domenica 27 febbraio 2011

Hello !

Care amiche e amici di blog,
scrivo a voi per scusare la mia assenza. Vi leggo, passo nei vostri blog, ma è un periodo intenso perchè sto scrivendo la tesi di laurea e perchè la mia vita s'è fatta improvvisamente piena d'impegni; e quando non ho nulla da fare, sento il bisogno di stare un pò sola, a pensare. Ho un grande pensiero dentro di me. Riguarda tutti noi. Voi non avete idea di come vorrei scriverne, parlarne... ma non posso. E non posso neanche spiegarvi il perchè. "Colui che sa presagire il destino, dovrà sopravvivergli": così scriveva Jostein Gaarder, uno scrittore-filosofo, nel libro "L'enigma del solitario". Aveva ragione.
Tornando alle tesi, sto scrivendo della Guerra del Vietnam, vista da 3 giornalisti italiani lì sul posto. Chissà se voi eravate già nati durante quel periodo, chissà se magari ne avete letto, chissà voi cosa ne pensate... se vi va lasciate pure un commento ^^
Un abbraccio a tutti!

giovedì 10 febbraio 2011

Se l'intolleranza la fa da padrone

Java Centrale: migliaia di musulmani attaccano tre chiese, un orfanotrofio e un centro cristiano.
Picchiato a sangue il parroco della chiesa cattolica. Incendiata anche una camionetta della polizia e distrutto il tribunale di Temanggung. L’ira della folla scatenata da una sentenza di blasfemia troppo leggera ( 5 anni di prigione al posto della pena di morte).
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Translation in Chinese click here

Central Java: Thousands of Muslims attack three churches, an orphanage and a Christian centre.
Thousands of angry Muslims attacked three churches, a Christian orphanage and a health centre that is also a Christian. The violence took place this morning at 10 am (local time) and only ended with the intervention of police in riot gear and police vans. One of the vans was set on fire by the crowd.
The revolt took place in Temanggung regency (Central Java), and started right in front of the town hall: first the crowd attacked the court where a trial against Richmond Bawengan Antonius, a Christian born in Manado (North Sulawesi) , accused of proselytizing and blasphemy was being held.
Bawengan was arrested in October 2010 because during a visit to Temanggung he had distributed printed missionary material, which, among other things, poked fun at some Islamic symbols. The profanity has cost him five years in prison, but the crowd were demanding the death sentence. The violence was sparked by their dissatisfaction with the verdict.
Instead of leaving the court, the crowd started pushing, shouting provocative slogans and then destroyed the building. Hundreds of police rushed in to intervene but failed to appease the thousands of Muslims who began to march en masse to "target Christians" on the main street of the city.
The Catholic Church of St Peter and Paul on Sudirman Boulevard was the first to be attacked, according to AsiaNews sources, the parish priest, Fr Saldhana, a missionary of the Holy Family, was violently beaten as he tried to protect the tabernacle and the Eucharist against the mob.
The crowd then attacked a Pentecostal church. According to the pastor Darmanto - another Christian leader of Temanggung - the main goal was the Pentecostal church, which was then burned. The mob, however, still not appeased went on to destroy in a Catholic orphanage and a health centre of the Sisters of Providence.
Another Protestant church in Shekinah was burnt down.
Articolo di: Mathias Hariyadi