Church Bombing And Message From Muslims In Ambon

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For The First Time, A Bomb Rocked The Church In solo

SOLO, Indonesia - This morning [25/9/11 ] at 11.00 hour local time, Solo was shocked by the bombing of a church which killed one person. The incident started when the congregation of the Full Gospel Betel Church (GBIS), Kepunton, Widuran Solo, had just finished their weekend prayer, suddenly someone approached the congregation who were leaving the church and finally he unexpectedly detonated a bomb which had been strapped onto his body, a witness said.

It was suspected that the dead was the bomber, as the wound from the blasts was right in his chest. Meanwhile around 10 others suffered severe injuries from the blast.
The bomb that exploded at the Kepunton Church, Solo, was recorded as the first bomb to have exploded in Solo. Previously, it had been rumored that several homemade bombs were found in the church in Solo, but they did not explode, let alone result in the loss of life.


Message From Muslims In Ambon On The Bombing In Solo

The Muslims in Ambon, the victims of persecutions by the Christian after the 11th September 2011 riots, have sent a message responding to the bomb blast, which appeared to be a martyrdom operation, that occurred in the Kepunton Church, Solo, Sunday (25/09/2011). Why are the Muslims treated discriminatively?

Immediately after the Bomb Blast in the GBIS Kepunton, Solo, Sunday (25/09/2011), government officials were seen busy. Besides president SBY himself, who personally gave instructions to uncover the perpetrators of the blast, the Head of Indonesian Police and the Head of Detectives and Criminal Agency immediately visited the 'crime' scene. This is quite different when riots erupted in Ambon on Sunday, 11th September 2011, which until now, the initiators and perpetrators of those riots have not been exposed yet . The following is the SMS of concerns from the Muslims in Ambon, sent to the editorial of Arrahmah.com.


Message From Ambonese Muslims, Victims of Christian Persecution

When a bomb exploded at the Kepunton Church, Solo, all officials from the President, the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, the Head of Indonesian Police, to the general chairman of the GP Ansar, all commented sternly, condemning and calling for immediate investigation and arrest of the perpetrators. But why on 11th September 2011, when the Muslims in Ambon became the victims of persecutions by the Christians, we didn't hear the same comments as today ?

Whereas, 7 Ambonese Muslims in Ambon were killed in the incident, more than 100 people from the Muslim side were wounded, 1 village belonging to the Muslims have all the houses burnt, there have been 3000 Muslim refugees in places of refugee to this day, who are in a pitiful condition. Could the President, the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs , the Head of Indonesian Police, to the general chairman of GP Ansar immediately uncover and arrest the perpetrators who have burned the Muslim village of Waringin, Ambon, which have killed 7 Muslims and wounded more than 100 Ambonese Muslims?

Earlier, A Bomb Also Exploded In Ambon, Muslims On Alert

The exposure for the case of 11th September 2011 Ambon riots, has not been completed and Ambon was again rocked by a homemade bomb which exploded at the Mardika terminal, at around 23.00 hour, on Saturday (24/09/2011). According to the testimony of a local resident, it was only a small bomb which was detonated on the sidelines of the shops and street.

It turns out that before the shocking bomb blasts at the Kepunton Church, Solo, happened on Sunday (25/09/2011), a homemade bomb had first exploded in the Mardika terminal, Saturday (24/09/2011), at around 23.00 hour local time. The Ambonese Muslims suspected that the homemade bomb was operated by the provocateurs who wanted to repeat the 11th September incident in Ambon. The Muslims in Ambon are on alert!As a result of the the homemade bomb, the atmosphere in Ambon heats up again because the people are traumatized by yesterday's incidents which killed 7 Muslims, destroyed dozens of houses and caused thousands of Muslims to evacuate.

Christian Intruders Into The Muslim Village Caught

Ironically, at the time when the situation was tense after the explosion of a homemade bomb at the Mardika terminal in Ambon, a man bringing in petrol suspected to be from the Christian side infiltrated the Muslim village.

A mother who is a resident of Ambon Plasa, who asked to remain anonymous, told voa-islam.com, that she caught two men in the early dawn at around 01.00 hour (25/9/2011). One of them was wearing a red sweater and bringing a large jerry can containing petrol.Seeing the suspicious acts, the woman came near them while shouting, “Hey what are you doing?” Without thinking, those two suspicious men escaped on their motorbike, without having a chance to take the petrol jerry can with them.

The middle-aged mother reckons that both of the culprits are from the Christian side, because when caught, they immediately fled heading towards the Christian village.

“Their position that night was in Amplas, and then they ran away through the Arab Lane,” she explained.

Anticipating all conditions, the Muslims in Ambon remain vigilant by keeping guards in the borders of the villages, especially in Waringin, Air Mata Cina, Batu Merah, Mardika and Jalan Baru. May Allah SWT always give assistance to them. Insha Allah!

(voa-islam/arrahmah.com)

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