From Jihad Watch
Indonesia is descending into the pit of Islamization, and this is now evident on its campuses:
Walking through Indonesian college campuses today, it’s easy to spot the young women clad head-to-toe in black amongst the sea of students wearing jeans and brightly colored batik. These women in black, along with many of their male classmates, have recently “hijrahed.” In Arabic, the word hijrah literally means, “to migrate or emigrate,” and is traditionally used to describe the Prophet Muhammad’s migration from Mecca to Medina. In Indonesia, the term has come to encompass a variety of movements and ideologies in which nominal Muslims are “born again,” and begin to seriously study religion.”
There are other signals pointing to the Islamization of the country. Indonesia deployed 200,000 police to protect Christmas celebrations from Islamic jihad massacres, and on the island of West Sumatra, Christians were banned from Christmas home celebrations.
It doesn’t bode well for Indonesia, which was once deemed to be “moderate.” As Jihad Watch reported in September, “born-again” Muslims have been driving social changes, encouraging Muslim-targeted housing and Sharia banking. Continue reading Indonesia: “Islamic revival” sees hijrah movements flourishing on campus, thanks to the Saudis
