Al-Qaeda Indonesia Claimed to Responsible for the Jakarta Hotel Bombing

On 17th July 2009, a hotel bombing in Jakarta that involving famous U.S franchised hotel, J.W. Marriott and Ritz- Carlton had killed nine persons and injured almost 50 persons. The explosion were set by the two suicide bombers that acted as the guest in the hotel.



On 30th July, an unknown blog that known as Al-Qaeda Indonesia were claimed that they are responsible for the attacks.



The message in Indonesian and Arabic was signed by `Abu Muawwidz Nur Din bin Muhammad Top’ and praises two `holy warrior brothers’ who blew themselves up at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in central Jakarta.

The statement said the attacks were a `martyrdom operation for jihad’, intended as `retribution for the deeds of America and its agents against our Muslim brothers and holy warriors in all corners of the world’.

The statement described the victims of the attack as `henchmen of America’ and `thieves and robbers of things of value to the Muslims of this country.

Police have said the attacks bear the hallmarks of Malaysian Islamist Noordin Mohammed Top, who heads a violent splinter faction of the radical regional network Jemaah Islamiyah (JI).

Noordin is suspected of masterminding suicide bombings in Indonesia in 2003, 2004 and 2005 which killed a total of 42 people and injured scores more.

Indonesian police spokesman Sulistyo Ishak said, investigators were still examining if the claim of responsibility was genuine or a hoax.

``We will confirm with the investigation team. It’s for them to investigate if it’s true that this (attack) was carried out by this group,’’ Ishak told AFP.

Terrorism analyst Sidney Jones, of the International Crisis Group, said she could not say whether the claim was authentic but noted that blogs were `often used by some of the jihadi groups’.

``I just don’t know. It’s interesting this time round, if it is him, he’s only claiming to be Al-Qaeda for Indonesia and not the Malay Archipelago,’ she said.

Noordin has previously said he leads a group called Al-Qaeda for the Malay Archipelago.

JI and its allies envision much of Southeast Asia under a caliphate, or Islamic government. - AFP

Compulsory HIV test for Malaysian Muslim Bride and Groom in 2009

Starting next year, all Malaysian Muslim brides and grooms must going through the HIV test before getting married. This is a compulsory procedure before a couple want to have a marriage.


The procedure will be executed next year after all the Islamic council in every states giving their agreements to enforce the law, said Datuk Wan Mohamad Sheikh Abdul Aziz, Director of JAKIM.

The couple will be given the Certificate of Health to each couple that indicate either there are positive or negative to HIV. The test that were required are free until this moment.


Many of objection from many peoples about this law that accusing its has breaching the Human right and human privacy.

By doing this test might effect their marriage planning if one of them is positive to HIV.

The question that derived from the law is:

Is HIV test giving a good effect to society?
IS it true that it had breached the human right?
Why peoples are so worried about HIV test?

According to the PT Foundation, from 1986 to 2007, about 58,267 Malays are infected to the HIV. The funniest part is the etchnic such as Chinese and Indian that infected to HIV is 11,886 and 6,532 persons.

Why Malays are the majority in HIV cases?...What happen to their Islamic base?..

From this figures, we can actually knows why there is peoples trying to avoid from HIV test.

The HIV test objective is to give a good future to the couple in long terms such as providing a healthy couples, healthy babies, and healthy heir.


It is not for punishing a person who having HIV by avoiding them from marriage. The Malaysian Islamic council (JAKIM) had planned a strategy for the couple who having HIV that want to proceed the marriage by having counseling sessions and therapist to make sure there are really trying to avoid themself to come back to their past.

By doing this law, all Muslim teenagers need to understand and aware to whatever there are doing right now if they don't want to ruin their future.

Avoid HIV by following Islamic laws and practice it.

You might don't want to be embarrassed at the day of wedding. All the secret that you hide before will be reveal sooner or later. Watch out.