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Churches Can’t Be Built in Streets With Islamic Names: Bogor Mayor
Camelia Pasandaran | August 19, 2011

A number of Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) congregation of Taman Yasmin Gardens Mass implement in an empty field that is about 500 meters from the location of GKI Taman Yasmin, Bogor, on February 2, 2011. (Antara Photo) A number of Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) congregation of Taman Yasmin Gardens Mass implement in an empty field that is about 500 meters from the location of GKI Taman Yasmin, Bogor, on February 2, 2011. (Antara Photo)
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benjol48
12:02am Aug 28, 2011

It's just another being ignorant that make make me a shame of the whole thing. I thought we beleive in Panca Sila as a Nation who grant us freedom of beleiving in God. Islam means peace not hostile and we forget that? or just conviently forget or poltically modivated.

DrDez
8:17am Aug 24, 2011

Donal

Muslims in Europe on the whole get a good deal - they do not live in fear of death or institutionalised persection despite being on the whole a migrant and alien population. There is a growing right wing movement but I feel that is a reaction to Islamic Terror and attempted Arabization of many European countries and the violence/oppression that brings - The Europeans are not anti Muslim on the whole (sure there are people) It is however 100% lame to justify behaviour here because of actions the other side of the world

We are not seeing a population of migrants in conflict here, we are seeing Indonesians killing in some cases other Indonesians because of different beliefs - and it is being supported by the givt through its unwillingness to be hard on violent Muslims

That Donal is wrong and is a recipe for future escalations in violence

DrDez
8:10am Aug 24, 2011

Haiz

Attitudes like yours are part of the problem - Its not about who is right or wrong religiously it is about constitutional freedom and basic rights of all Indonesian citizens

DrDez
8:09am Aug 24, 2011

Didi

Its built its got permits and the backing of the Supreme Court and others

It is illegal to stop the worship

HaizuZ
5:47pm Aug 22, 2011

JESUS IS NOT GOD!!!!!!!!!

JESUS IS A HUMAN BEING.

if the church doesn't promote wrong believe there would be no problem. checkout the early church which doesn't not make Jesus as a GOD.

Bogor’s controversial mayor says he has a new reason not to allow the GKI Yasmin church to open — the name of the street on which it is built has an Islamic name.

Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi said Bogor Mayor Diani Budiarto — who continues to defy rulings from the Supreme Court and Ombudsman Commission to open the church — had told him that a church should not be built on a street with an Islamic name.

“[Diani] said that it is a fact that the street is named after a noted Islamic Ulama,” Gamawan said at the Vice Presidential Palace on Friday.

GKI Yasmin is located on Jalan Abdullah bin Nuh, an Islamic leader from Cianjur in West Java.

Local cleric Muhammad Mustofa, whose father is the street’s namesake, has previously stated that he has no objection to the church.

Mustofa, who said that Islam was a religion that promoted peace, said differences between religions were not new and similar problems had occurred since the time of Prophet Mohammad.

“Mecca is an example of pluralism during the prophet’s time. Every problem has its solution and hopefully the problem [surrounding the church] will be settled immediately,” he said.

Gamawan also indicated on Friday that he was siding with Diani in the dispute with the church.

“This is the political reality in the field and it could cause disturbances to security and peace,” Gamawan said. “It would not be healthy in the long run, even for the congregation members themselves. [Diani] told me that he has offered an alternative location with the same [dimensions].”

Gamawan said he would summon Diani next week to discuss possible solutions to the conflict.

“We need to mediate ... but we also need to maintain security and peace,” Gamawan said.

Church spokesman Bona Sigalingging said Diani’s reasoning was unacceptable given that a number of churches were built on streets with Islamic names and mosques were built on streets with Christian names.

Bona said the church would refuse to accept any offer of alternative premises.

“The problem is it against the law, against the court ruling and against the recommendation of Ombudsman. It also breaches legal certainty.”

Ombudsman Commission chairman Danang Girindrawardana told the Jakarta Globe on Friday that the street name issue was a “made-up excuse.”

He said the Ombudsman’s recommendation was legally binding, with the Regional Representative Council (DPRD) and Home Affairs minister having the power to enforce sanctions.

He said he hoped the Home Affairs Ministry would uphold the law and impose serious sanctions.

Diani is supported by a coalition of political parties that includes the Golkar Party, Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and Prosperous Justice Party (PKS).