Indonesian Mob Kills 12 Christians

ABC News / AP ^ | April 28 2002

[Walkin Man]

The assailants stabbed six Christians to death, including a 6-month-old baby. Six others were killed in the fires.

The peace-loving followers of the moon god strike again.

[Spar]

I have been posting about the Jihad against the Indonesians here: INDONESIA: Christian Religious Students Riot

[kayak]

fyi

[browardchad]

I'm sure the U.N. is working overtime on their condemnation of this atrocity, with the same meticulous attention they've given to the slaughter of Christians elsewhere.

[homeschool mama]

One could hope for that....alas, false hope.

[river rat]

Don't complain too loudly..
I believe the U.N. has finally shit in their Easter Basket...
The TAXPAYING citizens of the West can now see clearly the "agenda" of the U.N...
The U.N. has rendered themselves a laughing stock collection of morons and corrupt theives...
Get the U.S. out of the U.N., and the U.N. out of the U.S..
Semper Fi

[PA Engineer]

bttt

[history_matters]

Persecution of Christians by Muslims -- Martyrdoms

[Spar]

Christians tried in the Balkans and got slapped down.

[brat]

Yes, no doubt they are so lost in thought as to how to define such horror, that they have not yet had time to speak on the subject. I guess they're too busy keeping an eye on those terrorist Jews. ~sarcasm off~

[Walkin Man]

Yeah, I'm sure Coffee is going to be screaming on the news shows today demanding investigations of this horrible crime against Christians. (NOT!) The UN makes Israel out to be guilty of war crimes for killing terrorists in that Pali camp, but they have no problems with muslim killers of 6 month year old babies, as long as they are Christian of course!

[Walkin Man]

The muslims have been rioting, burning down churches and killing Christians over there for quite awhile.

[Walkin Man]

Christians throughtout the world unite before it's too late!!

Yup, the barbarians are at the gate.

[TopQuark]

Bump

[cherrycapital]

Guess it hasn't dawned on you yet that many Palestinians are Christian, and that they all support the PLO.

[knighthawk]

Muslim militiaman says prepare for war
CNN, April 26 2002

AMBON, Indonesia (AP) -- The leader of a militant Muslim militia in Indonesia's Maluku islands has told thousands of supporters to prepare for war against a mostly Christian separatist group.

Jafar Umar Thalib, the commander of the Laskar Jihad, urged his followers on Friday to reject a recent peace deal between Muslims and Christians that had mostly stemmed three years of religious fighting in the region.

"From today, we will no longer talk about reconciliation," he told around 5,000 people at mosque in the Maluku provincial capital, Ambon.

Earlier Friday, security forces fired warning shots to prevent the crowd from moving into a Christian section of the city. One person was injured, witnesses said.

Up to 9,000 people have been killed in the Malukus -- located 2,600 kilometers (1,600 miles) east of Jakarta and known as the Spice Islands during Dutch colonial rule -- since fighting broke out in 1999.

Tensions have risen sharply this week in the run-up to anniversary celebrations by the Maluku Sovereignty Front, a small separatist group campaigning to make the southern part of the Maluku archipelago an independent nation.

Accusations

Local Islamic groups accuse the front, which is mostly supported by Christians, of encouraging attacks on Muslims. They use the front's presence to justify their own militancy and have long demanded security forces crack down on it.

On Thursday, a Muslim mob torched a church after the front raised independence flags in the city. At least 6 people were injured in clashes with troops.

"Our ... focus now must be preparing for war -- ready your guns, spears and daggers," Thalib said.

Laskar Jihad joined the conflict in 2000 after arriving from Indonesia's main island of Java. It has been accused of having links to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network, something which it and Indonesian officials deny.

Indonesia is the world's most populous Islamic nation. However, in Maluku -- which has a population of about two million people -- the balance between Christians and Muslims is almost even.