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    Indonesia woman irked by mosque noise on trial for blasphemy

    Indonesian prosecutors have demanded an 18-month prison term for a woman who was charged with blasphemy after she complained about the volume of a mosque’s loudspeakers.

    The ethnic Chinese defendant, Meiliana, 44, was arrested on May 18, about two years after her case triggered a riot in Tanjung Balai, a port town in North Sumatra province.



    A spokesman at the local prosecutor’s office, Sumanggar Siagian, said Tuesday the sentencing demand for Meiliana was made at the District Court in Medan, the province’s capital, on Monday.


    Prosecutors said the defendant had violated Indonesia’s criminal code by committing blasphemy against Islam, the dominant faith in Indonesia.


    Mobs burned and ransacked at least 14 Buddhist temples throughout Tanjung Balai in a July 2016 riot after reports of Meiliana’s complaint emerged.


    Police arrested more than a dozen suspects but only two were charged with being instigators of the violence.


    Meiliana’s lawyer, Rantau Sibarani, said there was no clear evidence she had committed blasphemy.


    “This case seems to be very forced,” Sibarani said.


    “This is only to fulfill the will of the people.”


    Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim nation. Its constitution guarantees freedom of speech and religion but in recent years blasphemy cases have been filed against those perceived as offending Islam, and the overwhelming majority end with guilty verdicts.


    Presiding Judge Wahyu Prasetyo Wibowo said the trial will resume Thursday with the defendant’s lawyers making their final arguments.

    https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/austr...mplaints-about

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    Maybe the monkeys are pissed because of......?


    Getting a taste of their own medicine. How does it taste ? I'am with Oh Oh on this one: "I Love Chinese"

    China is demolishing mosques

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a8485871.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by HermantheGerman View Post
    I'am with Oh Oh on this one: "I Love Chinese"

    China is demolishing mosques
    Yup, only one way to fight pea-brained bigotry.

    Impressive that you've learned the lessons of your country's history.


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    I traveled through Malaysia and the early morning nasal gargling coming from mosques was a pain in the arse....it came at the crack of dawn. When you heard it, it was a bit like an unpleasant Groundhog Day.

    After people have had a night out or even just a late night chatting, it's a bit rich for them to assume to blast that out in all directions.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Latindancer View Post

    After people have had a night out or even just a late night chatting, it's a bit rich for them to assume to blast that out in all directions.
    Yeah. Every country and religion should curb their customs so as to not offend you when you visit. A bit rich of them indeed.



    Quote Originally Posted by HermantheGerman View Post
    Maybe the monkeys are pissed because of......?
    Maybe the squarehead krauts are pissed because of...?
    You're an unsavoury bigotted character, Herman.

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    very often the same people who don't want to conform to the culture and customs in foreign countries are the same people who complain about the immigrants to their countries not conforming to their customs and cultures.

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    Very true.

    Because the way they do things is the right​ way.


    Last edited by cyrille; 15-08-2018 at 02:13 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HermantheGerman View Post
    Maybe the monkeys are pissed because of......?


    Getting a taste of their own medicine. How does it taste ? I'am with Oh Oh on this one: "I Love Chinese"

    China is demolishing mosques

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a8485871.html

    Looks like you forgot this bit you Nazi retard.

    Islamic crescents and domes have been stripped from mosques, Christian churches shut down and bibles seized, and Tibetan children have been moved from Buddhist temples to schools.

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    According to average Muslim (especially_male) mentality (everywhere),...any Muslim,...who doesn't (smilingly) grovel,
    while praying before the "dictates" of the prophet Muhammad, has thus,...committed the egregious offense of blasphemy,...duh?

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    So I assume everyone here thinks 18 months is fine over a noise complaint. Everyone seems to be more concerned over Herman's comment than the womans predicament. Would everyone be equally fine if someone was given 18 months for complaining about church bells? Of course not, but then that doesn't attract the PC delighted to be outraged brigade.
    Maanam do you read what you post? "The square head krauts"? and then call him an unsavoury bigot? Obviously bigotry and racial vilification only happens when you decide it has.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TuskegeeBen View Post
    According to average Muslim (especially_male) mentality (everywhere),...
    You must do so much research to come up with this stuff.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hugh Cow View Post
    Would everyone be equally fine if someone was given 18 months for complaining about church bells? Of course not, but then that doesn't attract the PC delighted to be outraged brigade.
    Umm...that doesn't 'attract' anyone...because it doesn't happen.




