Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Sunday School Teaching is a Crime

Christian women were sentenced to jail on a losing appeal to a judge in Indonesia when Muslims threaten to kill the judge if he ruled in favor of the three Sunday School teachers and acquitts them of the charge of "Christianizing" or "coercing youth to change their religion."

A rabble outside the courthouse demanded that two of the women be killed and even brought two coffins to the courthouse as visual aids.

"Hang them! Hang them! Hang Rebekkah!" the crowd shouted.

"If Rebekkah asks forgiveness and enters Islam, will you forgive her?" a protest leader asked while shouting through a megaphone.

"No! No! Punish her! Kill Rebekkah! Hang her!" the crowd responded.

Are these crowds what the media likes to label as a tiny minority of a generally peace-loving religious people? I thought the "extremists" were all busy hiding and planning their next Jihadist bombing. I didn't realize they attend "peaceful demonstrations". I suppose this is better than bombing the courthouse, but the fact that they didn't bomb the courthouse or kidnap and behead the women on trial tells me that these are NOT the extremists, rather the mainstream.

You can see the video here.

The entire article is here.

What is it about Muslims that make them prefer to kill those who don't belive what they believe than to convert "non-believers"? Is their religion one of unity and love, as they claim, or is it one of sectarianism and hate? Under what guise to they pretend to be a religion of peace? If this is the mainstream Muslim community or even the slightly right-of-center Muslim community, why do they claim to be a religion of peace?

Oh yeah, I forgot. They didn't bomb the courthouse like their extremist brothers in arms would have. (They'd rather have the women killed "legally" as to not bloody their freshly-cleaned machettes, I guess.)

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