Anand Krishna’s Writings
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Happiness
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What can make You happy…?
What are you searching for…?
Some are searching it by Living with Life…
and some are searching it through dying, within Death…
some are searching it through variable experiences in life…
and some through the long silence of Death
What am I searching for…?
Money? Love? Properties? Power? Fame? What… ???
read comments (0)Indonesia’s independence: An unfinished business
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Recently I was invited to speak on “Indonesia’s Independence and Its Relevance Today”. The theme made no sense to me. The line did not sound right. The relevance of Indonesia’s independence is the freedom you and I are enjoying today.
Ministers support FPI
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Permit me to draw your attention to my first desperate call for help last month. I am compelled to write to you again on this matter, since the situation has worsened.
Two of our ministers have issued public statements supporting the chairman of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI), Habib Rizieq and his organization.
They are those in charge of co-operatives and forestry. These ministers represent two different political parties, supporting the government.
Indeed there are a couple of such other parties. So far, however, they have been supporting from behind the scenes.
Such support definitely has political implications, and has weakened the thrust of police investigations (into the attack by FPI members at the National Monument (Monas) park in early June.
One of the ministers, in a recent statement, made an appeal for the release of Rizieq and to declare his organization not guilty.
Right now, only seven out of more than 50 suspects originally detained are still in custody.
I once again make an appeal to the world community to help us in this matter. In view of the latest happenings in the Philippines and Pakistan, if these radicals are not punished, then not only this region, but the entire world will become their playground.
ANAND KRISHNA
Jakarta
The Jakarta Post | Sat, 07/12/2008 11:41 AM | Opinion
A Desperate Call for Help - II
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——— Indonesia, July 3rd 2008 ———
To: The Heads of United Nations’ Member States, andThe Distinguished Members of the World Community
Permit me to draw your attention to my first desperate call for help dated 11th June, 2008. I am compelled to write you again regarding this matter, since the situation has worsened.
What’s in a name?
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There are people who think and feel little about the name given them by their parents, and there are others who hold their names in high esteem. To “what’s in a name”, some would argue that, “it’s my name at stake”.
How to save the nation
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In the special National Awakening Day issue of this paper (May 19), Perbanas director Harinowo challenged us to ask whether our souls and our beings were still capable of “dreaming”, while India, China and even Brazil are already realizing their dreams. Harinowo is an economist, and he knows well where we and this nation stand on this point.
Radicals gain more energy
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In recent years, Muslim radicals here have gained more power and energy, largely due to the weakness of our state. Our present government is backed by several parties and many of them are clearly in favor of those radicals.
Radical Islam in Indonesia is on the march, and the religious pluralism enshrined in the doctrine of Pancasila is coming under direct attack. Last week the Indonesian government has issued a joint ministerial decree telling the heretical Muslim Ahmadiyya movement to ’stop spreading interpretations and activities’ which deviate from orthodox Islam. That decree has implications for other minorities as well, including liberal and reformist Muslims, and the moderate Wahid Institute (named for former president Abdurrahman Wahid) says the country is on the brink of becoming an Islamic state.
A Desperate Call for Help
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Anand Krishna*
——— Indonesia, June 11th 2008 ———
To:
- The Heads of United Nations’ Member States, and
- The Distinguished Members of the World Community
It is with much regret, and a deep sense of shame, that I write this about the atrocities in my country against the religious minorities. I am compelled to address the World Community, since my appeals to my own Government officials have bore no result whatsoever.
Get well soon, FPI and other parties
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June 1, 2008, will be remembered as a black day in the history of Indonesian democracy. A group of people from different walks of life — Balinese Hindus, Javanese Catholics, Sumatran Protestants, Buddhists and Confucianists from Celebes and Muslims from all over Indonesia were beaten up by radicals.