Indonesia
Your Daily Muslim #543: Ratu Erma Rahmayanti
It wears a thick cloak and speaks with a voice of dread. Its presence is shrouded in an austere gloom. It is… Indonesian Islamic scholar Ratu Erma Rahmayanti. An outspoken supporter of Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, Rahmayanti uses her academic “credentials” (read: studying the same stupid fairytale for years on end) to impress her fellow […]
Your Daily Muslim: Ibrahim Latif
Indonesia’s Aceh province, which is majority-Muslim, has enacted Islamic sharia law as the law of the land. Just like what always happens when sharia is enacted, there were catastrophic consequences for the residents of Aceh. Ibrahim “Queen Latifah” Latif is the head of sharia enforcement in Langsa city, and he has made it his life’s […]
Your Daily Muslim: Maman Abdurrahman
Indonesian Islamist Maman (not to be confused with “maman,” a French way to refer to one’s mother) Abdurrahman has it out for anyone showing a hint of religious tolerance. Abdurrahman is the chairman of Indonesian Islamic organization Persis, and has some crazy ideas about how Muslims should behave during the holiday season. Like many others […]
Your Daily Muslim: Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola
Oppression sucks. However, many Muslimahs embrace the culture/religion that prevents them from truly appreciating their bodies and enjoying numerous liberties. Nigerian Muslimah Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola loves being oppressed so much, she traveled halfway across the globe to Indonesia to compete in a competition of the least psychologically-liberated people on the planet. The Muslimah World “beauty” […]
Your Daily Muslim: Jafar Umar Thalib
You know you’ve hit rock bottom when the best thing you can think to do with your life is start a jihadi organization. Indonesian Muslim Jafar Umar Thalib’s life had reached such a low point after a tumultuous trans-national college career that he ended up waging jihad in Afghanistan. A few years later, he returned […]
Your Daily Muslim: Habib Idrus Algadri
“Cease immoral [activities] in this country, Allahu Akbar.” Indonesian Muslim Habib Idrus Algadri is the leader of a chapter of the Islamic Defenders Front, a radical Islamist organization best known for thwarting some “Bad Romance.” Aside from hating concerts, Algadri also hates other pastimes like drinking and paying people to take off their clothes. In […]
Your Daily Muslim: Nita Iskandar
Indonesian Muslim Nita Iskandar was one desperate housewife. She had been married to her husband Hazairin for decades, and had moved to New South Wales, Australia with him. Together, they raised a son named Andrew. However, Iskandar needed more. She met a man, Mohammed Shah Saemin, while working at the Malaysian consulate in Sydney, and […]
Your Daily Muslim: Badri Hartono
Indonesian Muslim Badri Hartono’s jihad didn’t exactly end the way he intended. According to prosecutors, Hartono led al Qaeda Indonesia, and had engaged in all sorts of terror-related activity. …wait, al Qaeda is in Indonesia? Yes and no. The group was named al Qaeda Indonesia, but authorities were unable to find ties between Hartono and […]
Your Daily Muslim: Chep Hernawan
“[An Indonesian general] told me that we should keep fighting jihad, we should not back down so the liar [Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono] can be toppled.” Chep Hernawan of Indonesia’s Islamic Reform Movement and an Islamist group called Garis is one truly confused man who lacks self-control. His positions seem to go back and […]
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