Indonesian hardline group raids Manji’s book discussion in Yogyakarta | The Jakarta Post
The Jakarta Post, May 09, 2012
Hundreds of people from the Indonesian Mujahidin Council (MMI)
attacked participants in a book discussion of Canadian author Irshad
Manji’s Allah, Liberty and Love at the LKiS publishing office in
Yogyakarta on Wednesday night.
The mob broke down the door to the office and headed to LKiS hall where the discussion was held.
The discussion started at 7 p.m. with the organizer closing the doors and gates for safety reasons, tempo.co reported.
However, 30 minutes later a group from the MMI broke open the gate and door and shouted “LKiS dismissed!”
Participants did not move, with some circling the squatting Irshad to cover her.
The mob vandalized properties of the publisher’s office and tore sheets of Irshad’s books that were displayed for sale.
The
MMI said Irshad’s so-called liberty and lesbianism propaganda was
blasphemous toward Islam and that her teachings represented covert
atheist propaganda.
They also considered all those who facilitated Irshad’s event in Indonesia to be enemies of religion and the state.
“Islam does not teach people to become lesbians,” said individuals in the MMI group.
During the incident, no police officers were seen at the site.(iwa)
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