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‘Unchecked Extremism’ behind Attacks on Churches in Indonesia    Published in 2010
JAKARTA, Indonesia, August 17 (CDN) — The country that is home to the world’s largest Muslim population celebrated its 65th Independence Day today amid a widespread sense of distrust in the government’s ability to check attacks on churches by Islamist groups. Muslims and Islamic ....
Mob Threats Lead to Closure of Church Building in Indonesia    Published in 2010
JAKARTA, Indonesia, August 13 (CDN) — Police and local government officials joined forces with a Muslim mob to close a church in North Sumatra Province on July 30, with church leaders forced to promise never to hold services at the site. The Rev. Leritio Panjaitan of the Binanga HKBP ....
Hundreds Injure Church Members in Bekasi, Indonesia    Published in 2010
DUBLIN, August 9 (CDN) — Leaders of a church in West Java, Indonesia demanded justice from police after a fifth attack from Muslim protestors left at least a dozen people injured yesterday. As some 20 members of the Batak Christian Protestant Filadelfia Church (HKBP ....
Muslim Protestors Surround Worshipers in Bekasi, Indonesia    Published in 2010
DUBLIN, August 4 (CDN) — Around 300 Muslim protestors and 300 police officers surrounded members of the Batak Christian Protestant Church (Huria Kristen Batak Protestan or HKBP) on Sunday (Aug. 1) as they worshiped in an open field in Ciketing, Bekasi, local sources said. ....
Police Demolish Church House    Published in 2010
JAKARTA, Indonesia, July 22 (CDN) — Public order personnel on Monday (July 19) supported Bogor police officers who demolished a house where a church regularly met in a village in Bogor Regency, West Java.   Clashes broke out with church members and others as police tore down ....
Sealed Church in Bogor, Indonesia Appeals to UN    Published in 2010
JAKARTA, Indonesia, July 6 (CDN) — The Gereja Kristen Indonesia (GKI) Taman Yasmin Church in Bogor, West Java has filed a religious discrimination appeal with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, church leaders said. Since April 11 the congregation ....
Indonesian Muslims Call for Halt to ‘Christianization’    Published in 2010
DUBLIN, July 2 (CDN) — Muslim organizations in Bekasi, West Java, on Sunday (June 27) declared their intention to establish paramilitary units in local mosques and a “mission center” to oppose “ongoing attempts to convert people to Christianity,” according to the national ....
Church Closure in Indonesia Called Unconstitutional at Hearing    Published in 2010
JAKARTA, Indonesia, June 18 (CDN) — In a hearing in its lawsuit against a local government, a representative for a church that Bekasi, West Java officials summarily closed earlier this year told an administrative court that the action was unconstitutional. The Huria Kristen Batak ....
Muslims Burn Christian Center under Construction in Indonesia    Published in 2010
JAKARTA, Indonesia, May 4 (CDN) — Hundreds of people calling themselves the Muslim Community of the Puncak Route last week burned buildings under construction belonging to a Christian organization in West Java Province. Believing that a church or school building was being built, ....
Official Orders Halt to Beleaguered Church    Published in 2010
JAKARTA, Indonesia, April 20 (CDN) — A local government official in Bekasi, West Java last week forbid all worship of the Filadelfia Huria Kristen Batak Protestan Church (HKBP) in Jejalan village. Regent Sa’duddin on April 12 ordered a halt to all activities of the church, including ....
Construction of Two Churches Stopped in Indonesia    Published in 2010
JAKARTA, Indonesia, March 25 (CDN) — An Islamic mob stopped construction of Santa Maria Immaculata Catholic Church in Citra Garden, West Jakarta earlier this month even as government officials in Yasmin Park, Bogor, West Java halted work on an Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) ....
Christians Refuse to Allow Officials to Close Church in Indonesia    Published in 2010
BEKASI, Indonesia, March 11 (CDN) — Efforts by local officials in this city in West Java to close a church met with stiff resistance this month, as a defiant lawyer and weeping women refused to allow it. Women of the Huria Christian Protestant Batak Church (HKBP) cried in protest as ....
Court Reverses Revocation of Church’s Building Permit    Published in 2010
JAKARTA, Indonesia, March 8 (CDN) — A court in West Java has reversed the revocation of a Catholic church’s building permit. The Purwakarta regency government had revoked the building permit for Santa Maria Catholic Church when Islamists threatened local residents and officials into ....
Muslim Groups Demand Closure of Large, Legal Church in Indonesia    Published in 2010
JAKARTA, Indonesia, February 25 (CDN) — Hundreds of Muslims from outside the area where a 600-member church meets in West Java staged a protest there to call for its closure this month in an attempt to portray local opposition.   Demonstrators from 16 Islamic organizations, ....
Two Churches Forced to Close in Indonesia    Published in 2010
JAKARTA, Indonesia, February 4 (CDN) — Local governments have ordered the closure of two churches on Indonesia’s Java island.   Under pressure from Islamist groups, authorities ordered Christian Baptist Church in Sepatan, Tangerang district, Banten Province to cease services. In ....
Two Partially Constructed Church Buildings Burned    Published in 2010
JAKARTA, Indonesia, January 29 (CDN) — Suspected Islamic extremists burned two church buildings under construction in a village in North Sumatra on Jan. 22.   The attackers came from outside the area to burn the partially constructed buildings of the Huria Kristen Batak Protestan ....
Christians Most Hit by Religious Freedom Violations    Published in 2010
JAKARTA, Indonesia, January 21 (CDN) — A moderate Muslim research institute focusing on interfaith issues in Indonesia reported 35 cases of government violations of religious freedom – including 28 against Christians – and 93 instances of community intolerance of churches in 2009. ....
