Stars & Stripes in Flames

Apart from holding demonstrations, some Muslim groups are bent on expelling US citizens from Indonesia.

October 2, 2001

THe takbir, an Islamic citation in praise of God, was heard everywhere in Jakarta on Friday last week. Not only in mosques during Friday prayers, but also along busy thoroughfares, like the Hotel Indonesia (HI) roundabout, as if competing with the roar of city buses and noisy car horns. Around 1,500 people from Muslim youth and student organizations with clenched fists and angry faces shouted "Allahu Akbar (God is Great), Allahu Akbar…." It s

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