Not Muslim Barack Hussein Obama does Indonesia

Ubud, Indonesia -- Not Muslim Barack Hussein Obama has begun a 10-day pilgrimage/vacation in beautiful Indonesia. The trip will take in Bali and Jakarta, the city where he spent much time attending a madrassa and reading from the Quran.

He and his so-called wife "Michelle" and their alleged two daughters, landed in Bali without ballyhoo, a local military commander said.

"They arrived late last night and went straight to the hotel in Ubud, I Gede Widiyana told the AFP.

The former failed president woke up early and did some "exercises," doing a set of 5-pound curls time three; and a pushup.

It is not known how the so-called family plans to spend their time in the largest Muslim nation in the world, but you can bet it will be like a religious experience for Barack. The also plan to visit the artsy-fartsy Ubud area.

Next week, the "family" is to depart for Yogyakarta and visit the ancient Borobudur temple for two days, then whisk off to Jakarta.

Barack Hussein spent four years in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, as an impressionable lad, going to mosque, reading the holy Islamic scripture, and hearing "the most beautiful sound in the world," the call to prayer at the mosque. 

Many Indonesians felt a bond with Barry and even had a statue made of him in his former madrassa. It's called "Little Barry" and depicts him if 'big boy shorts' and a t-shirt, with a butterfly perched on his hand just as he's about to do something to it.

Indonesia's foreign ministry said the former failed president's visit to the country came after several invitations from President Joko Widodo, for whom their local (now extinct) bird was named.

While in Jakarta, Obama will meet with the president on June 30 and give another of his famous leftist speeches at an Indonesian diaspora convention the following day (which happens to be Canada Day, so Justin Trudeau, Obama's biggest fan besides himself, will not be able to attend).


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Jakarta: Christian gov. jailed for blasphemy

Jakarta, Indonesia -- the Christian governor of Jakarta was jailed for blasphemy, saying that Jesus wasn't the Son of God. 

Oh, wait. It was actually for blasphemy against Islam.

Basuki Tjahaja Purnama was found guilty Tuesday and received two years in jail for blasphemy against Islam, a so-called religion to which he does not adhere. The sentence was worse than feared and others are concerned that it will embolden hardline Muslim forces to challenge secularism in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim majority nation, and a nation where Barack Obama attended madrassa.

Islamist groups organized huge rallies against the Christian Purnama's campaign and ended his bid for another term as governor.

President Joko Widodo, an ally of Purnama, is an ethnic-Chinese Christian. He believes the verdict will be a setback for his government that has tried to quell radical groups (aka Muslims) and soothe investors' worries that the country's secular values were at risk. 

They are and investors aren't quelled.

We are now living in a world where freedom of speech and belief are no longer unimpeachable. Like radical Islam, the left even in the United States, is rioting in order to stop free speech.

While thousands of people, both supporters and opponents to free speech and belief, waited outside, the Jakarta court judge, Dwiarso Budi Santiarto said Purnama was "found to have legitimately and convincingly conducted a criminal activity of blasphemy, and because of that we have imposed two years of imprisonment."

How tolerant.

Purnama said that he plans to appeal.

Charles Santiago, chairman of the ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR), composed of regional lawmakers overseeing rights issues, said that "Indonesia was thought to be a regional leader in terms of democracy and openness. This decision places that position in jeopardy and raises concerns about Indonesia's future as an open, tolerant, diverse society."

Let us not kid ourselves: any society that is headed by a theocratic governance is never going to be tolerant, diverse and open because it goes against its very core.

While we pretend to be better people for our tolerance, Islamists are laughing at us.

The United Nations' Bangkok Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (kind of an oxymoron) tweeted: "We are concerned by jail sentence for Jakarta governor for alleged blasphemy against Islam. We call on Indonesia to review blasphemy law."

So who is Indonesia going to ask about blasphemy? 

An imam who will not go against his fellow Muslims.

Purnama was taken to an East Jakarta prison after the verdict was delivered and will remain there unless a higher court suspends it while waiting for his appeal.

This is a disgrace for Indonesia, but standard operating procedure for Islam.




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Muslims protest Christian governor in Jakarta for "insulting" a book

Jakarta -- Thousands of angry intolerant members of the religion of peace flooded the streets of Jakarta Friday. They are calling for the arrest of the city's ethnic-Chinese Christian governor Basuki Tjahaja "Ahok" Purnama. They are claiming he insulted a book.

Meanwhile, there are others who are demanding that Purnama also apologize to a rock that he cursed at after stubbing his toe.

Seriously--they say Purnama didn't like a book or something and they want him to be "dealt with."

More than 150,000 crazed Muslims are set to take part in the "Off With His Head" protest but that's a very conservative figure, which may go as high as 350,000. This demonstration may break the all-time Jakarta demonstration since the ones preceding the end of the Suharto regime in 1998. They are planning to have about 20,000 security personnel on hand as a safeguard for probably violence and terrorism.

