Raspberries provoked

Islamic cleric and former Jemaah Islamiya leader Abu Bakar Bashir has toured a village in the badly affected Karanganyar district of Central Java.

He took the opportunity to blame the deadly landslides and floods on the “immoral acts” of the victims, of whom 130 are so far known to have died.

If God is Great, there will be raspberries blowing all over both the Islamic and Infidel world, just for that callous little ςυηt. It might be hoped that other Muslim leaders will more convincingly model Muslim brotherly compassion.