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Sumatra Buddha Statue Must Go: Ministry
Jakarta Globe | April 03, 2011

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jchay
2:30pm May 18, 2011

First Christians, then Ahmadis, now Buddhist. As I've been saying from a long time ago, this is simply a war between them and the rest of us (and that includes YOU unless you are part of them).

If SBY still chooses to not do anything, I foresee a "civil war" between the Indonesian muslims, unless all Indonesian muslim convert and join "them" - and that's the same day when Indonesia becomes the Islamic Republic of Indonestan.

ThereIsNoGod
2:18pm Apr 12, 2011

Please don't waste our precious time arguing with idiots like jaja...


Valkyrie
7:11pm Apr 6, 2011

Jaja,

When, and if you need a French translator, don't forget to say....please.

BrahmaPutra
6:30pm Apr 6, 2011

so you are saying jaja is for real he actually meant what he said, i thought it was just a bad try at being ironic. well well we live and learn.

jetset24
5:52pm Apr 6, 2011

Monsieur jaja. "Allez te faire fouttre ailleurs" and take the SOB's with you. There isn't a translation in any of the holy books, ask the French to translate it for you.

How can your religion be superior than the rest of us non kafirs (including Muslims KTP) for that matter.


The Religious Affairs Ministry has ordered a large Buddhist statue in North Sumatra to be taken down after it raised the ire of Muslims in the area.

Budi Setiawan, the ministry’s director general of Buddhist affairs, said on Friday that the decision to remove the six-meter-high statue in Tanjung Balai was final and could not be appealed.

He said discussions in October among Buddhists, the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) and the local government resulted in an agreement to dismount the figure, which sat on top of a three-story temple in Vihara Tri Ratna Kota. This claim, however, has been disputed by the Buddhists.

Veryanto Sitohang, head of the Buddhist United Alliance of North Sumatra (ASB), condemned the decision on Friday, saying it “clearly violated human rights and law” by siding with Muslims.