Indonesia
A couple of days ago a dear friend of mine forward me a link to sign this online petition to disband FPI. What the heck is FPI you asked? They are this big Muslim organization, literary translated means Islamic Defender Front. With their histories of violence acts in the name of religion, you bet I signed that online petition! FPI has been left alone for far too long, untouched by the law because they are religious group? Come on! This kinds of groups contributed to the bad imagine Indonesia have abroad and instead of ‘defending‘ their religion, it only makes Islam’s image more tarnished. One fact that sadly most of these kinds of group’s followers seems to forget (or brainwashed?!) .....
Indonesia
When Lil’ A was born in December 2006, the Dual Citizenship law for mixed children born out of marriages between Indonesian and foreign citizen parents were still pretty much fresh from the oven. We were pretty lucky as the law stated children born after the law was implemented (June 11, 2006) should immediately granted with Indonesian citizen, while the ones that were born prior, have a more tedious steps to follow. By the time he was 7 months old, Lil’ A proudly have his Indonesian passport and the process at Indonesian Consulate in Houston was a breeze. Although the law stated that when the child turns 18, they will have to decide which citizenship to follow and ditch the other .....
