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| Moslems in Indonesia Burn Down Several Hundred Homes in Christian Area |
| 2004-04-28 |
| Muslim militants in eastern Indonesia burned down several hundred homes in an overnight attack on a mainly Christian area where 26 people were killed in three days of fighting. The attacks on Christians in Maluku province, once known as the Spice Islands, continues with no end in sight, according to the Washington, D.C.-based human rights group International Christian Concern. On Monday, several hundred homes of Christians were burned down in the Tanah Lapang Kecil and Batugantung neighborhoods of Ambon, the provincial capital. The attack began at about 3 a.m. and continued into the afternoon hours until all of the homes were destroyed, ICC said. According to news reports, government buildings have been abandoned and taken over by unidentified snipers using the rooftops to scout victims, including several policemen who have been killed in the past few days. .... According to the Australian Associated Press, the latest violence began when members of the region’s small Christian separatist Republic of South Maluku marched through Ambon to mark the 54th anniversary of a failed independence bid .... In response to the march, the AAP said, Muslim gangs torched houses and churches, and set fire to a local Christian University and United Nations offices. Several people also were hacked to death with machetes by the mobs, AAP reported, before hundreds of troops from Jakarta arrived to try to quell the attacks. .... The leader of the radical Muslim Brotherhood, Habib Husein al-Hubsyi, threatened earlier this week to send 7,000 holy warriors to the province. |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |
| #14 Lets see this for what it really is and stop trying to stir up more Racial Strife and Hatred. It's not "Muslim again Christian" it's just the age old 'People against People'. Struggle for power, assets and selfishness. One Political Group wants to be the leaders, president, Police Chiefs and librarians once this whole Conflict heads down the road behind East Timor and becomes a New Separate Country. Leave religion out of it. It's just a Mask to desguise peoples ugly actions and murderous intent. bukah Mataku. (open your eyes) |
| Posted by: Truth Search 2004-07-15 11:03:39 PM |
| #13 I thought this was concise and HONEST news ??? I agree it was all about Power, Greed, and selfishness........ Was it really worth flying that RSM flag in the faces of victims family's who have long memory's ??? Especially on that special Muslim Day. What was achieved...... Serioulsy ??? The average christian (50% of population in Maluku) cringes when some Activist breaks out the FKM flag, as he know's it is only to stir up trouble, and will result in unrest, and conflict (meaning bloodshed and tears) The average person in Maluku (christian or Muslim) live in harmony as neighbours and even family members. They're actually famous for their Religious Tolerance, and have been for decades. They don't want violence or strife or death....... but hey, guess what. It's Voting Time in Indonesia....... Take Religion out of it, and have a fresh look !!! A real look. The so called 'christians' burning houses were from Jakarta..........and the Muslim's slashing and killing were speaking with Javanese Language and accents )i.e. NOT known Locals !!....... Hello >??? Well, that's my 5 Rupiah's worth anyway..... Mr. Cinta |
| Posted by: Cinta Baru 2004-05-05 2:04:12 AM |
| #12 Lets also not forget that many many Muslim family's and children were killed in this weekends atrocity in Ambon by your christian 'brothers' 3 Muslim women were hacked to death by FKM (MSF) Christian Students. Also that they (we the christians) burned down the new Muslim High School, setting education in Ambon back 10 years for innocent students, oh and of course were warned countless times NOT to do the march through the Muslim Neighbourhood on that day as it would be Highly "Provocative". Guess what........... the Political Figures manipulating the well meaning 'christians' didn't listen or care. A riot was started, and Lives and Souls of innocents were taken from this planet. When will we learn NOT to be manipulated into violence......ever......for ANY reason ???? An entire Muslim neighbourhood was burned to the ground with elderly and children in it......... so lets just see clearly that this whole thing actually had very very little to do with Religion at all. If you want proof, I can give you Truck Loads. As usual it was about Power, Greed, and selfishness........ Alah / Jesus had Jack to do with it. Well, that's my 10 cents worth. Signed : Jawa |
| Posted by: Paul Jawa 2004-05-05 1:11:33 AM |
| #11 TS-great link, this picture says it all! Terrible! |
| Posted by: CobraCommander 2004-04-29 7:40:55 AM |
| #10 LA Times ran an article about this yesterday. It never mentioned the Muslims torching Christian homes. Just that the was violence between the two groups. Like being beaten by the school bully and the teacher punishing the bully and the victim for fighting. |
| Posted by: Sgt.DT 2004-04-28 3:42:05 PM |
| #9 BigEd: If it isn't in the Koran, you're sure to find it in the Hadiths. |
| Posted by: 11A5S 2004-04-28 12:24:02 PM |
| #8 Yes, Liberalhawk, but it's only a matter of degrees . If Algeria, Egypt, Turkey and Indonesia want to fight against the West, AQ would forget their complaints and pass the AK-47s and RPGs to their brother Muslims. When they finished with the West, then they'd turn on each other. AQ is just trying to "shame" the other Muslim countries into being "good" Muslims. That's how it works. I remember some writer, who had an article in Vanity Fair about SH, called it "psychotic gangsterism." That about sums it up--whether they're "secular" Muslims, or "religious" Muslims. There is a little inkling, though, that other more normal people who consider themselves Muslims are starting to call the terrorist-style Muslims infidels. But I don't think they're very popular. The "kill-kill" types are the ones who get all the airtime. |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2004-04-28 12:13:18 PM |
| #7 (The fmr Anonymous4052) Hmmm - I wonder what quatrain in the Koran talks about torching folks homes? Habib Husein al-Hubsyi must be soooooo proud of his "holy" arsonists! |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-04-28 10:49:53 AM |
| #6 The world is divided into infidels and non-infidels. Yes, but according to Al Qaeeda, Karzai is an infidel. Chalabi is an infidel. The govts of Algeria and Egpt and Turkey and Indonesia are infidels. A very good portion of the folks who read the Koran, pray to Allah, and call themselves muslims are "infidels" |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-04-28 10:15:03 AM |
| #5 The Religion of Peace(TM) and Tolerance strikes again! |
| Posted by: The Doctor 2004-04-28 9:58:04 AM |
| #4 If you want to see what these riots are like in Indonesia, here are some pictures from past riots.(warning-some of these pictures are very graphic) There are also pictures of the police either standing by as Christians are massacred, or actually joining in in the killing and destruction. http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/9388/index2.html |
| Posted by: TS (vice girl) 2004-04-28 9:51:14 AM |
| #3 Islamists and Jihadis sure are riled up lately, is it some holiday again? |
| Posted by: TS (vice girl) 2004-04-28 9:44:14 AM |
| #2 Good Morning America....here is another clue for the terminally clueless. The world is divided into infidels and non-infidels. They want to kill you or convert you. Simple, easy to understand, but yet still seems to escape your mental grasp. I can't wait until the Thanksgiving when my family members have to start backtracking and qualifying their NPR mindset. Oh..oh...it will be so hard not to rub their faces in the error of their past ways. But..being a Christian...I'll try my best not to. |
| Posted by: B 2004-04-28 9:15:31 AM |
| #1 ...hundreds of troops from Jakarta arrived to prolongue the bloodshed... |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-04-28 9:04:43 AM |