Friday, September 22, 2006

Religious insanity: Pandemic


If the last 6 years hasn't been enough to make the people of the world question the moral authority of religion, the next few will.

Indonesian executions lead to violence - Yahoo! News:

"PALU, Indonesia - Christian mobs torched cars, blockaded roads and looted Muslim-owned shops in violence touched off by Friday's executions of three Roman Catholics convicted of instigating attacks on Muslims.

Some 200 inmates escaped after mobs assaulted a jail in the town of Atambua, sending guards fleeing to the nearby jungle. By midday only 20 had been recaptured, deputy national police chief Lt. Gen. Adang Dorodjatun said, calling on the others to turn themselves in.
And on the island of Flores, the executed men's birthplace, machete-wielding mobs ran through the streets Friday, sending women and children running in panic, police and witnesses said.
Police and media reports said at least five people were hurt, including a prosecutor who was hospitalized with stab wounds.

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