Showing posts with label MUI. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MUI. Show all posts
10 February 2011

Valentine's Day "Banned" Again in 2011...

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The fact that the crotchety old white-robed backward looking Islamic scholars in various parts of Indonesia take the time to consider Valen...
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23 December 2010

Too Much Christmas for the MUI?

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Can there ever be too much Christmas cheer? Yes ! It would seem that the Indonesian arbiters of all things Islam and Muslim, the Indonesi...
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02 October 2010

MUI and the Q Film Festival...

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The MUI, the Indonesian Ulema Council, is always good for coming up with creative ways to characterise all manner of things, but let's f...
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26 August 2010

After the Non-Fatwa, Kopi Luwak Farming...

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Simple economics would suggest that the best way of keeping a price high is to ensure that there is limited supply. So, the decision to move...
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05 August 2010

No Ban on BlackBerry in Indonesia?

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The Ministry of Communication and Information through its spokesperson, Gatot Dewa Broto, stated that there was no plan to ban BlackBerry o...
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28 July 2010

It's MUI Fatwa Time...

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Pinch me, pinch me, I must be asleep and dreaming. The MUI has just issued a fatwa on infotainment (gossip shows) and sex change operation...
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20 July 2010

Kopi Luwak -- A Postscript...

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The MUI has decided that Kopi Luwak ( Luwak Coffee ) is OK for consumption by Muslims. This means that the MUI sees no need to issue a fat...
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19 July 2010

MUI, Fatwas, and Kopi Luwak...

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Each passing day further highlights the fact that the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has way too much time on its hands. Unfortunately , rat...
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18 July 2010

NU Making Sense...

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In contrast to the Indonesia Ulema Council (MUI) the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) makes much better use of common sense when it comes to the relatio...
17 July 2010

MUI Facing Mecca...

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One of the primary tenets of the Islamic faith is that no matter where you are in the world you are to face the holy city of Mecca when you ...
14 February 2010

Singapore Casinos & Indonesian Gamblers...

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It appears a good bet that some of the biggest and most consistent visitors to the new casinos opening in Singapore are going to be Indonesi...
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Valentine's Day -- A Western Tradition, Not a Muslim One...

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It always happens that when you have a group of grumpy old men sitting around with too much time on their hands and not enough to do who cal...
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05 February 2010

The Menstrating Ghost of Puncak...

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Hantu Puncak Datang Bulan is a horror film that includes a rather large number of 'pornographic' scenes. Pornography in this sense ...
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31 December 2009

Rin Sakuragi -- More Japanese Porn Stars in Indonesia...

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Maxima Pictures has played a perfect deception by promoting one movie with a Japanese porn star as the main character while simultaneously s...
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22 November 2009

2012 Movie, Muslims, and Fatwas

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When is a film just a film, and when does it become an unbridled insult of a religion, in this case Islam, that requires a fatwa (edict) to ...
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10 November 2009

Kidnapping Julia?

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Now that it seems Maria Ozawa (aka Miyabi) has pulled the plug on coming to Indonesia to play the lead role in the film "Kidnapping Miy...
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14 October 2009

Maria Ozawa In Kidnapping Miyabi -- Cancelled

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The reason for another Maria Ozawa (AKA Miyabi) post is simple. It allows me the opportunity to post a few more pictures (all freely availab...
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11 October 2009

Miyabi / Maria Ozawa and the FPI -- Pornography, Morality, and Comedy...

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It seems there are always plenty of people about looking for a controversy to jump into, and if there is not one available to jump into, th...
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27 September 2009

More Maria Ozawa (AKA Miyabi) and Her Non-Porn Film Career...

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I am a sucker for site visitors, not. But, I could not but help noticing that my blog stats as they relate to visitors searching for particu...
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18 September 2009

Maria Ozawa, Miyabi, Indonesia, and the MUI

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On the completely unimportant news front, Maria Ozawa , or as she is better known, Miyabi (all images freely available on the internet), has...
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