God in politics<\/p>\n
YOGYAKARTA: About 200 enraged Moslem supporters of the United
\nDevelopment Party (PPP) marched to nearby Gemuruh, Purbalingga,
\nrecently to find the Golkar supporters who had flaunted a banner
\nwhich said, in Javanese: \"Lurahku, Kiaiku Golkar, Ustadzku
\nGolkar... Allah-ku ya melu Golkar.\"<\/p>\n
Translated, this means: \"My village chief, my religious
\nleader, my religious teacher all vote for Golkar, my Allah is
\nalso Golkar of course.\"<\/p>\n
Fortunately, local security forces and religious leaders
\ncalmed the marchers down and prevented a clash.<\/p>\n
After questioning the people who had carried the banner,
\npolice discovered that it had originally said: \"Lurahku, Kiaiku
\nGolkar, Ustadzku Golkar, Insya Allah (God willing) aku ya melu
\nGolkar.\"<\/p>\n
The paper words were glued on the banner. Strong winds had
\npeeled off the word \"Insya\" and the letter \"a\" in the front of
\n\"ku\" (aku means \"I\"), hence the almost violent misunderstanding.<\/p>\n
The local branches of PPP and Golkar, and police have resolved
\nthe problem. (38)<\/p>",
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