem persisting in Indonesia and that one of its chief reasons is poverty.
Siddiq, whose group leads the fight against this drive, said Christians use social services to spread their message.
He added that tsunami-ravaged Aceh was a prime example with missionaries pouring into the area to deliver aid and their message.
The same pattern occurred in other places including Yogyakarta after a devastating earthquake last year.
Siddiq said people disaffected by abject poverty coupled with frequent natural disasters and little knowledge about their own religion have created similar scenarios.
The PKS, an Islamic political and social activist group, says Indonesians are very open and accepting people, thus easily influenced.
If someone comes and treats Indonesians well, giving them money, jobs and food as some missionary groups do, their heart becomes attached to the person.
"The Indonesians think with their heart, if you win their heart you win their soul," said one PKS activist.
Many Indonesian Muslims look up for wealthy Muslim countries to help them withstand such temptations.
Less Muslims
The Senayan City Mall in Jakarta has a church on its top floor. (IOL photo)
Islam entered Indonesia via trade with Arabs, Mughal Indians and Zheng He, the Chinese navigator during the Ming dynasty.
Roughly a century after Islam arrived, Christian missionaries did too.
This culminated in the colonization of most of the archipelago by the Dutch for 350 years until Independence in 1945.
Christianity experienced an exponential growth that peaked in the 1960’s and 70’s when over a relatively short period of time millions converted to Christianity.
Dr. Fatimah Husein, an Indonesian lecturer at State Islamic University in Yogyakarta, attributed the mass conversions to the events following the Communist coup and its suppression in 1965.
Many Communists seeking acceptance were quickly welcomed by the Christians, she concluded in her thesis Muslim-Christian Relations in the New Order Indonesia.
Husein cites comparative Indonesian State Statistics based on censuses in 1971 and 1990.
In 1971, Muslims made up 87.5 percent of the Indonesian populace and Christians 7.5 percent.
In 1990, the Muslim percentage went down slightly to 87.2 while the Christian increased by 2.1 percent to reach 9.6.
Booming
Hospitals, Christian in name and symbol, have often been cited as grounds for proselytizing. (IOL photo)
Today, Christian missionaries are as active as they have ever been.
Indigenous Christians and Chinese immigrants who converted to Christianity during the Dutch occupation make up the bulk of the missionary effort.
With privileges under the Dutch that they continued to enjoy under Indonesian dictator Soeharto, Chinese Christians have accumulated great economic powers.
Malls host public speeches on Christian topics as well as Christmas celebrations, while giving little recognition to Islamic holidays.
Most of those building and managing these malls are Christians of Chinese descent.
One example is the newest mall built in Jakarta, Senayan City Mall, which has a church on its top floor.
The mall, built and managed by Manggala Gelora Perkasa, offers a large public space of attraction to many Indonesians.
Questions directed to the mall about the placement of a church inside were avoided and never responded to.
The Catholic Church has 57 churches in the capital Jakarta alone.
Another example of concealed missionary is evident in the healthcare sector.
One of the largest financial blocs in Indonesia belongs to the Lippo Group of Mochtar Riady, a Christian and Chinese.
The Group has holdings in many different markets, with healthcare comprising a quarter of their earnings.
Their line of hospitals, called Siloam Hospitals (Siloam is the Indonesian version of Shalom for the Jewish greeting or in Indonesia the Christian version of Salam), offers international standard healthcare.
The hospitals are overtly Christian given the name and the symbol being the Cross.
Many Muslims frequent these hospitals and have often been cited as grounds for proselytizing.
Dr. Husein insists that Christians in Indonesia cannot be viewed as one bloc and that there are many groups with different views about proselytizing.
"There are groups in Christianity, as well as in Islam, who are more ‘hardliners’ and they might have the agenda to Christianize Indonesia as part of their religious mission," she told IOL.
"However, I think Muslims have to be cautious that even amongst the Christians themselves there are disagreements as to how to spread their religions."