An Islamic group demanded the arrest of the governor because, they say, he insulted the Koran, an Islamic book written by a man named Mohammed, who claimed to be a prophet and invented the religion that's making a big splash across the world and is not dissimilar to the "Roach Motel" where you can come in, but you can't get out--at least in once piece.

The demonstrators marched toward the National Monument in central Jakarta and conducted Islamic "prayers" there. The government isn't calling the demonstration a demonstration (with the accent on 'demon') but are instead calling it a "mass prayer."

An earlier "mass prayer" calling for Purnama's arrest was held in early November and turned predictably violent (as is often the way angry Islamic gatherings are wont to do). One of the faithful was killed and 350 people were injured including security personnel. 

Purnama is Jakarta's first Christian governor since the 1960s and the first of Chinese ancestry. He was deputy governor to Joko Widodo for two years and replaced him as governor when Widodo became president in 2014.

Purnama fought hard against corruption and worked to ease Jakarta's traffic problems. He has taken a tough stance on squatters, which has hurt his approval ratings as does his being Christian, which often hurts Christians in Muslim countries.

The governor is presently on leave as he prepares for the upcoming election in February.

Let's hope that cooler heads prevail in Jakarta and that Purnama is allowed to keep his on his shoulders.



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ISIS takes the credit for Jakarta attack

The JV team, the 80,000 Islamic terrorists who pose no existential threat to the United States, the terrorists in black who have struck in at least 20 countries, killed over 1100 civilians, and are recruiting faster than any other group of scumcrumpets, are claiming credit for the Jakarta attack.

The ISIS backed attackers set off a series of explosions in a busy shopping area Thursday morning. So-called experts are saying that the attack was mimicking the Paris attack in November that killed 130 people.

A Canadian and an Indonesian died in the explosions and gunfire, and all five of the attackers died, some who were blown to smithereens by their suicide vests, others by returning gunfire from the good guys. An additional 19 people were injured on scene. The attack was in a fairly close proximity to the U.S. Embassy and presidential palace.

The attackers used the similar technique often found in use by the religion of peace: they blow one of their guys up, maybe kill a few people in the process, and when people run from the scene, they shoot them dead. 

But based on the firepower these dirtbags used--handguns, homemade bombs and grenades--and the fact that it took place in a gun-free area, which naturally meant that these were soft targets, it's amazing that the death toll wasn't significantly higher.

"We have identified all attackers . . . we can say that the attackers were affiliated with the ISIS group," Maj. General Anton Charilyan, the national police spokesman said.

Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders said of the attack that "terrorism can hit everybody. Whether you are shopping in the heart of Paris, in a New York office, or on vacation in Jakarta."

Everybody but our politicians who are protected by brave men carrying guns.

This was the first major Islamic terrorist attack in Indonesia since the 2009 bombing when two hotels were hit, seven people died and over fifty were injured. 

Indonesian president Jokowi Widodo said in a televised statement that "This act is clearly aimed at disturbing public order and spreading terror among people." Widodo is currently out of the country on a working visit in Java. He added, "The state, the nation and the people should not be afraid of, and lose to, such terror acts." 

His armed guards agreed.

Jim Kenney, the mayor of Philadelphia does not in any way, shape or form believe these attacks to have anything to do with Islam and that people shouldn't believe what they read in the Koran.

According to an American working in Jakarta, one should not be surprised that this attack has occurred due to the large number of residents who have traveled to Islamic State, and they weren't going there for the entertainment.

The first suicide bomber went to pieces at anti-gun Starbucks restaurant causing customers to run out only to be shot at by two Muslim ISIS workers. This is when the Canadian was killed and an Indonesian wounded.

Almost simultaneously, two more suicide bombers attacked a traffic police booth in the area killing an Indonesian man and blowing themselves up into little pieces. One was identified by his molten earwax and the other by a fragment of scrotum. 

A few minutes after the police booth attack, policemen were attacked by the remaining two Muslims using homemade bombs (possibly made in the kitchen of their moms). A gun battle ensued for about 15 minutes and both attackers got to choose from 144 virgins that went missing from the heavenly herd tended to by a man named David.

After the attacks ended, police found six homemade explosive devices in the building housing Starbucks, where no cups inscribed with Black Lives Matter could be recovered.

The U.S. Embassy in Jakarta released a message warning Americans to avoid the Sari Pan Pacific Hotel and Sarinah Plaza area during the attack.

Starbucks said its Jakarta stores would be closed until further notice causing customers to scramble to find establishments where they could purchase $5.00 cups of mochachiappinopirana cafe with a dollop of creme.

"We are deeply saddened by the senseless acts that have taken place in Jakarta today," a company statement read. "Our hearts are with the people of Indonesia."

These "senseless" acts are only senseless to people who don't want to know why Islamic terrorists do what they do. To ISIS, killing infidels makes perfect sense--that's the really scary part of all this.

And by the way, what is Starbucks going to do without their hearts in the meantime?

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