Mass Murdering Cleric Gets Hero’s Welcome
Indonesian Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, released from prison after serving only 26 months for his role in the mass murder 0f more than 200 people in Bali, returned to the infamous Al Mukmin radical Islamic school in central Java, to a hero’s welcome from the next generation of Islamic terrorists:
Militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, center, delivers a speech before his students upon arrival at Al Mukmin Islamic school in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, June 14, 2006. Bashir accused the United States of terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan on Wednesday, hours after being released from prison to cheers of ‘God is great!’ One of his first stops was the boarding school notorious for producing some of Indonesia’s deadliest militants. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Here’s video of Bashir’s release, from Dutch TV:
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