ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME
INDONESIA: Government collaborates with non-tolerant groups in closing down three Ahmadi mosques in Cianjur
ISSUES: Freedom of religion; minorities; non-state actors; police negligence
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the closure of three mosques belong to the Ahmadi community in Cianjur, West Java. It was reported that the closure was performed by hundreds of members of non-tolerant groups with the consent of local authorities. One of the mosques was vandalized by a member of one of the groups yet no legal action was taken against him.
CASE NARRATIVE:
A member of the Ahmadi Indonesia Congregation (JAI) in Cianjur named Firmansyah informed the AHRC that at around 1.30pm on 12 April 2013, a short text message was sent around by the chairman of a non-tolerant group called GEMPA calling for public participation in the closure of Ahmadi mosques on that day. About 30 minutes later, approximately 300 people from the villages of Sukadana and Wangun Jaya as well as members of Islam Defenders Front (Front Pembela Islam, FPI) gathered at an Ahmadi mosque located in Neglasari called Baitun Nasir, demanding the banning of religious activities by the Ahmadis.
Most of them were riding motorbikes while some others were driving cars, one of which belongs to the Head of Sukadana Village, Karmawan.
Categories: Asia, Indonesia, Intolerance, Mosque
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