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strong>Feb. 9, p8

Still fresh in our mind is a horrible incident '€” the recent attack on Jl. MH Thamrin in Jakarta.

According to National Police spokesperson Insp. Gen. Anton Charliyan, as quoted by The Jakarta Post, all five terrorists died in the attack: Two were suicide bombers and the others died during the shootout with the police.

The incident is proof that some people are still easily influenced by the radical thoughts and empty promises of the radical Islamic State (IS) movement.

The group targets people who do not have much knowledge about their religion or about IS itself, especially young people.

Your comments:

As long as the government allows special interest groups to have the final say over whether or not a place of worship can open, conservative special interest groups will prevail. And now you'€™ve got some guy who can'€™t enforce the law in Bogor threatening to encourage the same lawlessness in Jakarta by running for governor.

Bbruce

Good idea, but the idea should be expanded, where people who seem to push radical thoughts should be immediately turned into the police. A total rejection of any clerics or ustadz (religious teachers) using mosques or pesantren (Islamic boarding schools) to push radical ideas. It starts within your own community to put a stop to the radicalization of Islam.

A good step as well is to study other religions, not from a condensing '€œwe are better'€ approach but to learn about the religions and show there isn'€™t that much difference between them, and hopefully through understanding, build tolerance.

Deddy K.

'€œWe should keep in mind that all religions teach love and peace, and no religions teach brutal radicalism.'€ That'€™s wishful thinking.

Besides, all religions mention falsehoods like eternal life, paradise, gods, angels, spirits and other nonsense.

SB