Photo is not of HKBP church in West Java, photo via charismamag.com

Christians most hit by religious freedom violations in Indonesia

A moderate Muslim research institute focusing on interfaith issues in Indonesia reported 35 cases of government violations of religious freedom – including 28 against Christians – and 93 instances of community intolerance of churches in 2009, reports Charisma News Online.

The Wahid Institute issued a year-end report of violations that included the revocation of the building permit for the HKBP Cinere Church – later overturned in court – opposition to a Catholic Church in Purwakarta and an order forbidding worship by the Filadelfia Huria Kristen Batak Protestan Church (HKBP) in Bekasi, West Java.

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TAGS: Indonesia religious freedom freedom violations persecution Catholic Church

[01/28/2010]

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