Judges plan to quote from Islam's holy text, the Koran, and read a short Chinese poem when they deliver their verdict on accused Bali bomber Amrozi bin Nurhasyim tomorrow.
The panel of five judges said they wanted to underline a message to Indonesians and to people throughout the world that no religion justified violence.
Amrozi, the first to be charged under Indonesia's anti-terrorism laws, faces a maximum sentence of death for allegedly planning and carrying out the Bali attack, which killed 202 people, including 88 Australians.
Amrozi is accused of belonging to regional terror group Jemaah Islamiah, which is already being blamed for yesterday's car bomb attack in Jakarta.
The Jakarta attack came as the five judges of the Denpasar District Court put their finishing touches to the judgment on Amrozi.
They will tomorrow take turns to read their decision, numbering about 300 pages, in a hearing expected to take at least four hours.
Chief Judge Made Karna, speaking ahead of tomorrow's judgment, was tight-lipped about anything related to the verdict on the 41-year-old village mechanic.
But members of his bench made it clear that they did not accept Amrozi's attempts throughout the trial to minimise his role while at the same time celebrating the deadly attack as a strike at Western imperialism.
Amrozi has claimed the Bali bombing was justified as an act of "jihad".
Jihad is an Islamic term which means "religious struggle" but is widely translated as "holy war".
The judges said they would use their expertise in their respective religions to send a message that no faith condones murder.
The bench consists of three Hindus, a Muslim and a Catholic.
"This is necessary because if we don't give this consideration, he (Amrozi) will think that religion justifies what he did but in fact, religion doesn't justify it," according to Judge Lilik Mulyadi, the Catholic on the panel.
Judge Mulyani (correct), the only Muslim on the panel, provided the appropriate references in the Koran that spelt out that murder was not permitted.
"What he did is not right," he said.
"He claims the basis of his actions is jihad, as if he is doing it for religion."
But the judge said Amrozi gave Islam a bad image.
"What he did is against the law."
Mulyani had also noticed that Amrozi's testimony had changed.
"If he wants to use religion as a motive then he has to tell the truth."
The Catholic judge, Mulyadi, said the judges' panel would not rely on Amrozi's testimony in passing judgment.
"We will not be affected by this, we have other evidence" he said.
Mulyadi said he had selected a short work by Chinese poet Bin Xin, and hoped it would remain in the judges' written decision in the final draft.
"This is the only verdict containing poetry," he said.
The judge said he wanted the accused to be reminded of the loss that so many people had suffered.
"I wanted to picture a child that has lost his goals, lost his love because of what the defendant did," said Mulyadi.
The verse, chosen from an anthology of Chinese poems, is:
"My Dear Creator
If in eternal life
He allows only one heavenly promise
I would ask from the bottom of my heart
To be in my mother's arms
And my mother to be on a boat
Where the boat is sailing on the sea,
Fully illuminated by moonbeam."