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Old 4th April 2007, 06:55 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by BluErf
But the kris is not an exclusively Islamic weapon. It has a huge influence on it for sure, but we must also recognize where the rashaksa hilt on the keris in the poster came from.
Well obviously Kai Wee, there is both Hindu and animistic influences for sure, but isn't Indonesia considered for the most part (though not officially) to be an Islamic state?
So what you are saying then is that raksasa were a bunch of beer swigging pagan demons?
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