The Death Penalty Debate in Indonesia


	The Death Penalty Debate in Indonesia

Gul Agha

11-23-2007 2:01 PM

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indonesia, sufism, islam

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11-24-2007 11:00 AM

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When organized view, be it religion or the state, or anything else, overcomes the individual's freedom of choice, we fall down from the ladder of our own humanity to the pit of oppression.

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