In Reply to: here it is posted by Molly on Wednesday, 5. October 2005 at 13:46 Bali Time:
See, this is the sort of reporting that makes everybody believe stupid crap.
She's quoted another article that refers to an interview and then quotes it out of context.
Here's the full interview between Bashir and Scott Atran:
http://jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2369782
For those who can't be bothered reading the whole thing (recommended if you want to know your enemy), the bit about nukes is copy/pasted below.
Q. How about using nuclear weapons by Muslims, is it justified?
A. Yes, if necessary. But the Islamic Ummah should seek to minimalize [the intensity of the fighting]. Allah has said in verse 8 chapter 60 that we should equip ourself with weapon power—that is an order—but preferably to scare and not to kill our enemy. The main goal is to scare them. If they are scared they won't bother us, and then we won't bother them as well. But if they persist, we have to kill them. In this way, Prophet Muhammad sought to minimalize the fighting.
So the Prophet Muhammed seems to have the same view as the US, Russia, India, Pakistan, and every other country that has or wants nukes. Flawed logic, but common.
The rest of the interview is a decent overview of Bashir's beliefs, which most people won't agree with even though they're not very far from those of Western leaders.
For more balanced and informed reporting from Jakarta correspondents, try Mark Forbes. He has replaced the excellent Matthew Moore as the joint Age/SMH jakarta dude, and is doing a fine job.