Muslim insecurity - MCCXCI.

"The [Indonesian] government continues to investigate, arrest and prosecute Islamic terrorists. But religious conflicts continue as well. More moderate Moslem leaders, while helping the government by preaching against the Islamic radicals, also want government help to stem the growth of Christianity. Missionaries, both Indonesian and foreign, have been successful in converting an increasing number of Moslem Indonesians. The Islamic clergy want the government to intervene. By law, only five religions are allowed in Indonesia, and the government has a tradition of getting involved in religious affairs. While 85 percent of Indonesians are Moslem, most of the remainder are Christian. On some islands, the population is half, or more, Christian. On those islands, many Moslems see Christianity as a more “modern” religion. Christian clergy and missionaries are generally better educated than their Moslem counterparts, and the Christians tend to be more successful economically as well."

[Begin Mr. Rajan's commentary on the above:] Is their faith in their own religion so weak they require the help of the government to block those meany, nasty, evil, blue-blooded, unscrupulous, wild-eyed Christian missionaries from preaching?

In murtad-related news, apparently there is [sic] 50,000 [link in Malay] of Muslim youth within the Klang Valley conurbation [in Malaysia] applying to leave Islam (just for comparison, there is [sic] 3-4 million people living in Klang Valley, half of them Malay-Muslim). Even the strict restrictions placed on their freedom of religion isn’t enough to keep them at bay, eh?

I know, we should execute all of them.

From: "Freedom of religion in Indonesia." By Rajan Rishyakaran, 7/28/05 [emphasis added].