But you have to wonder by what great short circuit of logic did the protest leader (in the third paragraph below) surmised that he and his fellow believers’ human rights were being violated by Ahmadiyah “disturbing” their practice of Islam.
Was something lost in translation or has the protest leader decided to abandon all logic in his leap into faith?
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I don’t know what to say observing such an acrobat of reversed logic. This is just a show of a hopeless majority trying to exert the little power they have upon a helpless minority. This is not something I would expect from people who claim to be the “blessing to the universe.”
The helpless Ahmadi cannot win over these little people who claim to be representing Islam. I for one have never asked any of them to represent me, neither have, I believe, many millions of other Indonesian muslims.
You know, faith is something within the person. Even if they burn all the Ahmadi’s symbols and mosques the faith (maybe even in its stronger form) will continue to stay in the hearts of the followers. If these self-claiming “Islam representatives” want to spent just a little time to study how strong faith in a person or group of people can be they don’t need to search further than into the history of Muslims in Spain and in Central Asia.
After hundreds of years of oppression and persecution, there is a small community of Muslims in Granada who continues to stick steadfastly to their religion. After more than 70 years of ban under the Soviet Union, mosques and the Islamic call for prayer have made a strong comeback and interests in Islamic studies have flourished.
Rather than a signal of the revival of Islam, these little-hearted people are destroying the religion. May Allah replace them with better people.
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@Free Will: Well said.
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The beauty of human rights!
One person’s human rights are the abuse of another person’s human rights!
Reminds me of one person’s freedom fighter is another person’s terrorist!
Personal opinion is that banning Ahmadiyya is a backward step for Indonesia! Nevertheless, perhaps if I was to follow the theme of a more recent post of yours then this is an Indonesian problem / issue of which I am sure that Indonesians are not interested in the opinions of foreigners on how this should be handled or spun.
Simply, maybe it is time all us foreigners took our passion for the principles of right and wrong and addressed the collective problems in our own backyards. I know Australia has myriad of problems in terms of social relations to overcome, so perhaps it is time to head home and be a do-gooder in my own land!
Then again perhaps I need to pose the question to myself; Why am I here in Indonesia? It has been my adopted home for many years and I am passionate about Indonesia developing into a vibrant and powerful democracy that is respectful of human rights and none of this has anything to do with a white man’s burden complex, at least not as I see and feel it!
Maybe I should be more vocal in my protests at the potential banning of Ahmadiyya in public forums…which I have until now restricted to my blog musings!
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