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Issue #04 - 6th April - 2010
Fubar rocks the EP Beer Garden
“They can get married at any age, even girls who haven’t started menstruating.”
Nahdlatul Ulama
Leading Muslim organization
Eastern Promise was proud to host the reunion concert of one of Jakarta’s most illustrious expat bands ever: FUBAR!!!
Nahdlatul Ulama has issued a fatwa declaring “underage marriage acceptable as long as the purpose of the union was to build a happy family and allowing underage women to have intimate relationships and intercourse as long as they are able.” Under such a marriage, the minors are wed under Islamic law as if they were adults, but live separately with their families until they are judged mature enough to assume adult responsibilities.
Claims of Pig Blood in Cigarette Filters Coughs Up a Cloud of Controversy
Source: indonesiamatters.com
In a claim likely to cause consternation from Muslim smokers, a Dutch author has published a book that claims that pig blood is used to make cigarette filters. Pig 05049, written by Christien Meindertsma, lists 185 different ways that pigs’ body parts can be used, including in the manufacture of sweets, shampoo, bread, beer and bullets.
Source: balidiscovery.com
Source: thejakartaglobe.com Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM), the Ministry of Health and the Indonesian Ulema Council’s Food and Drug Analysis Agency (LPPOM) should immediately conduct a sampling test,” Tulus Abadi, chairman of the YLKI, told the Jakarta Globe. Tulus said that Indonesian cigarette producers were using imported filters because they are not produced locally.
Ignorance of the Law is No Excuse On April 1, 2010 a comprehensive new national traffic safety law came into effect. A sampling of some of the rules to be enforced include: Driving during daylight without lights illuminated Rp. 100,000 Failing to concentrate on driving by doing another activity Rp. 750,000 Failure to hold a valid driving license Rp. 1,000,000
Professor Simon Chapman from the School of
The Indonesian Consumer Protection Foundation (YLKI) called on authorities to investigate the claims. “If the claim is true then the National
Public Health at the University of Sydney was quoted on the university’s Web site as saying, “many devout Islamic and Jewish smokers and some vegetarians would be horrified to think they were putting a filter in their mouth which contained a pig product.” Issue #04 - 6th April - 2010 - BuGils bi-Weekly 1