Tag: Indonesia
Indonesia is stuffed: Peter van Onselen’s first half decent article EVER
We leave most idiots alone, but the overly self important ones require a little teasing, hence why the likes of Waleed Aly, Sarah Hanson-Young,...
L.A. LOCA: Some guy tried to RAM a FREIGHT TRAIN into...
Ok, I lied about the battleship bit. It was USNS Mercy, a US Navy medical vessel sent to Los Angeles to back up hospitals...
The Uncuckables Ep. 28 Blasphemy and Freedom
Is blasphemy free speech? Do freedom and civil liberties lead to the most stable society? Those are the questions in discussions on tonight's Uncuckables...
XYZ Live #85 – Islam is Right About Women
I started this one off chuckling away to my heart's content and why not. The meme "Islam is right about women" is a brilliant...
Daily Update: Indonesia is still not a secular liberal country
Roy Maverick
Jakarta's former mayor, a chinese-Christian by the name of Ahok, was sentenced to two years prison for blasphemy in 2017.
Specifically, Ahok had referred...
Casualties of the Culture War
It struck me recently that there’s a strange war going on these days, a secret war. It’s unobtrusive, tends to be fought parallel to...
Quote of the Day: Turnbull on Indonesian moderation
In the wake of the jailing of the Christian former governor of Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, for blasphemy, as we reported earlier today, it...
Indonesian mosque and the Islamic State
Recruiting centres for Islamic State have extended their reach from prayer halls led by shady self proclaimed Imams in the suburbs of Sydney and...