May 6, p1

No one was injured as unknown assailants attacked an Ahmadhi hamlet in Tenjowaringin village in Tasikmalaya, West Java, early on Sunday morning.

'There were no fatalities. Only windows and doors were damaged,' Dodi Kurniawan, a spokesman for the Ahmadiyah community in Tenjowaringin, said over the telephone on Sunday.

According to the spokesman, 29 buildings were damaged in the attack, including a mosque, a mushola (small mosque) and an elementary school.

The incident was apparently connected to a meeting of the local branch of the Indonesian Ahmadiyah Congregation (JAI) on Friday and Saturday that was attended by 2,700 Tenjowaringin residents, Dodi said.

Your comments:

This is a direct result of the state of the national education system.

Kids are being deliberately kept under-educated. Any spark of critical thinking and wider social awareness is driven out of their young minds at an early age until they become thugs like these; so easily whipped up into a frenzy of hatred by whoever is calling the shots in this nasty game.

For example, these are the same people baying for blood over any ill treatment of Muslim minorities in other countries ' but entirely fail to see the hypocrisy in the ill treatment our own minorities.

Deedee S

Allah says: 'Let there be no compulsion in religion. Truth has been made clear from error. Whoever rejects false worship and believes in Allah has grasped the most trustworthy handhold that never breaks. And Allah hears and knows all things,' (Sûrah al-Baqarah: 256).

One of the fundamental truths established by the sacred texts is that no one can be compelled to accept Islam. It is the duty of Muslims to establish the proof of Islam to the people so that truth can be made clear from falsehood. After that, whoever wishes to accept Islam may do so and whoever wishes to continue upon unbelief may do so. No one should be threatened or harmed in any way if he does not wish to accept Islam.

This verse is decisive in establishing that each person has the right to make his or her own choice about embracing Islam.

Do Riziek Shihab, his followers; the MUI and Religious Affairs Minister Suryadarma Ali not know this surah? There is no point in forcing the Ahmadiya or Shiite followers to convert to Sunni as Allah would not accept the conversion!

They should revisit their Koran again from cover to cover!

Jt

It is such a shame. The more I read about it, the more it makes me sick to the stomach.

I am even thinking of going back to Spain; don't think I want to bring up my kids in a place like this. It won't be long until they burn my house down because I'm having a beer.

Peter Verduin

As a Muslim, I feel humiliated and ashamed of our brothers. Is that what Islam or the Koran teaches us regarding the rights of minorities? How long will you allow the hard line Mullahs to cause havoc in
Indonesia?

Do you want to turn Indonesia into a country where there is state sponsored terrorism, no security of life, no peace of mind and the country's progress has literally stopped? It will happen if you remain silent and don't do anything about it.

The Mullahs have ruined our country. Don't let them do the same in Indonesia. Stand up against them!

Javed Muhzeer

I fail to understand why the state is not protecting its minorities. In fact I feel Indonesia as a state is sponsoring these sorts of activities against minorities, which have nothing to do with Islam. No doubt this is why Muslims are losing respect among developed nations. Until we stop these terrorists we cannot progress, nor gain international respect.

If these radicals continue to ostracize minority Islamic sects, eventually they will retaliate. I wonder if the lazy and ineffectual cops would do as much if it was the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) and their terrorists? This is not a threat but if you continue to attack and kill people what do you expect in return?  

Deddy K

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