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Embattled Indonesian Church Forced to Celebrate Christmas in Private Home
Jakarta Globe ^ | December 26, 2011 | Vento Saudale |

Posted on 12/26/2011 6:07:55 AM PST by george76

The congregation of the embattled GKI Yasmin church in Bogor was forced to move its Christmas prayers to a member’s house after Islamic groups assembled at the disputed site and threatened to challenge the sermon on Sunday.

The service was slated to start at 9 a.m. in the sealed church on Jalan Abdullah bin Nuh, but the congregants went elsewhere after members of the Indonesian Muslim Communication Forum (Forkami), the Islamic Reform Movement (Garis) and the Bogor Muslim Community (KMB) objected to that plan.

The opposition protestors came to the church in the morning and shouted to guarding police officers and members of the public order agency (Satpol PP) to expel the congregation.

“On December 23, they were given a letter stating that they are banned from holding a prayer here. The letter clearly mentioned they can’t hold the service,” Forkami head Ahmad Iman said.

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The central government has thus far failed to take a clear stance on the dispute.

(Excerpt) Read more at thejakartaglobe.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: christians; christmas; muslims; rop; trop; waronchristmas

1 posted on 12/26/2011 6:07:58 AM PST by george76
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And you won't hear a word of this outrage in the Western media.

Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis!
2 posted on 12/26/2011 6:16:17 AM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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I’ve been hoping the table would turn on the devil worshiping Muslims. But, I guess if it did, the US would kill the Christians as they did in Bosnia. Genaside my a** !


3 posted on 12/26/2011 6:17:46 AM PST by buck61
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To: george76

“after Islamic groups assembled at the disputed site and threatened to challenge the sermon on Sunday.”

They didn’t threatened to challenge the sermon. They threatened to kill the Christians!


4 posted on 12/26/2011 6:32:49 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: george76
Interesting....I just read this morning at "American Thinker" how Indonesia was a case study for moderate Islam....

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/12/the_curious_lack_of_indonesians_at_gitmo.html

5 posted on 12/26/2011 9:01:05 AM PST by Popman (Obama is God's curse upon the land....)
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