Category: Islamic beliefs
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True Glue
HECTOR’S DIARY His regular diet of worms and other non-religious fare The Cage, Bali Jun. 7, 2017 LONG-TIME Indonesia hand Keith Loveard has a fine column in the July edition of GlobeAsia, the Lippo Group business magazine. He wrote it on Pancasila Day (Jun. 1). It’s titled Pacasila and why it matters. He noted […]
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Beggaring Belief
HECTOR’S DIARY His regular diet of worms and other (usually) non-religious fare The Cage, Bali Wednesday, May 31, 2017 FAITH is a personal compact between a person and his or her deity. The faithful, of any ilk, should be honoured for their commitment to a life beyond secular concerns and for the higher […]
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A Ridiculous Travesty
Bali, May 9, 2017 THERE are several things that can be said about the two-year jail sentence meted out to Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaya Purnama (Ahok) for his astoundingly correct but politically incautious observation that matters of religion are often subject to varying interpretations. One is that no one sentient would argue with his point. […]
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Law v Lore
HECTOR’S DIARY His diet of worms and other delicacies Bali, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 THERE’S a great deal of misinformation about on the issue of Sharia law, particularly in western countries. So when Ubud identity Darsih Gede passed along a handy brief from a long-time friend, an American woman married to an Indonesian Muslim, […]
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