The Indonesian Protestant Church (PGI) and the KBB Clinic Network visited the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (JAI) regional preacher in Yogyakarta. They are ready to assist victims of the Ahmadiyya youth camp disbandment.
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June 15, 2026, 8:47 AM
JOGJAKARTA, PGI.OR.ID-PGI together with the Yogyakarta Freedom of Religion (KBB) Clinic network visited the Regional Preacher (Mubda) of JAI in Yogyakarta, discussing assistance for victims of the disbandment of the Ahmadiyah youth camp by an intolerant group in Tawangmangu, Central Java on June 5, 2026.
On that occasion, the Executive Secretary for Justice and Peace (KP) of the Indonesian Protestant Church (PGI), Rev. Etika Saragih, expressed deep concern for the JAI youth who were forcibly disbanded by an intolerant group in Tawangmangu. The PGI had previously issued an official statement condemning the intolerant action.
“We came to hear firsthand the current conditions of the victims, especially as they are teenagers and children who have become victims of intolerance. We, along with the KBB Clinic network in Yogyakarta, are open to helping, including providing interfaith trauma healing for the victims,” he said during a meeting held at the Jami’ Fadhli Umar (Ahmadiyah) Mosque in Yogyakarta on Sunday (June 14, 2026).
The leader of the Yogyakarta Ahmadiyya Congregation, Regional Missionary (Mubda) Basyir, expressed his greetings and gratitude to the Indonesian Protestant Church (PGI) for its concern regarding the disbandment of the Ahmadiyya youth camp. “I will convey the offer of assistance from the PGI and our friends at the KBB Clinic to the Ahmadiyya leaders. We are not alone in facing this case,” he said.
Basyir recounted the time when the Ahmadiyah congregation experienced persecution in Manokwari, where an intolerant group intended to expel several Ahmadiyah congregations, but the pastors, PGI administrators and also Papuan traditional leaders actually defended them and even addressed the Ahmadiyah congregation as ‘children’, so that the intolerant group could not force their intention to expel them.
This experience, he continued, was very memorable and a good example of tolerance against intolerant groups. “I feel we must work together to fight intolerant individuals and groups,” he concluded.
Meanwhile, the Yogyakarta KBB Clinic Network also expressed its concern and readiness to jointly advocate for the case. This was conveyed by Ruli from the Mitra Wacana Foundation and Idha from the Indonesian Justice and Peace Foundation (YKPI), both members of the Yogyakarta KBB Clinic Network.
The Indonesian Protestant Church (PGI) and the Yogyakarta KBB Clinic Network are ready to assist in this case, including if the Indonesian Protestant Association (JAI) chooses legal action to uphold justice and deter the perpetrators, including the authorities deemed to have acted unfairly in handling this case. “For now, our JAI leaders have asked us to approach this with patience and wisdom,” Basyir said.
Both PGI and the KBB Jogjakarta Clinic Network will continue to respect the best choice chosen by JAI in dealing with this case.
The discussion also discussed the possibility of collaboratively organizing a National Camp for interfaith youth, as well as KBB advocacy training for interfaith activists and religious figures in Yogyakarta and its surroundings.
As is known, a JAI youth camp attended by around a thousand participants was forcibly disbanded by an intolerant group on June 5 at around 9:00 p.m. It is regrettable that law enforcement officers present at the scene were perceived to be siding with the perpetrators, not the victims. (ES-MS)
Categories: Ahmadis, Ahmadiyyat: True Islam, Asia, Indonesia, Interfaith tolerance