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Text your say: Universities must be cleansed from hard-liners
Campus competition: More than 2,000 students of Yogyakarta State University take part in the Canon Marathon Indonesia competition
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Campus competition: More than 2,000 students of Yogyakarta State University take part in the Canon Marathon Indonesia competition. Similar events were held by several university in Denpasar and Jakarta.(JP/Tarko Sudiarno) (JP/Tarko Sudiarno)
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span class="inline inline-center">Campus competition: More than 2,000 students of Yogyakarta State University take part in the Canon Marathon Indonesia competition. Similar events were held by several university in Denpasar and Jakarta.(JP/Tarko Sudiarno)
Your comments on several universities that have reportedly bowed to pressure from hard-line Islamic organizations:
Universities are about gaining knowledge and not about simple belief. That is why religion has no place at a university.
Taco Huh De Vries
There are no hard-line Islamic organizations in Yogyakarta.
Where is the evidence that such hard-line organizations exist?
Bagus Prabowo Aji
Regarding academic freedom and freedom of expression, all kinds of freedoms have to be limited.
E Nurdin
It is high time that universities in Yogyakarta adopt and recognize Pancasila and Bhineka Tunggal Eka.
I personally cannot believe that students in Yogyakarta would tolerate this move away academic freedom and freedom of expression. Have we gone back to the early part of our struggle for freedom? Let us not allow anything to dismantle our unity.
We fought to be free. Why should we allow a religion to colonize us now? Wake up, brothers.
Moeljono Adikoesoemo
With 4 percent of university students supporting the Islamic State (IS) movement and even higher percentages supporting extremists, this country faces a grim future.
Extremists have no place at institutions of higher education.
However, many universities actually invite radical imams for Friday sermons.
So long as the government does not take a firm stand against radical groups such as the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) and others, universities have little choice but to bow to these terrorists who use threats and intimidation to get their way.
Many students are forced to join these organizations via peer pressure. If these radicals continue to operate with carte blanche and implicit government support, then the future of Indonesia will be a dark one.
Willo
This is a bad omen. Who are we and where are we going?
Willem Dolleman
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