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| Southeast Asia |
| More deaders in Maluku... |
| 2002-09-08 |
| Unidentified gunmen shot and killed three Muslim women Sunday on a beach in Indonesia's Maluku province, setting off a riot that killed a Christian in the provincial capital. The violence is the latest in a series of clashes between Muslims and Christians that have rendered a February peace accord largely meaningless. I think we predicted something of the sort at the time. Didn't take a crystal ball to do so, either, since the Laskar Jihad gunnies refused to join the talks... The three women apparently were bathing in the sea when they were shot on the island of Saparua, police Lt. Edi Watimena told The Associated Press from Maluku's provincial capital, Ambon. Watimena refused to comment on initial military reports the victims had been decapitated. Muslim women bathing in the sea? And then somebody cut their heads off? Sounds more like some devout Muslim heroes happened to be passing by when one of them showed a lascivious naked elbow or even (horrors!) a titty... Apparently in reaction, a Muslim mob torched a minivan carrying Christians in Ambon, Watimena said. One person was burned to death and two others injured before police dispersed the rioters. Fairly typical reaction... The February peace accord has failed to stop the violence and the province's Christian and Muslim populations, which are roughly equal, now live in separate communities. The Maluku archipelago was known as the Spice Islands during Dutch colonial times. Now it's just a disgrace. It's a pretty vivid warning for all those places in Europe — and the USA — that are extending hospitality to Muslims leaving their own rathole countries, though. That's what's a head for all the places where they're forming their enclaves... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #3 Too late, PJ. They've already issued the fatwah. You're toast... |
| Posted by: Fred 2002-09-08 20:04:51 |
| #2 Im pretty sure the Koran says nothing about mini-vans, but don't quote me on that. |
| Posted by: PJ 2002-09-08 18:29:20 |
| #1 Is torching a minivan filled with Christians in Ambon sort of like being hanged in effigy? More importantly, is this kind of retaliation prescribed by the Koran? |
| Posted by: Mike Cakora 2002-09-08 12:10:00 |