Indonesian Atheist arrested

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Permalink Reply by Loren Miller on January 21, 2012 at 8:14pm

For what I hear, he was not only arrested but beaten by a crowd as well.

The real problem is that blasphemy is actually against Indonesian law (shariah, anyone?!?). Apparently, they're more concerned about the status of a non-existent deity and a misogynistic, pedophile prophet than they are in free speech.

Swell.

Permalink Reply by Chris Dodds on January 21, 2012 at 9:12pm

I thought Shariah law simply dictated what foods muslims could eat and how they could be prepared.  Like kosher is to Jews.

Permalink Reply by Susan Stanko on January 21, 2012 at 9:16pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharia  What you are thinking of is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halal

Permalink Reply by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on January 21, 2012 at 9:37pm

LOL. Not even close.

Permalink Reply by Napoleon Bonaparte on January 21, 2012 at 11:41pm

 

This is the link to the Jakarta Globe which is the best source for the story and updates.

Indonesia is an overpopulated peasant country of islands. It is multi-religious with Islam being the largest religion.

In this case it appears the initial complaint to police was made by muslims who claimed the man made blasphemous comments on Facebook. The Facebook page had been removed. The muslims also formed a mob.

Indonesian Atheists are on the social network sites and this should create a lot of traffic in coming days.

Permalink Reply by Julie Carter on January 22, 2012 at 1:41am

Wow. "Allows other religions, but atheism is illegal." This just boggles my mind.