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So when will Indonesia shake off the shackles of Arabian dogma??

I have no idea. It could be a long time or never. It needs a revolution. A lot of Indonesians are gullible people. They're so easily persuaded and brainwashed. It is almost like a culture for us... easily being intimidated by others (i.e. Dutch and Japanese imperialists in the old days). We were so afraid of powerful beings.. we used to worship big trees, big stones, e.t.c. We, most Indonesians, would believe anything that promise to save us from hell, calamity, disasters and poverty. The stronger you persuade Indonesians to believe into things, the greater the chance for you to brainwash them. The poisonous and thuggish Arabian dogma has gone to the top, to the the government and the police.

My Salafy ex-classmates told me that during the Ambon holy war preparation meetings, there were policemen coming in plain clothes trying to infiltrate the meetings and to arrest people and stop the movement. Shockingly, the policemen got 'hypnotised' and believed what the preachers said about the importance of holy war. The Police men joined the jihad and went to the holy war with these Salafists.

The police can not (is not willing to) stop Sunnis killing Shiites, Sunnis burning Shiites' houses and mosques and schools. It is like Middle East all over again. It also reminds me of bitter memories when my Salafy classmates told me they would harm our Shiites classmates.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/...chdog.html

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/...ugees.html

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/...pport.html

We also have a lot of intellectuals at the top that would speak against the fundamentalists, so at least we still have people who would counterbalance things. Certainly the arresting and executing of Bali bombers is a good step forward, but reducing imprisonment time of Abu Bakar Bashir is 1000 steps backward.