Massive Mob Protests Christmas Eve Service    Published in 2010
JAKARTA, Indonesia, January 4 (CDN) — More than 1,000 people protested the Christmas Eve service of a church meeting in a makeshift facility in Bekasi, West Java. Christians of the Filadelfia Huria Kristen Batak Protestan Church (HKBP) fearfully held their service, including the ....
Massive Muslim Mob Damages Church Building in Indonesia    Published in 2009
JAKARTA, Indonesia, December 23 (CDN) — Hundreds of Muslims celebrated the eve of the Islamic New Year last Thursday (Dec. 17) by attacking a Catholic church building under construction in Bekasi, West Java.   A crowd of approximately 1,000 men, women and children from the Bebalan ....
Theology Students Withstand Threats, Illness    Published in 2009
JAKARTA, Indonesia, December 1 (CDN) — Some 1,000 seminary students are resisting efforts to evict them from the former municipal building of West Jakarta where they have taken refuge after Muslim protestors drove them from their campus last year.   On Oct. 27 officials began ....
Seminary Students in Indonesia Evicted from Two Locations    Published in 2009
JAKARTA, Indonesia, October 30 (CDN) — In the past week hundreds of students from Arastamar Evangelical Theological Seminary (SETIA) were evicted from two sites where they had taken refuge after Muslim protestors drove them from their campus last year.   With about 700 students ....
Islamists Bully Villagers into Revoking Church Permit    Published in 2009
JAKARTA, Indonesia, October 26 (CDN) — The regent of Purwakarta regency, West Java has revoked his decision to permit construction of a Catholic worship building in Cinanka village after Islamists threatened residents into withdrawing their approval of the project. Dedi Mulyadi on Oct. ....
Theology Students in Indonesia to be Evicted from Campground    Published in 2009
JAKARTA, Indonesia, October 20 (CDN) — Approximately 700 students from Arastamar Evangelical Theological Seminary (SETIA) are facing eviction at the end of the month from a campground where Muslim protestors drove them last year. Education will end for students who have been living in ....
Two Indonesian Churches Receive Bomb Threats    Published in 2009
JAKARTA, Indonesia, October 13 (CDN) — Two churches in the greater Jakarta area have received bomb threats. In East Jakarta, the pastor of a Batak Protestant Christian Church (Huria Kristen Batak Protestan, or HKBP) on Bogor Street received a threatening phone call before Sunday services ....
Islamic Groups Shut Down Worship of Church in Indonesia    Published in 2009
JAKARTA, Indonesia, October 5 (CDN) — Several Islamic organizations have pressed officials in a sub-district near Indonesia’s capital city to forbid Jakarta Christian Baptist Church to worship in a house, resulting in an order to cease services. The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), ....
Church Wins Legal Battle to Worship in Building    Published in 2009
JAKARTA, Indonesia, September 29 (CDN) — Christians have won a court battle restoring the right to worship in their building in Depok City, West Java.Depok Mayor Nur Mahmudi Ismail on March 27 had revoked the building permit for a multipurpose building and house of worship for Gereja Huria ....
Christians Call for Rejection of Sharia-Inspired Bills    Published in 2009
JAKARTA, August 19 (CDN) — The Indonesian Council of Churches (PGI) has called for the rejection of two bills inspired by sharia (Islamic law).  The Halal Product Guarantee Bill and the Zakat Obligatory Alms Management Bill, both under consideration in the Indonesian ....
Muslims Order Halt to Church Building in Indonesia    Published in 2009
JAKARTA, Indonesia, July 15 (CDN) — Members of several Muslim organizations joined a demonstration on June 27 to protest construction of a Huria Kristen Batak Protestant (HKBP) church building in Plaju, outside of Palembang, capital of South Sumatra Province.  The South Sumatra ....
Church, Bible Students Fight Discrimination in Indonesia    Published in 2009
JAKARTA, Indonesia, July 7 (CDN) — Christians have stood up for their rights in two key cases the last few weeks in heavily Muslim Indonesia. Members of the Huria Kristen Batak Protestan Church (HKBP) in Cinere village, Depok, West Java appeared in court on June 29 to contest ....
Muslim Group in Indonesia Threatens Newly Elected Christian    Published in 2009
JAKARTA, Indonesia, May 18 (CDN) — An Islamic group in West Sumatra province, Indonesia, has issued threats against Dominikus Supriyanto, the only Catholic to win a seat in the district legislature in recent general elections, warning him that he should convert to Islam if he wants ....
New Building Site Found for Bible College    Published in 2009
JAKARTA, Indonesia, May 10 (CDN) — Officials of the Arastamar School of Theology (SETIA) in Jakarta are considering the purchase of a new campus site after violent protests last July led to the eviction of 1,400 students and staff members. Indonesian officials on May 1 inspected land ....
Mayor Revokes Church Permit    Published in 2009
JAKARTA, Indonesia, May 5 (CDN) — Church members in Depok city, West Java, are unable to use their church building after the mayor, citing protests from area Muslims, revoked a permit issued in 1998. Under a Joint Ministerial Decree (SKB) issued in 1969 and revised in 2006, all ....
Sharia-Based Laws Creep into Half of Provinces    Published in 2009
DUBLIN, February 2 (CDN) — As candidates hit the campaign trail in preparation for Indonesia’s presidential election in July, rights groups have voiced strong opposition to an increasing number of sharia-inspired laws introduced by local governments. They say the laws ....
 
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