Mockery of ‘Holy Month,’ FPI Attack Ahmadi Mosque
Nazis Make Mockery of ‘Holy Month,’ Attack Ahmadi Mosque VIVAnewse an hour ago confirmed that the IsamoNazi FPI are not only brutal hoodlums but lying swine to boot. Just days […]
Indonesia Turns Blind Eye as Religious Tensions Rise
NY Times: SAMPANG, Indonesia – The problems began shortly after Tajul Muluk, a Shiite cleric, opened a boarding school in 2004. The school, in a predominantly Sunni Muslim part of […]
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Ahmadis may face hard times during Ramadhan
Jakarta Post: While Muslims in big cities are busy shopping and stockpiling for the Ramadhan fasting month, some 140 Ahmadiyah followers in West Nusa Tenggara have to face the reality […]
An Ahmadi found hanging to the Ahmadiyya mosque tower in Jakarta
Ahmad Ibrahim was hanging lifeless with a broken neck. VIVAnews – An Ahmadiyah followers, Ibrahim Ahmad, was found dead in a dependent position in the tower of the Mosque of Al-Hidayah, Jalan Raya Ciputat No School Gang. 18 Rt. 10 Rw. 10, Kebayoran Lama, South Jakarta. Known victims were killed […]
Ramadan:147 Guarded Ahmadiyyah Village Cisalada
BOGOR – AFP: During Ramadan, the township inhabited by Ahmadiyah Indonesia (JAI), Cisalada, Udik Ciampea Village, District Ciampea, Bogor District, will continue to be maintained the combined forces of the […]
Feting pluralism in Ramadhan
The Jakarta Post | Editorial There is no better theme to celebrate during this year’s Ramadhan than pluralism. The fact that Muslims in Indonesia are widely divided about when the […]
Officials Turn Blind Eye as Religious Tensions Rise in Indonesia
Source : The New York Times By SARA SCHONHARDT Published: July 18, 2012 ……. Intolerance has also led to attacks on Christians, whose churches have been closed under pressure, and on members of the Ahmadiyah, an Islamic sect many mainstream Muslims consider heretical. …… “Five years ago this trend was […]
Govt needs to take stern action to stop violence against minorities
University of Indonesia (UI) has set up Abdurrahman Wahid Center (AWC) to serve as a forum to discuss issues related to democracy, global peace and social conflict. JakartaPost: The government […]
Summary: Ahmadiyah Again Find Themselves in Mob’s Sights
Credit: Jakarta Globe via Wasim Sroya A mob attack last Friday on an Ahmadiyah community in Bogor’s Cisalada village has rattled the beleaguered group as it tries to recover from a similar, more violent, incident from two years ago. “It was about 1 p.m. when we heard people shouting outside […]
FIJI NEWS – Amnesty critical of Fiji Law and other updates
Fiji: Round-trip airfare from Los Angeles starts at $1049 Los Angeles Times Air Pacific, the official airline of Fiji , is offering airfares starting at $1049 round-trip from Los Angeles to Nadi on the South Pacific nation’s main island Viti Levu. Though the deal is on until the end of the month, […]
Islamist Mob to Go Unpunished.
West Java Cop-Out? Islamist Mob to Go Unpunished. July 16th’s Jakarta Globe surely suggests more questions than answers, most notably on the Police’s interest in serving the community in a non-sectarian way. No one will be charged in Friday’s mob attack on members of Bogor’s Ahmadiyah community, the National Police […]
Ahmadiyya in Indonesia
A man face down covered in blood. Dying helpless. Such has not been satisfied, some violent people who stood around blade of bamboo struck again. Plaque!! A blow on the back of the head of the poor man ending his life. Shouted Takbir continues to reverberate, to celebrate his death. […]
Ahmadiyah Clash: Immigration to Verify Journalist Visas
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Head of the Bogor Immigration Office, Bambang Catur P., says the office plans to question four foreign journalists believed to have triggered an attack on an Ahmadiyah village. The questioning of the foreign nationals related to their immigration documents is scheduled for Monday. “After receiving reports from […]
Ahmadiyah Pressured Into Apologizing for Bogor Violence, Leaders Say No
Jakarta Globe: Ahmadiyah community members say they have been forced to apologize, while foreign journalists deny having incited violence against the sect’s followers in Bogor’s Cisalada village on Friday. According to Bogor Police, Ahmadiyah followers and local residents agreed to end the incident peacefully after leaders of Ahmadiyah apologized for […]
Indonesian NGO asks if Ahmadiyah Minority Marked for Destruction.
Media Indonesia reports on that latest Islamist assault on Ahmadis – Setara Institute has suggested the state apparatus’ indolence in defending this innocent minority is no mere manifestation of sloth but part of a larger scheme to achieve the end of Ahmadiyah in Indonesia. In the event that the […]
Cisalada incident: No offender who was arrested
BBC: Jemaah Ahmadiyah spokesman for Indonesia (JAI), Firdaus Mubarik, said none of the perpetrators of the attacks on the Ahmadiyah congregation Cisalada settlement, village Ciampea Udik, Bogor, detained by the police. “The dream that until there is an attacker who was arrested,” said Firdaus on the BBC Indonesia. Incidents of […]
Differing Views on Policing During Ramadan Surface, With Hard-Liners Poised to Play a Role
Credit: Jakarta Globe: Surabaya. The National and Jakarta Police have made contradicting statements regarding hard-line Islamist groups making punitive “sweeps” of business open during Ramadan. National Police Chief Gen. Timur Pradopo said on Monday that the police would “involve the public” in solving problems during to the Islamic holy month, […]
Baznas holds mass marriage for 349 couples
Jakarta Post: government-sanctioned National Alms Agency (Baznas) held a mass marriage of 349 underprivileged couples at the Silang Monas area in Central Jakarta on Sunday. Baznas chairman Didin Hafiduddin said […]
Minorities shrug off guarantee of freedoms
The Jakarta Post, Followers of minority faiths have dismissed the remark on state protection of religious freedoms, citing inconsistency on the ground and in the courts. Constitutional Court chief Mahfud MD told visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel Tuesday that people could even be atheists and communists as long as they […]