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Tasikmalaya Police Lock Ahmadiyah Congregation Inside Orphanage
Ulma Haryanto | December 10, 2010

Anti-riot police walking in front of a burning home belonging to an Ahmadiyah follower in Ciampea, West Java, in October. 2010 was rife with examples of hard-line Islamic groups repressing minority groups by denying permission to build houses of worship, sometimes with the backing of government officials. (Reuters Photo) Anti-riot police walking in front of a burning home belonging to an Ahmadiyah follower in Ciampea, West Java, in October. 2010 was rife with examples of hard-line Islamic groups repressing minority groups by denying permission to build houses of worship, sometimes with the backing of government officials. (Reuters Photo)
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yakidaboyo
1:42pm Dec 10, 2010

A Jakarta Globe reporter is expected to arrive at the scene this afternoon.

There yet? I think this is a pretty serious story and I for one would like to know what is happening to these poor people.

Has the JG been prevented from gaining access or something?

I just had a quick look at the Jakarta Post and cannot find any mention of this there. Has anybody else seen any reporting anywhere about this occurrence?

marko1
10:03am Dec 10, 2010

30 FPI? why everyone so worry? i can smash 30 myslef at 1 time....


Valkyrie
9:37am Dec 10, 2010

Gents + Ladies: aysar-odeh has NEVER responded to our comments which makes me conclude that he's a total idiot

He's picking up comments from radical sites and pasting them on this site. Just observe his postings.

This guy's head (brain) is so tiny that a demitasse can fit his head like a sombrero.


Moog2000
8:48am Dec 10, 2010

@aysar-odeh

So according to you the British, French and Americans have done bad things in the past. Therefore, the FPI should attack an Indonesian orphanage? That really is the strangest logic I've ever come across.

BTW, WHEN PEOPLE TYPE IN CAPS IT DOESN'T MAKE THEIR POINT SEEM MORE FACTUAL, IT MAKES THEM SEEM CRAZY! So keep doing it as it gives us fair warning of the utter tripe that your post is going to contain.


Duck
8:37am Dec 10, 2010

What a terrible situation. I can't believe the police locked children in an orphanage. And burning the building? How barbaric. Why is there no protection for the Ahmadiyah people. It makes me so sad.

Also, in regards to aysar-odeh's post. Is no one at JG moderating the comments of these articles ? Off topic postings, like the spamming of anti-western (?) propaganda, should be deleted in my opinion. Just have to be cautious the site will not be flooded with comments like that.


Jakarta. The Tasikmalaya district prosecutor’s office, with the help of local police, on Wednesday officially closed down an Ahmadiyah orphanage in Kawalu subdistrict in Tasikmalaya, West Java.

Doni Sutriana, a local leader of the Ahmadiyah , told the Jakarta Globe that at around 10 a.m. sect leaders were asked to meet with the local government as well as other Islamic groups, where they were told to shut two of their buildings.

Kawalu Police said that a demonstration by several hard-line Islamic groups, including the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) and the Islamic Reform Movement (Garis), was to be held there on Thursday, but declined to say whether the closure was related to the planned demonstration.

Syihab Ahmad, 23, a member of the Ahmadiyah congregation that remains trapped in the orphanage told the Jakarta Globe about their ongoing ordeal.

JG: What happened?

Syihab Ahmad: We were summoned by the district attorney for a meeting in the morning and he told us that Ahmadiyah conducted activities in the orphanage so it must be shut down. We told them that the only thing we did was pray, that’s all.

JG: Did they listen?
SA: No, people from the District Attorney’s Office came to the orphanage with the Tasikmalaya Police’s head of intelligence around 3 p.m. and locked the gate. They asked everyone to leave the orphanage and not to provoke the Islamic Defenders Front but the children refused to leave.

JG: How many people are inside?
SA: Around 15 people, ten children, one woman and four men.

JG: So you stayed inside?
SA: Yes and they [the District Attorney’s Office delegation and the Tasikmalaya Police’s chief of intelligence] left but shortly, around 30 members FPI came and shouted, “Burn!” They banged on the gate trying to get in but the rain fell and they eventually left.”

Syihab and the 14 others currently remain locked inside the orphanage, saying they could not leave because the building was still locked.

He said they still had enough food but that was the least of their concerns. “I’m scared that the worse could still happen,” he said.

A Jakarta Globe reporter is expected to arrive at the scene this afternoon.

Read the full story HERE.