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Religious minorities unite for freedom

The Jakarta Post
24-05-2013

Next to a sealed Ahmadi mosque in Bekasi is a plot of land with leafy trees and damp earth. To get in one has to squeeze through a gap between a tall iron gate and the wall of a residence on the other side.

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US criticized over response to Indonesia attacks

9 News
23-05-2013

The U.S. expressed concern Thursday over increased attacks on religious minorities in Indonesia, but human rights groups accused Washington of downplaying the problem as it looks to forge stronger relations with Jakarta.

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Another Ahmadiyah Mosque Sealed in West Java

The Jakarta Globe
07-05-2013

West Java’s persecuted Ahmadiyah Muslim sect suffered another blow on Tuesday as Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) officers shuttered a mosque in Depok amid complaints from community members.

Life Still Tough for Believers in Minority Faiths in Indonesia

The Jakarta Globe
07-05-2013

Java’s indigenous faith practitioners have faced hardship for generations and a visit to one of their enclaves confirms that not much has changed recently.

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Religious Intolerance Poisoning Indonesia

The Jakarta Globe
02-05-2013

For the 13th year in a row, Indonesia has been included on a watchlist of countries with appalling religious freedoms.

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Seventy-Two Percent of Indonesian Muslims Favor Shariah Law: Pew Forum

The Jakarta Globe
01-05-2013

Despite being touted as the Muslim world’s largest democracy, a new survey released by the Pew Research Center on Tuesday revealed that 72 percent of Indonesia’s Muslim population would favor an Islamic legal code as the “official law of the land” if given the option.

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The struggle of religious minorities in Indonesia

BBC
16-04-2013

A 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.

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Justice Elusive in Sleman Prison Attack, Critics Say

The Jakarta Globe
16-04-2013

The military chief of staff has promised full transparency in the trial of a group of soldiers accused of the summary execution of four detainees in police custody, but questions still linger over how fair the process will really be.

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Indonesian police demolish Christian church

BP News
29-03-2013

When a backhoe tore down the barely finished walls of the Batak Protestant Church near Jakarta, Indonesia, the remaining pile of rubble became the latest setback to Christians trying to retain a toehold in the world's most populous Muslim country.

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Indonesian congregation locked out of church for Easter

Global Post
28-03-2013

Local officials in Indonesia have left a Christian congregation with nowhere to pray this Easter, a priest said Thursday, the latest such incident in the world's biggest Muslim-majority nation.

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