Islamists in Indonesia are demanding the removal of a new political appointee in a Muslim-majority region of West Java because she's a Christian, according to Barnabas Aid.
...continue reading this storyWithin one year and without any legal pretext, 17 churches and chapels in the province of Aceh, Indonesia, have been closed under Islamic law.
...continue reading this storyCrowds cheered as a demolition crew destroyed the newly erected walls of the Batak Protestant Church in the Bekasi district of Jakarta Thursday in yet another setback for Christians trying to survive in the planet's most populous Muslim nation.
...continue reading this storyProtestants from two officially restricted churches in West Java gave 6,000 postcards to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, asking him for permission to worship in their own buildings for Christmas.
...continue reading this storyThe new mayor of Tasikmalaya in West Java, Indonesia, has vowed to implement Shari'a in order to repay Muslim leaders who backed his successful election campaign.
...continue reading this storyIn Bekasi, Indonesia, just a few miles south of Jakarta, unrestrained Muslims mobs are shutting down Christian services, threatening pastors and pressuring local officials to move congregations out of their churches.
...continue reading this storyMuslim protesters prevented a Protestant church from holding Sunday service in Bekasi district, West Java.
...continue reading this storyThe Indonesian Minister for Home Affairs has told the GKI Yasmin Church congregation in Bogor, West Java, that it must again relocate.
...continue reading this storyDespite the presence of police, hundreds of Islamists again attacked the prayer house of the Protestant Christian Batak Church in Bekasi, Jakarta.
...continue reading this storyFor three days an unidentified mob set fire to homes and vehicles in a predominantly Christian neighborhood in the Moluccas as dozens of families fled in fear of suspected Islamists.
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