Bogor. Hundreds of men from a local Muslim hard-line group occupied the roadway in front of the GKI Yasmin church on Sunday, forcing congregation members to hold their service a kilometer away from their sealed building.
The churchgoers have been staging prayers on the sidewalk outside their church for more than a year now, after the Bogor city government sealed off the building. However, on Sunday police had blocked access to the church by 7 a.m.
“[The congregation members] were not permitted to come any closer for security reasons. We are afraid they will clash with members of Forkami,” said Bogor Police Chief Adj. Comr. Hilman, referring to the Indonesian Muslim Communication Forum.
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