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While Copenhagen follows the path trodden by Paris and Antwerp - ungrateful intruders running amok A to protest lack of handouts from thec folks whose country it is, and B to menace free thought and speech...a spot of news from Indonesia might not go amiss.
This is going out to all kinds of folks, so that the next time Indonesia is portrayed as the 'moderate, tolerant' example of Islam, you can make up your own minds what to expect if Islamic 'tolerance' ever gets into a position of inflkuence in your country.
Quotes from the Jakarta Post 14/2/08, plus comment from contranorte@yahoo.ca
Bukitinggi, CPCadang Regency, Sumatra. Deputy Mayor Ismet Amzis has announced that Valentine's Day celebrations are banned in his jurisdiction.
'It is 'not our culture, as it usually relaates closely to immoral acts, where, during the celebration, young couples tend to hug, and even kiss each other. This is an immoral act, right?'
The ban extensds to cafes, restaurants and hotels and other tourist sites. ermits already issued for events will be revoked, and enforcement of existing regulations against immoral acts will be taken to court if need be.
Ismet's boss, MayorDufri, plans to shut down famous tourist attractions like Jam Gadang, and his administration urged parents to get their children to mosques or prayer rooms on the 14th,to hear sermonsand 'officers have been given authority to detain young couples found on the streets or at at tourist sites.'
The idiotic Ismet says that New Year is his next target...'its celebrations are closely linked to immoral acts...so let Bukitinggi be deserted by tourists,rather than be allowed to serve as a place for immoral acts.'
Local chairman of the Hotel and Restaurant Association would not comment on the mayoral/deputy mayoral decrees.
Not surprisingly, for if you fall foul of these bigoted old clowns, you end up in prison.
Mr.Achmad Mushaddeq, the leader of Al Qidayeh minority sect, was bullied into 'repentance' at a meeting with Islamist busy-bodies at Jakarta FPolice HQ and even so is facing trial, with up to 5 years for blasphemy. The prosecutor is a moron named Muchammed Muchadir, who says the entirely peaceful 41000 dissidents' leader deliberately spread hatred...through his misguided teachings.' The prosecutor is a liar and should himself be charged with defamation of character. The cleric-cretins who intimidated the guy into surrendering his beliefs should be horse-whipped out of the Middle Ages where their feeble minds still dwell.

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Moved away from U.K. in 1999 but still take an interest. Have written three, soon to be four, novels about In donesia etc. but always manage to stick in some sound observations about the Euromenace.