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November 01, 2005 Another perspective on the Jihad against Christians in Indonesia (Updated) Topics: Judicial Activism An article from Christianity Today brings a slightly different perspective to the brutal slaying of three young girls by Muslim thugs. The area where these girls were so brutally murdered is teeming with jihadists of the Indonesian militant group Laskar Jihad - an Indonesian Muslim militant group whose name means "Holy War Warriors," that has killed thousands since 2000 in its attacks on Christian populations on the islands of Moluccas and Sulawesi. With over 10,000 fighters, Laskar Jihad is the largest and most organized militant Muslim organization in Indonesia. It incited conflict on the eastern Indonesian islands in 2000 when it sent around 5,000 armed militia men to the Moluccas region with the mission of quelling what it sees as Christian separatist movements. Laskar Jihad's classification of Christians there as kafir harbi - or belligerent infidels, the most dangerous category of non-Muslims - gives them the religious basis to kill. Since its inception, the group has been blamed for the death of thousands and for the creation of massive refugee flows out of targeted cities. In stark contrast to its tactical violence, Laskar Jihad proclaims a peaceful three-part mission: social work, Muslim education and "security mission." Its burgeoning membership attests to the sense of Islamic identity it provides to otherwise alienated Muslim men. ... the numbers of Christian casualties-approximately 90 percent of all deaths in the ongoing violence-is evidence that Central Sulawesi Christians have not taken up arms against the Muslim aggressors. "They would not have suffered the number of dead in the conflict, in the massacres, had they actually been able to defend themselves. They are not the same as the group that is tied to Jamayiah Islamayah, but they practice a jihad aimed at removing all Christians from Indonesia. Related: Scant progress in schoolgirl beheadings probe - ... suspicion has fallen on Islamic militants seeking to destabilize the region. Update: Harry Owens emails in: If Laskar Jihad has grown to the numbers reported in this article and in the links to the sites listed, it is because Yudhoyono has tacitly allowed them to grow. When I was a CG monitoring those areas, Laskar Jihad's rampant beheading were limited to East Kalimantan on Borneo. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/uTGrlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
