Mayor Revokes Church Permit

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Compass Direct News reports:

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Church ms Depok city, West Java, unable church building ar mayor, citing protests Muslims, revoked permit issued 1998.

Under Joint Ministerial Decree SKB issued 1969 revised 2006, religious Indonesia apply permits establish operate ps worship.

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Islamists Threaten to Kill Church Leader in Indonesia

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Members Islamic Defenders’ FPI Tangerang, Banten province, confronted threatened kill church leader Bedali Hulu yesterday visited elderly mother-in-law rented home meeting pe congregation.

For past 18 months Hulu’s Jakarta Baptist Christian Church GKJB Pisangan village, Sepatan district wrestled rt hold church services village. soon matter court hopes finding permanent solution dispute.

Yesterday’s confrontation Muslim extremist FPI lt series threats. week congregation held simple meeting church member’s home – sharing meal singing hymns – FPI arrived repeated threats issued November raid homes church ms meetings continued.

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Indonesian Islamists Threaten to Tear Down Church

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Muslim extremists local government authorities week threatened tear dn church building construction North Sumatra church leaders met requirements Indonesia’s draconian law worship places, church’s pastor said.

Emboldened local authorities’ unwillingness grant church building permit Protestant Bataks Christian Church (Huria Kristen Batak Protestan, HKBP), 100 Muslim extremists accompanied government officials April 29 tried destroy building construction Jati Makmur village, North Binjai, 22 kilometers (14 miles) provincial capital Medan.

The Rev. Monang Silaban, HKBP pastor, 100 Islamic extremist Ft Pembela Islam (Islamic Defender Front, FPI), armed wh “sharp weapons,” arrived 4:30 p.m. accompanied Binjai municipal officials, brought bulldozer. Church quickly gathered defend building, women anxiously crying, “Please God protect us.”

The nearly blows rain Islamic extremists structure, wh 40 percent completed. Brigadir Mobil (Brimob) security forces Binjai reserve police arrived we able bring calm, mob eventually calling assault.

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110 Churches Forced to Close in Indonesia Over Last Three Years

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Islamic extremist gs local governments Indonesia closed 110 churches fm 2004 2007, according religious human rights organizations.

The Wahid Institute, moderate Muslim non-governmental organization, Communion Churches Indonesia (Persekutuan Gereja-Gereja di Indonesia), Bishops’ Conference Indonesia (Konferensi Waligereja Indonesia) Indonesian Human Rights Commission reported discrimination violence churches common provinces West Java, Banten, Central Java, South Sulawesi Bengkulu.

Radical Muslim attacking churches included Islamic Defender (Front Pembela Islam, FPI), Indonesian Mujahidin Council, Hizbullah Front, Muslim Clergy Forum (Forum Ulama Umat Islam) Muslim Safety Forum (Dewan Keamanan Masjid).

Some te coerced local governments send letters churches prohibiting activities. churches comply, burned oe damaged, happened lt December Jakarta Baptist Christian Church (Gereja Kristen Baptis Jakarta, GKBJ) Sepatan, Tangerang province. Muslim extremists FPI kicked windows doors home pastor Bedali Hulu threw belongings.

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