“We swear by the Quran and Sunnah, and we will not compromise with any infidel…. Islam is the truth and all else is falsehood.”

—  Abu Bakar Bashir

101 East- Inside Indonesia's Islamic schools, 2007-08-23 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DMMKBSTiyA,

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