tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003998945645458544.post2923993801551861315..comments2024-03-29T03:20:37.659-07:00Comments on Aangirfan: MOSHE KNOWS YOUR MIND?Anonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16577270335071593954noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003998945645458544.post-4858961419395265142016-10-04T06:58:17.255-07:002016-10-04T06:58:17.255-07:00yes ... Buitenzorg / Bogor, Java, Indonesia ... pe...yes ... Buitenzorg / Bogor, Java, Indonesia ... people there very often so warm & lovely ... & aware of the beauty of nature as it remains around them (despite Jakarta-connecting sprawl) ... & of the spirits of their ancestors going back to the old days<br /><br />as was long said of the Ottoman & later Turks, in Indonesia 'they wear their Islam lightly' (no Ottoman emperor ever went on Hajj to Mecca, tho it was in his own domain)<br /><br />maybe the 'wearing religion lightly' is a very key good thing<br /><br />my friends from Java island say tho, that some of their fellow local Moslems are becoming more fundamentalist, they sometimes say more 'arabised', more women's veils being seen, Javanese men in middle-eastern robes ... Some friends from Turkey say the same thing about Anatolia, the older more easy-going religious style is being squeezed<br /><br />what is prominently visible of the Abrahamic religions seems to be getting pushed to more fundamentalist varieties, e.g., Christians in the USA & Jews in Israel as well<br /><br />But in South-East Asia it seems easier to feel how nice things were & can beBrabantianhttps://disqus.com/by/brabantian/noreply@blogger.com