Indonesian minorities protest religious intolerance

Source: Bangkok Post
Around 200 Christian, Muslim Shiite and Ahmadiyah leaders protested in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Monday against growing religious intolerance in the Sunni Muslim-majority country.

Indonesian minority religious leaders from Batak Christian Protestant, Shiite Islamic and Ahmadiyah sects march toward parliament building during a protest against religious intolerance in Jakarta on April 8, 2013. Around 200 Indonesian minority leaders took part in the demonstration Monday.

 

rally of minority groups followed the demolition of a church and the closure of an Ahmadi mosque, both in Bekasi, east of Jakarta, in recent weeks after pressure from Muslim hardliners.
The leaders — most of whom were Christian — gathered outside the parliament building, singing the country’s national anthem and shouting “we have rights” and “stop intolerance”.
They also waved Indonesian flags and banners emblazoned with photographs of the demolished church and sealed Ahmadi mosque.
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