The struggle of religious minorities in Indonesia
BBC: An ongoing conflict between the Ahmadiyah community and the local government has been drawing attention to what rights groups say is an increasing trend of intolerance in Indonesia. The […]
West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan: Little Intolerance Here
Sandra Siagian & Yuli Krisna | April 15, 2013 jakarta globe While Indonesia grapples with the a rise in acts of violence against religious minorities across the country, several rights groups have pointed to West Java as a significant hotspot for intolerance. In the past four months, a Christian minister […]
Text your say: Closure of an Ahmadiyah mosque
The Jakarta Post: Read below your comments on the closure by security officers of a mosque belonging to the Ahmadiyah community in Bekasi, West Java: Why have the Ahmadis, as […]
Islamic Hard-Liners Attack Three Ahmadiyah Mosques in Cianjur
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 […]
Ahmadiyah and Bekasi Government Fail to Ink a Deal to Reopen Mosque
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The Bekasi government invited Ahmadiyah to dialogue on Thursday
BBC: Deden Sujana, Chairman of the National Security Ahmadiyah, told the BBC Indonesia that the persons inside mosque are in good condition. “They can not leave the mosque and we […]
Editorial: Government Needs To Protect Minorities
Every Indonesian, regardless of his or her faith and religion, has a right to live in peace and to expect protection from the state. The Jakarta Globe: Growing religious intolerance […]
Voice against Relegious Intolerance in Indonesia
Religious Minorities Band Together for Tolerance The Jakarta Globe: So often the victims of intolerance in Indonesia, Christians, Ahmadiyah and Shia Muslims on Monday marched together in Central Jakarta to […]
Indonesia’s persecuted Ahmadis locked inside mosque
BANGKOK (AlertNet) – Thirty members of the persecuted minority Ahmadiyah Muslim sect have been inside a sealed mosque in West Java since Thursday, and police have been accused of harassing […]
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. rally […]
Ahmadiyah Remain in Sealed Bekasi Mosque, Struggle With Police Harassment
The Jakarta Globe: Thirty members of Bekasi’s beleaguered Ahmadiyah Muslim sect have been locked inside the shuttered Al-Misbah mosque since Bekasi Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) officers sealed the building […]
Closed Mosque
Closed mosque: The al-Misbah mosque belonging to the Indonesia Ahmadiyah Congregation stands deserted after being sealed off by public order officers assisted by police officers and soldiers on early Friday. […]
Pictures- Bekasi Ahmadis in stand off
The Jakarta Post: Around 50 Ahmadis in Bekasi, West Java, have sealed themselves in the Al-Misbah Mosque, which the municipal administration closed the day before in a crack down. The […]
Al Misbah Mosque sealed by Government
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Jakarta | Fri, April 05 2013, 2:50 PM A group of 200 Bekasi public order personnel assisted by police officers and soldiers were ordered to […]
Indonesia shuts down Ahmadiyya Mosque in latest sign of intolerance
BEKASI, Indonesia (AFP) – Indonesian authorities on Thursday shut down a mosque of the minority Muslim Ahmadiyah sect, in the latest sign of growing religious intolerance in the country. Dozens of followers of the sect scuffled with officials putting up a fence around the Al-Misbah mosque on the outskirts of […]
Jakarta Man Lights Body on Fire After Co-Worker Rejects His Love
Source: Jakarta Globe: A 30-year-old man has died after setting himself on fire in his East Jakarta office after a married co-worker rejected his affection, Cipayung Police said on Thursday. Mochamad Zikra, who worked in the finance department of Indah Cargo Logistic in Setu, East Jakarta, doused himself in some […]
Religious Tension in Indonesia – Tolerance No More
Source: Qantara Indonesia has the biggest Muslim population in the world and is often described as a country where people live peacefully side by side, tolerating difference. In reality, however, the targeting of religious minorities has been on the increase for years. By Andy Budiman Indonesia’s brand of Islam is […]
Tolerance No More
Qantara: Indonesia’s brand of Islam is often portrayed by women wearing headscarves smiling in friendly fashion or children playing in front of a mosque. Almost 90 per cent of the […]
Bekasi church bulldozed over permit issue
The Jakarta Post: After years of struggle to obtain a building permit for their house of worship, the congregation of the Batak Protestant Church (HKBP) in Taman Sari, Setu district in Bekasi regency, watched the local administration demolish their unfinished church building. “It’s over. The church building was demolished at […]