Ted Meinhover

Who’s that crazy Bule?

Some friends not finding it very difficult to find Ted in the crowd after the prayer on the morning of Idul Fitri, in Purwokerto.

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Hardline Muslims protest Bush’s Indonesia visit

President Bush is scheduled to visit Indonesia this month. Yesterday, hundreds of people from Muslim organizations, families and children, gathered in front of the US Embassy to protest. Protests there are nothing new, of course. But still, the questions have to be asked. Why do people feel so strongly about the figure head of the United States that they don’t even want him to visit their country? The answers might be obvious to you, but it needs to be thought about. “We call the government and the people of Indonesia to reject Bush’s visit as our rejection of every measure he has taken all over the world, especially in Muslim countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine,” said Muhammad Ismail Yusanto, the spokesman of Hizbut Tahrir’s, one of the groups.