Indonesia’s Minorities Under Threat

wsj ^ | 11/07/2016

[BenLurkin]

slamists misquoted a September speech in which Mr. Purnama cited the Quran and started a social-media campaign against him. He has since apologized, and a police investigation is expected to clear him. But the accusation led to Friday’s rally, at which participants openly incited violence against the Governor. Some protesters burned cars and looted shops.

Mr. Purnama, who has been the target of assassination plots in the past, is running for re-election in February. His chances are good since he remains popular with Jakarta’s population, especially the middle class. Originally Deputy Governor, he took over when his predecessor, Joko Widodo, won election as Indonesia’s President in 2014. He continued Mr. Widodo’s work of improving city services and rooting out corruption.

But Mr. Purnama’s religion and ethnicity make him a target for Islamists. In recent days anti-Chinese posters and graffiti have appeared in Jakarta, bringing back memories of 1998 riots in which hundreds of ethnic Chinese were killed. Radical groups called on their supporters to use last week’s protest to incite jihad across the country. That is a real danger, as attacks on Christians and other religious minorities have increased.

Much of the blame lies with former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who endorsed fatwas of the Indonesian Ulema Council, a group of top clerics, against minorities. The Defenders Front was allowed to operate with impunity even though it was linked to the burning of churches and attacks on Ahmadiyya Muslims. Mr. Yudhoyono, whose son is running against Mr. Purnama, said he supported Friday’s protest “300%.”

[soycd]

Barbarian savage retards following moe the madman.

[Crucial]

Liberals don’t care because they take their cue from their overlords who only care about violent minorities who will do their bidding. Minorities who are peaceful and in trouble are to be shunned because they are not useful to their plans for dominion and would be a troublesome burden.

[kearnyirish2]

One of our newer countries, East Timor, was created because when Portugal turned over the colony to Indonesia the people were abused. There is simply no way for a non-Muslim to find peace in a Muslim country; some will for years, but when it all falls apart they are surprised...