Indonesia church defies authorities
Christians hold prayers in closed church near Jakarta, citing equal rights to worship as their Muslim brethren.Dozens of Christians have defied police and threats of attack from Muslim groups to hold prayers inside their boarded-up church near the Indonesian capital.
The group held their Sunday service surrounded by hundreds of police and security guards, saying they had as much right as any Indonesian to worship in the Muslim-majority country.
Local officials used bullhorns to remind members of the Batak Christian Protestant Church that they were banned from the site following an attack last week by suspected Muslim activists on two church leaders.
“We just want to carry out our obligations as Christians, but authorities are treating us like terrorists,” Advent Tambunan, a member of the congregation in the industrial city of Bekasi, said.
“There’s no justice for us in this country.”
Sshhhh! None of that means anything! Let’s talk about islamo”phobia” in America!
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Indonesia, a secular country of 237 million people, is the world’s most populous Muslim nation.
Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe has become more vocal, and violent, in recent years.
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Uh huh.
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