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Originally Posted by Doggg
In January 1999[138][139] tens of thousands died when Muslim gunmen terrorized Christians who had voted for independence in East Timor.
That is an incorrect claim , the number is around 1400 according to Wiki, where did you get your source?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_East_Timorese_crisis
Beyond that a section of the country declared it Independence from Indonesia, I'm sure you are aware of the hundreds of thousands of deaths of the American Civil War, when the south tried to secede from the Union.
So that was a war and in 2002 after the useless violence Indonesia recognized the independence of East Timor. We should give Indonesia a little credit considering throughout history most countries are not in favor of relinquishing its colonies or territories. And is a prime example of what a certain non Muslim majority country in the heart of the Middle east should pay attention to.
BTW after its independence times are tough in East Timor,38% of the population lives below the poverty line which is depressing considering it is one of only two majority Catholic countries in Asia. Hopefully things get better for the folks in East Timor.
http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/TLS.html
Also you gave no mention to any of the facts I layed out, you continue to use strawman arguments, going after cases like where people think its ok to "set down a Quran on the
"ground"
Do you have any idea of what it means to desecrate a Quran like that to millions of people around the world ? There is no way Jesus would want any Christian to throw a Torah on the ground, so I would say you need to better understand the context of these situations. Indonesia has a different culture then the countries you and I live in. That does not mean they are savages, I mean whats next, thinking its ok to burn a Quran like Terry Jones?
Find me one sane Muslim who would put any Jewish/ Christian/Muslim holy book on the
ground.
Indonesia police are not going into churches rounding people up and in turn purposely making like hell for Christians, I laid these facts out by posting how many churchs and even Cathloic high schools are in Indonesia.
Last edited by thekid345; 11-19-2013 at 05:49 PM.