It appears I was wrong about the police and the Islam Defenders Front. Police actually did arrest 21 of them when they ransacked some shops and cafes in Bekasi. The 21 are still in detention and the police have said that they will bring them mto justice.
For be it for me to question the police's efficacy , except to observe that very often these arrests peter out, the Press loses interest and nobody knows whether justice would be meted out at the end.
The arrest aside, things are hotting up in central Java with members of the Garda Bangsa which belongs to the PKB political party and affiliated to Gus Gur is demanding that the Islam Defenders Front and the Betaqwi Brotherhood apologize.
The question that arises from all these is: what are organizations that are supposedly set up to promote a religion of peace doing with these hoodlums and private armies?
You only have to watch the news on TV to see the exact sort of unwashed masses these religious organizations have recruited or hired to do their bidding. You have thungs carrying big sticks, sharp implements, a bandanna-ed unsavory type with long hair and a thick chain around his neck – obviously not for the Bling! factor – and others whom you'd not like your daughter to go out on a date with for at least the next millenia.
Can someone out there enlighten all of us what is exactly the motivation behind these organizations having their home grown hoodlums and thugs? Whatever happened to Mahatma Ghandi and passive resistance?
Unspun 
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