On Amrozi's death sentence

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