The Jakarta Globe:
Three Ahmadiyah mosques in Cianjur, West Java, were shut down and damaged by a group of Islamic hard-liners and local residents on Friday, the latest act of intolerance in the province.
Firdaus Mubarik, a spokesman from the Indonesian Ahmadiyah Congregation (JAI), told the Jakarta Globe on Saturday that police officers and soliders witnessed all three incidents but did nothing to stop members of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) from attacking the mosques that were located in three different subdistricts in Cianjur — Campaka, Ciparay and Neglasari.
“Three mosques, located close to each other, were sealed and damaged in less than three hours yesterday,” Firdaus explained. “They also shut down our mosque in Ciparay. Some of them threw stones at the windows, door and the roof tiles. The police were there, but did nothing to stop them. A police officer named Dedi from the Campaka Police even was the one that placed an announcement stating that activities of the mosque should be terminated.”
Prior to the attacks, an Ahmadiyah member, Jamal, was summoned to the Campaka subdistrict’s office to explain why his shop had been built without a permit. Jamal reportedly could not afford a permit as a local official had allegedly asked him to pay Rp 4 million.
Indonesia is also following footprints of Pakistan,Politicizing of Religion and growing extremism and terrorism.They will have to see the same situation like Pakistan because it is the law of nature that “As you sow so will you reap”
Indonesia has the chance to progress greatly, however, no progress is possible without the blessings of Allah. And this is the quickest way to loose it. I feel sorry and worried about Indonesia now.