Tense Standoff in West Java After Police Attempt to Close Ahmadiyah Mosque
Jakarta Globe | July 28, 2010
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388168Yesterday evening, in answer to the statement of an Ahmadiyah official that he and fellow sect members didn't agree with the restrictions the government's edict placed on them, the Metro TV lady who interviewed him said rather sharply: "So you didn't like it?" and did not allow the gentleman to reply. In my opinion, this remark was entirely uncalled for and even rude. Metro TV, please uphold your good reputation by being fair and staying that way!
So much religion equates to so much violence. Truly this is a most disturbing scene. Indonesia is a dangerous place.
Seeing the photograph above in this article send chills down my spine. This is definitely not an Indonesian landscape scenery but rather a similar conservative stark images of the Middle East. Where are the Wayang puppets dominating cultural imaginary scenes, that's truly Indonesia !!!
antiochian: Guess you know already who owns TV One. What would you do if you're the opposition and you happen to own a TV station? He does NOT care for journalistic ethics and here, I am adding salt to the wound.....Lapindo?
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Yes you can do more just like the Civil Society did in Bangladesh. Whenever any such instance occurred they moved fast to the scene and stood with opressed to show their solidarity and support. This way they managed to control violence to great extent.
Kuningan, West Java. Violent scenes erupted in Kuningan, West Java, early on Wednesday morning when police and local government security officers attempted to seal a mosque belonging to a branch of Islam considered deviant by mainstream Indonesian Muslims.
As police and Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) officers moved in on the Ahmadiyah mosque in Manislor village, enraged followers began pelting them with rocks and sticks.
Ahmadiyah is a controversial sect that believes its founder, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, was the last prophet of Islam, a claim that contradicts mainstream Muslim beliefs.
Outnumbered, policemen and Satpol PP finally withdrew but the group chased them to the village boundary.
According to Metro TV, the order to seal the mosque came from Aang Hamid Suganda, head of Kuningan district.
As of 10 a.m. this morning, the sect followers were still guarding and blocking the street leading to the mosque.
It was the local government’s second attempt to seal the mosque in the past three days. On Monday, the officers were forced to abort the plan because hundreds of people blocked the street.
On Monday, the Setara Institute for Peace and Democracy released a report saying that the government’s one-way system of monitoring religious harmony was ineffective.
“It seems that people and the government do not realize that the right to worship, as stipulated in the Constitution, comes with the right to have a house of worship,” Setara’s Bonar Tigor Naipospos said.
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