Acts of vandalism

Acts of vandalism

When will a leader from the current government (President
Abdurrahman Wahid and Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri, for
instance) be courageous enough and have integrity enough to put a
definite stop to the increasingly antisocial and criminal acts
generated by the group that claims to be a defender of Islam?

The willful destruction of property by this group severely
tarnishes everything good and honorable that the Muslim religion
stands for, and serves to even more disgrace the image of
Indonesia in the eyes of the world.

We Indonesians should be even more ashamed of the fact that
the unbridled vandalism and acts of terrorism such as the
instances that happened in Depok and several places in Jakarta
and elsewhere in Indonesia (Yogyakarta, Ambon) are not at all
halted by the police and military and are even allowed to run
rampant.

Indonesian leaders who claim to be true and devout Muslims and
who would like to defend all the good that The Creator stands for
should immediately take stern action against the group, to
cleanse the Muslim world from this evil action.

R.A. SOETAMI KOESTOMO

Bogor, West Java