என்று இஸ்லாம் ஆன்லைன் கூறுகிறது.
ஏழை இஸ்லாமியரை உணவு, உடை ஆகியவற்றை கொடுத்து இந்தோனேஷிய சீனர்கள் (இவர்கள் பெரும்பாலோர் கிறிஸ்துவர்கள்) மதம் மாற்றி வருகிறார்கள்.
1960இல்தான் இங்கு வந்த கிறிஸ்துவத்தில் இன்று கோடிக்கணக்கானவர்கள் இருப்பதாக கூறுகிறது. அதற்கு முன்னர் இங்கு இஸ்லாமியரே 99 சதவீதம் இருந்தனர். 1991இல் 10 சதவீத இந்தோனேஷியர்கள் கிறிஸ்துவர்கள் என்று கூறுகிறது.
Indonesian Muslims Fear Christianization
By Daniel Hummel, IOL Correspondent
The Catholic Church has 57 churches in the capital Jakarta alone. (IOL photo)
JAKARTA — Indonesian Muslims are worried about a growing Christianization drive in the world's most populous Muslim country led by Indonesian Chinese, the economic heavyweights.
"The missionaries’ ability to come and give food as well as other services coupled with government corruption in providing alternatives allows this problem to swell," Dr. Mohammad Siddiq, Executive Director of Dewan Dakwah Islamiyah Indonesia, told IslamOnline.net.
He believes that Christianization is a major problem persisting in Indonesia and that one of its chief reasons is poverty.
Siddiq, whose group leads the fight against this drive, said Christians use social services to spread their message.
He added that tsunami-ravaged Aceh was a prime example with missionaries pouring into the area to deliver aid and their message.
The same pattern occurred in other places including Yogyakarta after a devastating earthquake last year.
Siddiq said people disaffected by abject poverty coupled with frequent natural disasters and little knowledge about their own religion have created similar scenarios.
The PKS, an Islamic political and social activist group, says Indonesians are very open and accepting people, thus easily influenced.
If someone comes and treats Indonesians well, giving them money, jobs and food as some missionary groups do, their heart becomes attached to the person.
"The Indonesians think with their heart, if you win their heart you win their soul," said one PKS activist.
Many Indonesian Muslims look up for wealthy Muslim countries to help them withstand such temptations.
Less Muslims
The Senayan City Mall in Jakarta has a church on its top floor. (IOL photo)
Islam entered Indonesia via trade with Arabs, Mughal Indians and Zheng He, the Chinese navigator during the Ming dynasty.
Roughly a century after Islam arrived, Christian missionaries did too.
This culminated in the colonization of most of the archipelago by the Dutch for 350 years until Independence in 1945.
Christianity experienced an exponential growth that peaked in the 1960’s and 70’s when over a relatively short period of time millions converted to Christianity.
Dr. Fatimah Husein, an Indonesian lecturer at State Islamic University in Yogyakarta, attributed the mass conversions to the events following the Communist coup and its suppression in 1965.
Many Communists seeking acceptance were quickly welcomed by the Christians, she concluded in her thesis Muslim-Christian Relations in the New Order Indonesia.
Husein cites comparative Indonesian State Statistics based on censuses in 1971 and 1990.
In 1971, Muslims made up 87.5 percent of the Indonesian populace and Christians 7.5 percent.
In 1990, the Muslim percentage went down slightly to 87.2 while the Christian increased by 2.1 percent to reach 9.6.
Booming
Hospitals, Christian in name and symbol, have often been cited as grounds for proselytizing. (IOL photo)
Today, Christian missionaries are as active as they have ever been.
Indigenous Christians and Chinese immigrants who converted to Christianity during the Dutch occupation make up the bulk of the missionary effort.
With privileges under the Dutch that they continued to enjoy under Indonesian dictator Soeharto, Chinese Christians have accumulated great economic powers.
Malls host public speeches on Christian topics as well as Christmas celebrations, while giving little recognition to Islamic holidays.
