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To: buwaya
And in places Christians have been persecuted.

East Timor? (Which was especially friendly to us during WW2).

7 posted on 09/05/2015 6:11:06 AM PDT by Does so (SCOTUS Newbies Will Imperil America...)
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To: Does so

I was thinking Celebes mainly, but I have heard elsewhere too.
Many islands in the eastern parts of the archipelagos are traditionally Christian, like Ambon, and others are very mixed. (Indonesia has a ridiculous number of islands and geographic complications that should drive their elementary school kids insane).


8 posted on 09/05/2015 6:19:20 AM PDT by buwaya
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To: Does so

East Timor

Funny you should mention that....

as how strange that Obama’s mother just happened to be called away to East Timor

I still maintain that she was working in some way with intelligence


9 posted on 09/05/2015 6:37:52 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: Does so

East Timor ceased to be part of Indonesia 16 years ago and the oppression they suffered was as a result of the hyper-nationalism of the Indonesian army rather than as a result of Islamism (which the army also stamped hard on in Aceh).

Indeed many of the key Indonesian generals and officials behind the persecution were Christians themselves. The Indonesian government built a big statue of Christ the Redeemer in Dili and welcomed the pope, so whatever else was behind the problems of East Timor it wasn’t an Islamist thing.


16 posted on 09/05/2015 6:39:15 PM PDT by PotatoHeadMick
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