Three dead, 60 wounded in clashes between Christians and Muslims
The toll from recent clashes between Christians and Muslims in Ambon, capital of the Moluccas, is three dead and 60 wounded.
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Indonesian Mayor Decides Churches Can’t Be Built on Streets with Islamic Names
Bogor’s mayor has a new reason not to allow the Yasmin church to open: the name of the street on which it is built bears an Islamic name.
Indonesian Mayor again refuses to grant Church Permit
A mayor in West Java who disregarded a Supreme Court ruling to reinstate the building permit of a church in Bogor has also dismissed a recommendation by the National Ombudsman Institute to comply with the ruling.
Two Indonesian Churches Torched
Two house churches in Riau were burned down Tuesday, the latest of a series of attacks on minority religious groups in Indonesia.
Indonesian Cleric Gets One-Year Sentence for Provoking Church Attacks
An Indonesian court sentenced an Islamic cleric to one year in jail for provoking hundreds of people to riot, attacking police and burning churches.
Indonesia Urged To Halt “Increased Violence” Against Christians, Moderate Muslims
An international Christian rights group has expressed “grave concerns” about increased violence against Christians and other religious minorities in Indonesia and urged the government to tackle Islamic extremism.
Muslim Mob Burns Down Churches, Storms Courthouse
More than 1,000 Muslim protesters have stormed a courthouse and burned two churches in central Java, Indonesia.
Angry Indonesia Muslims Surround Homes Of Christians
Tensions remained high Sunday, December 26, near Jakarta where a group of angry Muslims backed by police surrounded homes of Christians in protests against what they called “unauthorized religious services”, Worthy News learned.
Indonesian Church Attack Case a Step Closer to Trial
The 13 suspects in the September attack on two leaders of the Batak Christian Protestant Church will now go on trial after police gave their completed case files to the prosecution.
Indonesia: Christian Congregation Accepts Government Deal
A West Java church agreed to temporarily move following an Islamist attack on two of its leaders.
Christians Attacked Again in Indonesia, Leader Stabbed
A church leader was stabbed in the stomach along with a reverend hit in the head with a wooden plank during an attack on a group of Christians in Indonesia’s province of West Java on Sunday. This is the sixth reported attack on the Protestant church.
Christians Celebrate in Streets to Demand Religious Freedom
Christians of the Yasmin Church celebrated Sunday service on the streets of Bogor, West Java, to protest the illegal closing of their building by the city in March.
Church Forced to Close in Indonesia
Police and local officials backed by a Muslim mob closed down a church in North Sumatra Province July 30.
Protestants Protest Against Persecution in Jakarta
Thousands of people took part in a Protestant protest at the National Monument in front of the State Palace, residence of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono this week.
Mob Surrounds Church in Indonesia, Christians Attacked
Hundreds of Muslim militants surrounded and attacked a Protestant church in Indonesia’s province of West Java, injuring at least a dozen Christians including a pastor on Sunday, August 8.
NEWS ALERT: Netherlands Party Condemns Indonesia Militant Threats Against Christians
The Dutch far right Party for Freedom (PVV) says the Netherlands should demand that Indonesia improves protection of Christians amid reports that hard-line Muslims prepare for a religious war with that country’s Christian minority.
Indonesia Court Pressured To Repeal Blasphemy Laws
A major Christian rights group has urged Indonesia’s Constitutional Court to repeal blasphemy laws that it claims have been “widely misused to persecute religious minorities” in the Islamic country.
Army Moves In After Muslim Mob Burns Indonesia Churches
The army patrolled the streets of a village on Indonesia’s Sumatra island Wednesday, January 27, after two churches were burned down by a Muslim mob.
Indonesia Muslim Groups Oppose Church Construction
Muslims have protested the construction of a Protestant church in the capital of Indonesia’s South Sumatra Province, the latest in a series of obstacles against church projects in the mainly Muslim nation, news reports said Wednesday July 15.
Indonesia Muslims Burn Churches, Homes Over Blasphemy
A tense calm returned to a village in Indonesia’s Central Maluku province, where angry Muslims torched churches, dozens of homes and other properties after a Christian teacher allegedly made comments insulting Islam, rights investigators said Wednesday, December 17.