Most of those building and managing these malls are Christians of Chinese descent.
One example is the newest mall built in Jakarta, Senayan City Mall, which has a church on its top floor.
The mall, built and managed by Manggala Gelora Perkasa, offers a large public space of attraction to many Indonesians.
Questions directed to the mall about the placement of a church inside were avoided and never responded to.
The Catholic Church has 57 churches in the capital Jakarta alone.
Another example of concealed missionary is evident in the healthcare sector.
One of the largest financial blocs in Indonesia belongs to the Lippo Group of Mochtar Riady, a Christian and Chinese.
The Group has holdings in many different markets, with healthcare comprising a quarter of their earnings.
Their line of hospitals, called Siloam Hospitals (Siloam is the Indonesian version of Shalom for the Jewish greeting or in Indonesia the Christian version of Salam), offers international standard healthcare.
The hospitals are overtly Christian given the name and the symbol being the Cross.
Many Muslims frequent these hospitals and have often been cited as grounds for proselytizing.
Dr. Husein insists that Christians in Indonesia cannot be viewed as one bloc and that there are many groups with different views about proselytizing.
"There are groups in Christianity, as well as in Islam, who are more ‘hardliners’ and they might have the agenda to Christianize Indonesia as part of their religious mission," she told IOL.
"However, I think Muslims have to be cautious that even amongst the Christians themselves there are disagreements as to how to spread their religions."
Friday, June 22, 2007
பாலி குண்டுவெடிப்பு மாஸ்டர் மைண்ட் நூர்தீன் முகம்மது கைது
இந்தோனேஷியாவில் இந்துக்கள் தீவான பாலியில் குண்டுவைத்து 202 பொதுமக்களை கொன்ற குண்டுவெடிப்பை திட்டமிட்டு நிறைவேற்றிய மலேசியர் நூர்தீன் முகம்மது கைது செய்யப்பட்டார் என்று இந்தோனேஷியா அறிவித்துள்ளது.
INDONESIA: FUGITIVE BOMBING MASTERMIND 'ARRESTED'
Jakarta, 21 June (AKI) - Indonesian police have arrested key Bali bombing suspect, Malaysian national Noordin Mohammed Top, the well respected Detikcom news agency reports. He is considered the mastermind behind a series of bombings in Indonesia, including the 2002 and 2005 Bali nightclub attacks which killed over 250 people. Police arrested Top on 14 June, in Brebes Central Java and intend to announce this on 1 July - national police day in Indonesia, Detikcom said, quoting an unnamed source.
The report of Top's arrest follows that of the arrest of Abu Dujana, the alleged military commander of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist network and Zarkasih, believed to be JI's supreme leader. Zarkasih (also known by the aliases Nuaim, Abu Irsyad and Mbah). Both men were seized on 9 June in an anti terrorist police raid in Banyumas, central Java, the chief of indonesia's anti-terrorist unit announced last Friday.
Indonesia's most wanted fugitive, Top was once one of the leaders of JI. According to experts, the Malaysian is believed to have created his own splinter group, after JI expressed a preference for preaching instead of armed struggle. JI is responsible for a string of deadly terror attacks in Indonesia in recent years including the 2002 and 2005 Bali attacks and bombings of the Marriott Hotel and the Australian embassy in Jakarta.
Noordin is now believed to be the head of the group known as Tanzim Qaedat al-Jihad - which is said to be the original name of al-Qaeda. Sidney Jones the Southeast Asia director of the International Crisis Group recently told Adnkronos International she believes there is still a link between Noordin and the radical elements within JI - represented by Abu Dujana - but the level of collaboration is still unclear. Her view is shared by other experts.
JI is believed to recruit both through a select number of Islamic colleges and also through family ties. The terrorist group was created towards the end of the 1980s by a group of Indonesian exiles in Malaysia.
