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| Southeast Asia |
| Don't link Bali blast with religions: Religious leaders |
| 2002-10-14 |
| Indonesia's religious leaders on Monday condemned the bombing in Bali as a human tragedy and an act against humanity but urged the authorities to not link the act on any certain religion. Statements like that remind you that fully half of humanity is statistically below average intelligence... "No religion justifies such a horrible act that is against humanity," said Hasyim Muzadi of Indonesia's largest Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama. Only one religion specifically calls for them... Speaking at a press conference following an inter-religious meeting here, Hasyim said that if, and when the authorities uncovered the case and announced the perpetrators, they must avoid linking the act of terror with any religion. If the perpetrators are members of Jemaah Islamiyah, no one should dwell on the fact that they're doing this crap in the name of Islam, even though the name itself points to the Religion of Peace™... The meeting was attended by leaders of Indonesia's main religions of Islam, Catholic, Protestant, Buddha and Hindu. "It (the bombing) was an act against humanity and no religion can justify it. Linking it to any religion will only cause Indonesians to be suspicious of each other," he said. That could be because the members of one religion are killing members of all other religions in the name of their own religion. Hasyim also urged the Indonesian authorities to act based on facts rather than analysis. When I was in the business, analysis consisted of taking facts and linking them together. He appears to be talking about something else. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |