On Amrozi's death sentence

Indonesian leaders are correct to condemn westerner who thoughtlessly equate Islam or Indonesia with terrorism. However, responsible Muslims also have an obligation to speak out against prejudice expressed by irresponsible people here.

They could start with condemning Amrozi's lawyer Wirawan Adnan, who hopes to spare his client from the death penalty with the excuse: "He doesn't have anything personal against the Australians, for instance. The targets were the Americans and the Jews." That statement deserves condemnation in the strongest terms at the highest levels of Indonesian religion and politics, unless, of course, they agree that killing Americans and Jews isn't such a terrible crime.

GARY LAMOSHI Denpasar