Racism in Indonesia against Jakarta's Christian governor
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Jihadists are urging violence at a massive rally planned in Jakarta on Friday by Islamic hardliners calling for the city's Chinese Christian governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, widely known as Ahok, to be jailed for insulting the Koran.
Former terrorist Nasir Abas, now a consultant to Indonesian police, showed a forum a photo of armed members of the Syrian-based jihadist group Jabhat Fatah al-Sham holding a sign that said: "Punish Ahok or our bullets will."
I was being sarcastic. I'm an Ahok supporter and will vote for him in February. That was just an excuse some of my friends say to support the rally on Friday
The growing religious conservatism of Indonesia is real and very concerning.
People are saying racist/discriminatory things at Christians and no one gives a **** about that because "it's religion, it's what God said" Maybe my country need some SJWs to correct these people
The problem is because Ahok is candidate for next period's governor election, and they just dont want a non-muslim to be their leader
However, the stupidity is that they bring race issue here. My friend recorded a video, showing a person wrote "Anti-Cina" (Anti-Chinese) on wall. And some people provoke that it will be as anarchist as the 1998 incident
Oh God, I'm trying so hard to get out from this country. The discrimination is real
People are saying racist/discriminatory things at Christians and no one gives a **** about that because "it's religion, it's what God said" Maybe my country need some SJWs to correct these people
It's a real shame because Indonesia was once a real model for how religious influences and legal/civic secularism could co-exist, particularly for a muslim-majority nation. Unfortunately that pendulum seems to have swung severely towards fundamentalism in recent years.
My country is ****ed
