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.
...continue reading this storyMore than 1,000 Muslim protesters have stormed a courthouse and burned two churches in central Java, Indonesia.
...continue reading this storyTensions 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.
...continue reading this storyThe 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.
...continue reading this storyA West Java church agreed to temporarily move following an Islamist attack on two of its leaders.
...continue reading this storyA 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.
...continue reading this storyChristians 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.
...continue reading this storyPolice and local officials backed by a Muslim mob closed down a church in North Sumatra Province July 30.
...continue reading this storyThousands 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.
...continue reading this storyHundreds 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.
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