Yeah, well done again Muslims.

[Trolldor]

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-wo ... 16del.html

The former editor-in-chief of Playboy Indonesia has begun a two-year prison sentence for publishing pictures of scantily clothed women, riling free speech activists in the world's most populous Muslim nation.

Erwin Arnada, 47, did not speak as he was escorted from the prosecutor's detainee car under tight security at the Cipinang prison in the capital Jakarta on Saturday.

When the now-defunct Playboy Indonesia hit newsstands in 2006, Islamic hardliners smashed its editorial offices and started legal proceedings against its top editor.
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The magazine had photos of women in undergarments, occasionally with partially exposed breasts, but the pictures were less risque than some appearing in other magazines sold openly on street corners.

Hardliners argued, however, the icon of American cultural influence was harmful to morals in the secular country of 210 million Muslims.

The Supreme Court found Arnada guilty of violating indecency laws during a closed-door session in August, overruling a 2007 acquittal by the South Jakarta District Court.

"This sets a bad precedent for freedom of expression," said rights activist Haris Azhar, adding it was a throwback to the dictatorship of Suharto, which ended in a wave of pro-democracy protests more than a decade ago.

"He's not a criminal," he said. "Look at the pictures ... the magazine was adapted so as not to offend our culture."

Indonesia has a vibrant free press and a long history of tolerance, though a small extremist fringe has become more vocal in recent years.

Members of the Islamic Defenders' Front, which has been known to attack bars, nightclubs and Western embassies, said they were happy to finally see Arnada where he belonged.

"The case will be a lesson for all that pornography has no place in Indonesia," said Soleh Mahmud, a spokesman for the group.

Velvet Silver Media held the license to publish Playboy in Indonesia but its offices have since shut down.

[JimC]

A small core of hard-line Islamofascists seem to be able to do what they want in Indonesia...

Arseholes...

[Trolldor]

I'm not going to attribute it to a 'small core' until the 'large core' come out and oppose them.

[JimC]

I'm not going to attribute it to a 'small core' until the 'large core' come out and oppose them.

Well it is a small core who are the activists in pushing for a Sharia style system, but I know what you mean - moderate muslims tend to let this happen without much protest...

Although, as the article says, there were clearly some Indonesians expressing their displeasure...

[sandinista]

more bullshit laws, like putting people in prison for smoking or growing plants, it's not only muslim idiots.

[lsdetroit]

wow, even softcore porn is not tolerated. theyd hate to see my hard drive.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

wow, even softcore porn is not tolerated. theyd hate to see my hard drive.