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War on Women: Taliban Kill 20% More Women and Girls

FrontPage Magazine 22 February 2013
By Daniel Greenfield

…Islam. Fighting the War on Women since the year 610.

Afghanistan is going really well, as you might have heard. The negotiations with the Taliban are going smoothly and they just put in a bid to kill 20 percent more women and girls in the new united Afghan government.

 

#MyJihad in Indonesia: Muslims attack church with Molotov cocktails

jihadwatch.org 18 February 2013

Shhh. Don't speak about the escalating global Muslim persecution of Christians, and its roots in Islamic texts and teachings, too loudly -- it might imperil the "dialogue" with

 

Indonesian maid accused of poisoning baby escapes Saudi death penalty

Daily Mirror 18 February 2013

An Indonesian maid charged with murdering the infant son of her employers by mixing rat poison into his milk, has been cleared in court. Despite the ruling the baby's parents

 

Two More Churches Hit in Makassar Molotov Cocktail Attacks

JakartaGlobe 15 February 2013
By Farouk Arnaz

Police in Makassar, South Sulawesi, are standing guard outside churches after would-be arsonists hit two more churches in a second wave of attacks early Thursday

 

Indonesia protests Valentine's Day as sex holiday

Sioux City Journal 14 February 2013

Indonesian officials and Muslim clerics called for young people to skip Valentine's Day on Thursday, saying it's an excuse for couples to have forbidden sex. People in one

 

Bad start to the year for women in Indonesia

Jakarta Post 14 February 2013
By Deanna Ramsay

First there was RI. An 11-year-old from a family of Jakarta scavengers discovered with injuries to her genitals and a sexually transmitted disease. RI’s 55-year-old father,

 

Study shows growth of Indonesian journalists' support for Islamic law

Radio Australia 12 February 2013

A survey of Indonesian journalists has found religious intolerance remains high, while support for Sharia law has increased since the previous survey in 2009.

 

Indonesia Islam leaders stir row over Chinese New Year

GlobalPost 11 February 2013

As Indonesia and other countries with Chinese diasporas welcome the Year of the Snake, some Islamic leaders have ignited a religious row by declaring the celebrations "haram"

 

Sharia Law Swallowing Indonesia

Gatestone Institute 8 February 2013
By Mohshin Habib

Indonesia, once a country of diversity, is now becoming a place for one-way Islam.

Although Indonesia, "the world's largest Muslim country" with an 87% Muslim population, was once considered a moderate Muslim country, day by day it has been leaning

 

Rise of the Women Radicals in Indonesia

JakartaGlobe 8 February 2013
By Zubaidah Nazeer

Some Muslim women in Indonesia are stepping up to a more active role in radicalism as the country's terror cells regroup, with analysts warning the authorities to strengthen

 

Video: Muslim council says female circumcision is a human right (Michael Savage)

youtube 28 January 2013
By ataxin

From "The Savage Nation" (Friday, January 25, 2013 edition)

 

Indonesia to end Saudi maid ban

Bangkok Post 28 January 2013

Indonesia will sign an agreement to lift its ban on maids working in Saudi Arabia when president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono travels to the Middle East on Thursday, according to

 

Indonesian Muslim Council: Female Genital Mutilation a 'Human Right'

AINA (press release) 28 January 2013

The Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) is in favour of female circumcision (and men) that, although it can not be considered mandatory, it is still "morally recommended." This

 

ABC Indonesian Islamic group rejects female circumcision ban

The West Australian 24 January 2013

One of Indonesia's largest Islamic organisations has created controversy by objecting to a UN plan to ban female circumcision. The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) claims that

 

Indonesia sentences British woman to death for drug smuggling

CNN 23 January 2013
By Kathy Quiano and Laura Smith-Spark

A 56-year-old British woman caught smuggling blocks of cocaine in her suitcase has been sentenced to death in Indonesia. Prosecutors in Bali had asked for a 15-year sentence

 

Lesbians Chased from Indonesian Home for ‘Marrying’

JakartaGlobe 17 January 2013

Two women who married in Indonesia by disguising themselves as a heterosexual couple were chased away from their village after neighbors discovered they were lesbians,

 

East Java: six Catholic schools could be shut down for not teaching Islam

AsiaNews 17 January 2013
By Mathias Hariyadi

Municipal authorities in Blitar, a town in East Java province, are threatening to shut down six Catholic schools "by 19 January" if the latter do not provide Islamic courses

 

Ordinary Indonesians against judges and politicians who "justify" sexual violence

AsiaNews 16 January 2013
By Mathias Hariyadi

Statements by politicians, judges and high ranking government officials on the responsibility of women in their own rape are causing outrage among ordinary Indonesians. A

 

Upheaval In Islamic World Greatest Threat To Christians In 2013

Cross Rhythms 10 January 2013

Continuing upheaval in the Islamic world looks set to pose the greatest threat to Christians in 2013, believes Release International, which serves persecuted Christians

 

Report points to 100 million persecuted Christians

Deutsche Welle 9 January 2013

The non-denominational Christian relief organization Open Doors has said about 100 million Christians face persecution around the world. The group pointed to an increase in

 
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