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January 13, 2006
Indonesia: Muslim Warriors Maddened By Magazine Proposal
News from Associated Press via the Jakarta Post and belief.net states that Muslim leaders in Indonesia are getting themselves into a lather today, over the decision to publish an Indonesian edition of Playboy magazine.
Avianto Nugroho announced he has a license to publish the magazine, and the first local edition will hit the stands and shelves in March. He has said the magazine will contain no nude photos, so it should not cause offence.
But Nugroho has not counted for the Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia, which has vowed to make protests if it appears in the shops. The chairman of the group, Irfan Awas, said "Different or not, Playboy is Playboy. It is a porn magazine.... The magazine will damage the morality of the nation."
Representatives from Playboy in the US were unavailable for comment on this specific topic, but Lauren Melone, a spokesperson for the company said that "If we do ever launch a magazine in Indonesia it will reflect the local culture and taste of the marketplace."
Maybe the Sulawesi edition should carry photographs of beheaded Christians, to appeal to a particular strand in that market. Or perhaps there could be a version called "Playgoat" for some rural communities. The ideal porn for an Islamic prophet would probably feature girls under the age of nine, which Playboy would never publish.
FrontPageMag states that the group Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia, or "Holy Warriors of Indonesia" was once headed by the imprisoned terrorist and spiritual leader Abu Bakar Bashir, who is now involved with terror group Jemaah Islamiyah. Bashir gave permission for the go-ahead of the Bali bombing of 2002, which killed 202 people.
Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia has claimed, rather stupidly, that the recent Bali bombings, of October 1, 2005, were not the work of Muslims. A spokesman for the group told the Indo Pos newspaper, according to the Australian, that the bombings were part of a "grand design to again put Muslim people and Ustadz (honored cleric) Abu into a corner."
Perhaps the ideal sort of body-magazine these guys from the Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia would approve of would involve bodies without heads or limbs, with offensive genitalia gouged out by shrapnel.....
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at January 13, 2006 4:41 PM
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