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School head visits Bali bombers
THE principal of a Jemaah Islamiah-linked Indonesian boarding school visited the Bali bombers in jail this week, declaring them his "brothers". Principal Zakaria visited the three Bali bombers sentenced to death - mastermind Mukhlas, Imam Samudra and the so-called smiling bomber, Amrozi bin Nurhasyim - as well as Ali Imron and Mubarok, both serving life sentences. Zakaria is in charge of about 170 students aged from 12 to 20 at his East Java Al-Islam school. May God... ooppps Allah help them He has in the past called the bombers heroes and condemned the West as corrupt. He also applauded the deaths of 202 people in the 2002 Bali bombings, saying foreigners in Bali were "like animals". Just a reminder, Indonesia is Austrilaâs next door neighbour Ali Imron and Mubarok once taught at his Al-Islam school in the village of Tenggulun. The trio of Bali bomber brothers, Ali Imron, Mukhlas and Amrozi, lived in Tenggulun before their arrests, and Mukhlasâs older children now go to the school. The principal said he first met Imam Samudra in prison, but he had known the others for years. "The meetings were very enjoyable; we talked about family things," he said. "I asked them to be patient, and told them I would guard their families patiently." Zakaria said all the condemned men were physically and spiritually well, and had no fear of death. "They have no fear, even more than that, they just laugh," he said. "Itâs no problem. They have no fear because their purpose was to serve God, and execute jihad." Methinks Zakaria is well overdue a forceful "reality check" Zakaria also dismissed claims of a rift between the Bali bombers on death row and the penitent Ali Imron and Mubarok, convicted to life in prison. "The news report that there is a break between Imamâs group and Ali Imronâs group is not true," he said. "It was just made up by a journalist. When I met them, they said there were no problems." All lies etc. Posted by: tipper 2004-02-20 |
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