Indonesia

Christians in Indonesia’s West Java province are reeling from mob attacks carried out by Muslim hardliners seeking to prevent church services and halt the construction of places of worship.

Despite a previously signed agreement by Christian leaders to avoid legal action, the governor of West Java has called for full prosecution of a violent June 27 mob attack on a Christian youth retreat, describing it as a "serious criminal matter" that must not go unpunished.

Dozens of residents, including Christians, have been rescued from a halfway house in Indonesia’s West Java province after local Muslims stormed the building because it had been used for church services, Christians told Worthy News.

An Indonesian house church organizer hopes a territorial dispute over four small islands in western Indonesia will not lead to war.

Indonesian police said Monday that they are questioning 20 witnesses over the death of a Christian schoolboy in a bullying case that has shocked the Christian community.

An 8-year-old Christian boy in Indonesia died from internal injuries after being brutally beaten by five older Muslim classmates, in what his family and church community say was a sustained campaign of religious bullying that turned deadly, International Christian Concern reported.

Over a dozen Christian graves at three cemeteries in Indonesia’s Special Region of Yogyakarta were reportedly vandalized from May 16 to 19 as part of a broader anti-Christian campaign in areas of the world’s largest Muslim nation.

Devoted Christians in Indonesia say several churches are facing growing opposition in the mainly Muslim nation as local leaders and residents are cracking down on Christian gatherings in at least three regions.

Christians in Indonesia asked “to pray for Asia” as an earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale rocked Indonesia's western Aceh province on Sunday.

Devoted Christians in an area of Indonesia’s South Sulawesi Province said Thursday they fear for their future after hardline local Muslims objected to their worship activities and construction of a church.