[jessicamshannon]

1998

When Muslim residents of Pembanguan 1 district in Jakarta woke up to find their mosque damaged, a group of men reacted by lynching six Christians. Despite pleas from the head of the mosque for them to hold back, the two dozen attackers of this man were resolute. The victim, suspected of having a hand in damaging the mosque, was chased down an alley, cornered, and set about with sticks, knives, stones and machetes. After he was dead, the ringleader cut his throat. Police intervened only at the end of the lynchings to remove the bodies. Indonesia was the country hardest hit by the Asian economic crisis of 1997. The economic meltdown of the country was accompanied by increasing political tension. Violent ethnic clashes preceded the riots that broke out in May 1998 in cities across Sumatra and Java. The riots were extremely violent and were directed both to government targets and to Chinese and Christian minorities in predominantly Muslim Indonesia. On 16 May 1998, thousands of university students demanded President Suharto's resignation. Having lost the confidence of his government and military chiefs as well, Suharto resigned on 21 May after being in office for 31 years.

[TxWader]

So, no pictures of the lynching?

[jessicamshannon]

Originally Posted by TxWader ↗

So, no pictures of the lynching?

They were beaten to death, not hung, so the pictures are of the lynching

[Arsewipe]

Pious lynchings like this will take place quite regularly across London within the coming years - unless of course they already happen but aren't publicised.

[ultraviolentwrath]

Religion of Peace

[ultraviolentwrath]

Originally Posted by Arsewipe ↗

Pious lynchings like this will take place quite regularly across London within the coming years - unless of course they already happen but aren't publicised.

To the muslims!

[philovan]

Payback can be a bitch. After, sometimes, centuries of domination of Muslim lands (and Hindu, Buddhist, Animist, and other "pagan" lands) by colonizing Christian nations, where the colonial powers treated the indigenous populations however they chose. These things are not forgotten in the nations where they occurred. While it is reasonably certain that the poor buggers who got killed in this case had no connection with the historical abuses of the colonizers, this is the way such stuff works out - they were the handy targets and any excuse will do.

[Ninjavandal]

I so freaking detest all forms of religion.

[K53]

Tragic

[Koeni]

Originally Posted by philovan ↗

Payback can be a bitch. After, sometimes, centuries of domination of Muslim lands (and Hindu, Buddhist, Animist, and other "pagan" lands) by colonizing Christian nations, where the colonial powers treated the indigenous populations however they chose. These things are not forgotten in the nations where they occurred. While it is reasonably certain that the poor buggers who got killed in this case had no connection with the historical abuses of the colonizers, this is the way such stuff works out - they were the handy targets and any excuse will do.

Cannot understand that stuff works out like that. I Iive in a country that has been conquered by the Romans, Spain, France, Austria and Germany. Still I do not feel the need to lynch people.