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FPI Hardliners Jailed, Released on Same Day
Rahmat | January 17, 2012

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muffinman
8:39pm Jan 26, 2012

What I can't understand is ; 'Why does the normal thinking Muslim man on the street and those in government, allow these thugs such leeway in hijacking the very essence and therefor good name of their religion ?'

Apart from the innocent lives that have been lost or ruined by acts of violence from mob rule, it's getting to the point where it's just plain embarrasing for the common man on the street ....no ?


jetset24
9:47am Jan 19, 2012

And Indonesian poor minors stealing nothing worthwhile are serving longer jail sentences. But when radical religious thugs vandalized a retail space and personal properties; they are able to walk free from a lesser jail time. Where is the logic?? How much was the court paid off by the secret religious admirers??

BilboBaggins
10:59am Jan 18, 2012

Indonesian democracy at work.

All people are equal, but some people are more equal than others.

gnulab
9:25am Jan 18, 2012

At least the eunuch in the olden times, they know kung fu as evidenced in many chinese martial arts movies.


gnulab
9:24am Jan 18, 2012

Judges here are eunuch.

One of the requirements to be elected as a judge is to surrender their willies to the FPI.


The head of a provincial branch of the Islamic Defenders Front and two other members of the hard-line group were sentenced to jail on Tuesday for smashing up restaurants that opened during the fasting month — and then released from custody.

Abdul Rahman Assagaf, the head of the provincial branch of the hard-line group, known as the FPI, was on Monday jailed for five months, half the prosecutions’ demand of ten months, for the destruction of private property during a series of attacks in Makassar, South Sulawesi.

Three restaurants were trashed by the self-styled moral crusaders, who were outraged that they were open and serving food in the middle of the day during Ramadan, when most Muslims were fasting.

Members of the LPI, a unit of the FPI, also smashed windows at the Indonesian Ahmadiyah Congregation (JAI) complex, including at a mosque, and damaged a car and a motorcycle.

The mob, estimated at 30 to 50 people, also attacked Ahmad, the lone guard at the complex, and two paralegals from the Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) who attempted to stop the attack.

Police initially claimed that Abdul faced up to six years in prison for inciting the attack.

The Makassar District Court on Tuesday also jailed a second FPI Member for five months, while a third received a sentence of four months and 10 days.

All three were released from custody given the length of time served in custody.

Upon hearing the verdict, Abdul shouted “Allahu akbar” (“God is great”).

The chant was repeated by hundreds of FPI members who had gathered at the court for the verdict.