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| Bashir denied audience with President |
| 2007-02-22 |
| FIREBRAND Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir today urged President Bambang Yudhoyono to implement Islamic sharia law to "save Indonesia from devastation". Along with a dozen of his followers, Bashir tried to enter the presidential palace to submit a letter urging Mr Yudhoyono to issue a presidential decree implementing sharia, but they were expelled by security guards. "The president refused to receive us today. We are certainly disappointed," Bashir said. "We are here simply to advise the President that the country would be devastated if Islamic sharia law is not implemented," he said, without elaborating. "I hope our President one day receives holy guidance to make him realise that Islamic law is an absolute obligation," he added. Bashir, 68, was released from jail in June last year after serving nearly 26 months for his role in a "sinister conspiracy" that led to the Bali bombings which killed 202 people, including 88 Australians, in October 2002. The Supreme Court in December overturned his conviction, to outrage from families of Australian victims of the bombings. Bashir heads the Indonesian Council of Mujahedin, an umbrella organisation advocating the implementation of sharia. |
| Posted by:Chinesh Hupert1797 |
| #3 Following the same logic, shoot him to save him, i'm sure he'd understand and agree with that logic. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-02-22 17:30 |
| #2 FIREBRAND Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir today urged President Bambang Yudhoyono to implement Islamic sharia law to "save Indonesia from devastation". Destroying the village in order to save it? |
| Posted by: Raj 2007-02-22 11:16 |
| #1 Bashir tried to enter the presidential palace to submit a letter urging Mr Yudhoyono to issue a presidential decree implementing sharia, but they were expelled by security guards. Looks like they missed another chance to waste this piece of shit. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-02-22 10:30 |