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Archive for November 5th, 2009

The stoning law, wan’ni, and sharia implementations

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adopting draconian inhumane measures for wrongdoings in various communities, such as stoning to death, giving away female family members as a restitution of murder, lashing, and mutilating limbs must not be transplanted to Indonesia simply because they have been labeled “sharia” by a few past clerics who resided in various Arab countries
Image source: themuslimwoman.org

by Jennie S. Bev

Bylaws in Aceh for stoning adulterers to death and 100 lashes for premarital sex should be nullified as they are not merely against human rights and unconstitutional, but perpetuate the myth of inequality and overindulge in the over-virtuousness of Islam and sharia law.

Failure to nullify them will have grave consequences in which not only will pluralism be threatened but it will engender an age of distrust and Indonesia will be thrust back into the Dark Ages. Read the rest of this entry »

Written by Beni Bevly

November 5th, 2009 at 12:37 pm

Indonesia’s pivotal role in the US’s grand strategy

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Written by Beni Bevly

November 5th, 2009 at 12:21 pm

Terrorism and RI’s military effectiveness

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Written by Beni Bevly

November 5th, 2009 at 12:04 pm