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Southeast Asia

Indonesian cleric seeks 'Allahcracy'

2006-07-31

The leader of the Indonesian Mujahedeen Council says he wants to convert Indonesia into an "Allahcracy," it was reported Sunday. Abu Bakar Bashir, 68, free after serving two years in jail for his role in a bombing of two nightclubs in Bali in 2002 that killed 202 people, tells the Sunday Times of London that Islamist bombings "are reactions by Muslims to defend themselves."

The democratic system is not the Islamic way. It is forbidden. Democracy is based on people, but the state must be based on God's law.

"The democratic system is not the Islamic way," he says. "It is forbidden. Democracy is based on people, but the state must be based on God's law. I call it Allahcracy."

Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim nation, does not embrace Bashir's ideas, the newspaper says. Fundamentalist parties have failed to win significant support and Islamists are trying to advance their agenda by pressuring politicians to adopt elements of Islamic law. "George Bush is trying to rot Islam from within," Bashir said, "and America is attacking Indonesian Muslims -- with ideas. That's why I'm fighting America -- but only with preaching and ideas, of course."

Posted by:Fred

#4 Allahcracy Bill of Rights

1) You have the right to kill Jews - particularly ones standing behind talking trees.
2) You have the right to kill Christians, Hindus, and other infidels.
3) You have the right to kill atheist / agnostic Western liberals - but do them LAST.
4) You have the right to pray to Mecca at least five times a day.
5) You have the right to have your head separated from you shoulders if you don't do #4.
6) You have the right to kill female relatives who do something 'naughty' - like flash their ankle in public.
7) You have the right to burn American flags.
8) You have the right to blame America for anything and everything that goes wrong.
9) You have the right to own a woman - but only if you agree to keep her in her place.
10) You have the right to do everything your relgious leader tells you, but only when prefaced with 'Allah says ...'.

Posted by: DMFD 2006-07-31 19:56

#3 Bashir and his minions need to get very dead.

Something that more than a few folks around here have been saying for some time now, myself included. Glad to know you're along for the ride, Supple Whomper9999. If such a thing exists, Bashir is d@mn close to evil incarnate.

His "Allahcracy" is just another way of saying that he wants to take a huge chunk of the world's population off-line so that they can be manipulated however @ssholes like him deem fit.

"The democratic system is not the Islamic way,"

I believe that democracy (and elected representation) are a fundamental human right. Rectal cavities like Bashir seek to commit crimes against humanity with their visions of theocratic rule. The time to revoke his oxygen consumption license is long past.

Posted by: Zenster 2006-07-31 19:39

#2 He's right that democracy and Islam don't mix.

The men behind the curtain. It's good to be King. It's even better to pull the strings in the background.

Bashir and his minions need to get very dead.

Posted by: Supple Whomper9999 2006-07-31 02:36

#1 God's Law.....He forgot to mention who would be responsible for implementation and enforcement. But I guess we can assume that the job ought to be left up to the clerics. Executive, judiciary and legislative power, give it all to the guys shouting, pointing their fingers, rolling their eyes and waving the Koran in the air. And when God fails to materialize and announce His Will on matters not covered in Koran in a booming voice heard by all across the land, then we can leave it up to the clerics to tell us what Allah is thinking.
Accountability....nah. Checks and balances? Pshaw. Qualifications needed to govern? Spend your whole life doing nothing but reading, memorizing and preaching the Koran. Oh yeah, it also helps if you've got a knack for denouncing and threatening crusaders, Jews, moderate Muslims...anyone not as pious as you. A talent for whipping up hatred and inciting violence is a bonus too. The Caliphate...utopia it aint.

Posted by: Monsieur Moonbat 2006-07-31 02:20

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