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The_Face_of_Boo
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08 Jun 2017, 1:36 am
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Indonesia seems like a terrible place to live...execution for so much as possession of drugs, severe beatings that could result in death for gay sex what else do they got going on there? But that said its another example of why separation of state and religion is a good thing, it prevents archaic laws and sentences like this being justified in the name of religious law.
Hence why I find it disturbing there are government officials and such in the U.S even involved in the current administration trying to push for less separation of state and religion, and more religious influence in politics. If they get their way next thing you know we might end up with comparable biblical law. But seems some people can only see the problem of religious law if it's sharia law, when biblical law would be just as bad if not worse. I don't want that here...whether its sharia or biblical based.
Hence why I find it disturbing there are government officials and such in the U.S even involved in the current administration trying to push for less separation of state and religion, and more religious influence in politics. If they get their way next thing you know we might end up with comparable biblical law. But seems some people can only see the problem of religious law if it's sharia law, when biblical law would be just as bad if not worse. I don't want that here...whether its sharia or biblical based.
Hmm.... Indonesia is a huge country (~260 Millions) while the entire Arab world is just 422 Millions (22 countries combined) and it has legal variations within its provinces and regions; it's like they have different systems / regimes / laws within the same country. They're very socially and culturally diversified, it's not a homogeneous culture like in Saudi Arabia.
The social differences within the same country are shocking actually. I notice this usually shocking to Americans and Arabs btw, since both of those peoples have the picture in mind that all Indonesia is living strictly under sharia in Saudi Arabia way. When they think Indonesia, they think of the life in Aceh- I dunno why.
Just to be clarify: Aceh is the only part of Indonesia where the Sharia is fully applied.
In Jakarta (majority muslims), women commonly dress like that (not saying it's secular, but not as strict as Aceh):
and clubbing life in Jakarta isn't uncommon (but there's an increasing risk to be bombed by some f**ktard)
They even have Miss transgender
While in Aceh:
Bali (Hindus):
They're not socially homogeneous.
But yeah, the more Islam is applied, the more backward.
I don't disagree with that.
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08 Jun 2017, 1:40 pm
^ 
That's the most pressing issue, eh?
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