    Really...what comment can be made? It's a stupid, intolerant religion and the action is...wait for it...wrong.


    Kind of 'bleedin' obvious', no?

    But no, the fact that people don't respond by stating the bleedin' obvious must mean everyone approves.

    Jaysus...are you really that blinkered?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    Kind of 'bleedin' obvious', no?

    But no, the fact that people don't respond by stating the bleedin' obvious must mean everyone approves.

    Jaysus...are you really that blinkered?
    ...Indeed!...together w/ aging one...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hugh Cow View Post
    So I assume everyone here thinks 18 months is fine over a noise complaint.
    yeah, sure.....remove the salient context from the OP, and it's a 'noise complaint'.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hugh Cow View Post
    So I assume everyone here thinks 18 months is fine over a noise complaint. Everyone seems to be more concerned over Herman's comment than the womans predicament. Would everyone be equally fine if someone was given 18 months for complaining about church bells? Of course not, but then that doesn't attract the PC delighted to be outraged brigade.
    Maanam do you read what you post? "The square head krauts"? and then call him an unsavoury bigot? Obviously bigotry and racial vilification only happens when you decide it has.
    Absolutely not, and I'll guarantee there are plenty of muslims that not only think it's fucking stupid, but probably agree with her.

    However, there are lots of extremist, influential mullahs with a torch and pitchfork brigade at the ready, and the government are too spineless to tell them to fuck off for fear of being branded "blasphemous" themselves.

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    Buy/Rent near an Airport and then lodge a noise complaint.

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    Absolutely not, and I'll guarantee there are plenty of muslims that not only think it's fucking stupid, but probably agree with her.

    However, there are lots of extremist, influential mullahs with a torch and pitchfork brigade at the ready, and the government are too spineless to tell them to fuck off for fear of being branded "blasphemous" themselves.
    ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hugh Cow View Post
    Maanam do you read what you post? "The square head krauts"? and then call him an unsavoury bigot? Obviously bigotry and racial vilification only happens when you decide it has.
    You failed to see the deliberately ironical insult as it was intended.


    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    Really...what comment can be made? It's a stupid, intolerant religion and the action is...wait for it...wrong.
    Yes, Hugh failed also to realise that all comments towards Herman were instead of stating the redundant towards the OP story.
    Funny, though, that you make your own sweeping generalisation towards the entire religion, Herr Cyrille.

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    Which aspects of the religion do you find informed and tolerant?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    Which aspects of the religion do you find informed and tolerant?
    It IS a fact that the religion preaches tolerance and peace. Don't assume that the radical adherants or the Muslim ignorati in Indonesia (and elsewhere) are the exemplification of the entire religion.

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    Yeah, I came nowhere near doing that, but good try.

    We'd all be a lot better off without religion of any stripe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    We'd all be a lot better off without religion of any stripe.
    Obfuscating away from your sweeping generalisation, but no matter, I disagree with this latest.
    Although it's a common refrain from atheists that the world would be better off without religion, I as an atheist think that most religions, if not all, are good for the masses. It's when people with agendas twist the messages of peace and love thy neighbour that the world suffers.

    Thanks for the red Lulu, wanker rat that you are.

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda
    Also from today's papers:

    They've got a fucking long way to go to catch up with the Caucasian, non-Muslim kiddie fiddlers eh?
    Yeah but that sort of thing doesn't sell the Daily Mail and other papers of that ilk that taxi reads.

    He likes his outrage to be directed at dark swarthy characters.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maanaam View Post
    Obfuscating away from your sweeping generalisation, but no matter
    Christ, you really are an arse at times.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    Christ, you really are an arse at times.
    Christ, you really do avoid admitting your failings at times.

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