Kalla, a wealthy Muslim politician, is believed by some Christians to be sympathetic to radical Islamic militants behind sectarian violence that has flared across Indonesia in recent years.LINK
A bloody conflict has shaken the Moluccas, 2,400 kilometers (1,500 miles) east of Jakarta from 1999 to 2002, leaving 5,000 dead and some 700,000 homeless.
In the center of Sulawesi Island, more than 1,000 civilians have been killed since sectarian clashes in 2000.
“Yusuf Kalla is linked to dark stories about burning churches in South Sulawesi,” a senior official in the staunchly Catholic Flores city of Ruteng said on condition of anonymity.
“People are very worried that he became vice president. They are worried that he might change the basic law.”
Egis said, “Megawati protected everybody” whereas Yudhoyono’s administration reflected heavy Islamic overtones."
Almost 90 percent of Indonesia’s 212 million people are Muslim, practicing a tolerant form of the religion. But in certain areas where Christians account for a substantial proportion of the population, sectarian violence is chronic.
What kind of "tolerance" are we speaking of if it only tolerates "submission"?!
Did Bush and Condy get the Islamic threat right after all?
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The silence and timidity of negative human rights just like that of health, simply can't compete with the noise and sensations of religious fanatics or drugs! Yes, it's a pity...
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