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007
இந்தோனேஷியா: முஸ்லீம் தீவிரவாதிகள் கிரிஸ்துவ போதகரின் வீட்டில் புகுந்து அவரது மனைவியையும் மகனையும் அடித்தனர்.
நூற்றுக்கணக்கான முஸ்லீம் தீவிரவாதிகள் கிரிஸ்துவ போதகரின் வீட்டில் புகுந்து அவரது மனைவியையும் மகனையும் அடித்தனர்.
ராய்ட்டர்ஸ் செய்தி
Hardline Muslims attack Indonesia Christians -teacher
04 Jun 2007 10:44:05 GMT
Source: Reuters
JAKARTA, June 4 (Reuters) - Around 100 Muslim hardliners barged into a Christian reverend's house in Indonesia's Java island, beating his wife and a teenager during Sunday school, a teacher said.
The attackers, who were dressed in black and said they were part of the Alliance of Anti-Apostasy Movements, said the house was illegally being used as a place of worship.
Lidia, a Sunday school teacher in the small West Java town of Soreang, said the men smashed stained glass images of Jesus Christ and demanded the school be shut down.
"We were convening quietly when suddenly these men barged in and accused us of disturbing the neighbourhood," Lidia, who uses one name like many Indonesians, told Reuters by telephone.
"The men forced a teenage student to spit on the Bible and deny Christ. But when he refused they kicked him in the gut... They sent the kids outside screaming and crying."
Police declined to comment and the Alliance of Anti-Apostasy Movements, a group formed in 2005 with the purpose of countering missionary activities, could not be reached immediately.
The reverend's wife said three teachers and 15 children were in the class when the group forced its way in, shattering stained glass images and destroying a number of Bibles.
Under local laws, a house of worship for any religion requires 60 signatures from surrounding residents and should have a congregation of at least 90.
The head of the local office of the Indonesian Christian Church Association, Reverend Maladi Dani, said it is difficult to meet the requirements in remote places and areas with overwhelmingly Muslim populations.
Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim country. The vast majority of Muslims in the country of 220 million are moderate, but there is an increasingly active militant minority.
About 10 percent of Indonesia's population is Christian and religious tensions are usually restricted to small pockets in the huge archipelago of 17,000 islands.
ராய்ட்டர்ஸ் செய்தி
Hardline Muslims attack Indonesia Christians -teacher
04 Jun 2007 10:44:05 GMT
Source: Reuters
JAKARTA, June 4 (Reuters) - Around 100 Muslim hardliners barged into a Christian reverend's house in Indonesia's Java island, beating his wife and a teenager during Sunday school, a teacher said.
The attackers, who were dressed in black and said they were part of the Alliance of Anti-Apostasy Movements, said the house was illegally being used as a place of worship.
Lidia, a Sunday school teacher in the small West Java town of Soreang, said the men smashed stained glass images of Jesus Christ and demanded the school be shut down.
"We were convening quietly when suddenly these men barged in and accused us of disturbing the neighbourhood," Lidia, who uses one name like many Indonesians, told Reuters by telephone.
"The men forced a teenage student to spit on the Bible and deny Christ. But when he refused they kicked him in the gut... They sent the kids outside screaming and crying."
Police declined to comment and the Alliance of Anti-Apostasy Movements, a group formed in 2005 with the purpose of countering missionary activities, could not be reached immediately.
The reverend's wife said three teachers and 15 children were in the class when the group forced its way in, shattering stained glass images and destroying a number of Bibles.
Under local laws, a house of worship for any religion requires 60 signatures from surrounding residents and should have a congregation of at least 90.
The head of the local office of the Indonesian Christian Church Association, Reverend Maladi Dani, said it is difficult to meet the requirements in remote places and areas with overwhelmingly Muslim populations.
Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim country. The vast majority of Muslims in the country of 220 million are moderate, but there is an increasingly active militant minority.
About 10 percent of Indonesia's population is Christian and religious tensions are usually restricted to small pockets in the huge archipelago of 17,000 islands.
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