Mobs Disrupt Christian Religious Activities in Indonesia
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UCANews ^
| 6/21/23
Incidents of Muslim groups objecting to houses serving as worship places were reported from two places on Java island recentlyMuslim groups in Indonesia continue to prevent Christians from holding religious activities inside houses as they were yet to receive a government permit, which is difficult to obtain in the most populous Muslim-majority
country. Disturbances occurred on June 18 at two places on the island of Java, the world's most populous island and home to nearly 56 percent of the Indonesian population, adding to the long list of cases of suppression of religious minorities in the Southeast Asian nation. In a...
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Indonesia Seeks Stiff Sentence for Christian YouTuber
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UCA News ^
| 2/25/22 | Katharina R. Lestari
Rights group calls 10-year term sought for Muhammad Kace over Islam insults harsh and discriminatoryProsecutors in Indonesia have demanded a 10-year jail term for a Christian YouTuber accused of insulting Islam. The move drew criticism from a rights group that said the demand was harsh and discriminatory considering a Muslim recently convicted
of a similar offense against Christians received only five months. Muhammad Kace, a former Muslim who converted to Christianity, is on trial for uploading hundreds of videos insulting Islam on social media. He has been detained since last August after his arrest in Badung district of Bali province...
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Indonesia: Ousted Christian Governor Convicted on Blasphemy Charge
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Catholic Culture ^
| 5/9/17
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (popularly known as “Ahok”), the outgoing Christian governor of Indonesia’s Jakarta province, has been convicted of blasphemy against Islam and faces a two-year prison sentence. Ahok,
a Protestant, angered some Muslims when, in a campaign appearance, he argued that Muslims were misusing the authority of the Qu’ran in suggesting that Muslims must reject the leadership of non-Muslims. His invocation of the Qu’ran enraged Islamic fundamentalists, and prompted massive public demonstrations against the governor. He was handily defeated in his bid for re-election as governor in April. The criminal charge against Ahok, pressed by Islamic militants, had divided...
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Sharia Law Indonesia Canes Christian For Selling Alcoholic Drinks
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AFP ^
| April 13, 2016 | Staff
An elderly Christian woman has been caned in a conservative Indonesian province for selling alcohol, the first time someone from outside the Islamic faith has been punished there under strict religious laws.
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Elementary School Children Vandalise Christian Cemetery in Solo [Indonesia]
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AsiaNews ^
| 6/23/21 | Mathias Hariyadi
At least 12 graves were desecrated. The
offenders’ young age is a source of concern. The motives for the desecration are not yet known, but radical indoctrination in school has not been ruled out. The city’s mayor expressed his solidarity, but local Christians are bitter.Jakarta (AsiaNews) – About a dozen elementary school children vandalised a Christian cemetery in Solo (Surakarta), central Java province. The incident occurred last Monday, and the young age of the offenders is a cause for concern. In the past, incidents of this kind against places of worship or burial usually involved adults, hooligans or Islamic extremists....
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Christian churches to be closed over Muslim groups’ pressure in Indonesia province
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Atlas Shrugs ^
| 10/18/15 | Pamela Geller
Remember, Obama grew up in “moderate” Indonesia. Why doesn’t he ever address the vicious oppression, subjugation and supremacism of Islam in Muslim countries? Why
is he constantly campaigning for Islam as a religion of peace? He is disingenuous and dangerous.Photo above: Residents walk near a burned church to attend Sunday mass at Suka Makmur Village in Aceh Singkil, Indonesia Aceh province, October 18, 2015 © YT Haryono / Reuters “Christian churches in Indonesia province to be closed over Muslim groups’ pressure,” By RT, October 17, 2015Authorities in an Indonesian province in Northern Sumatra have decided to shut down several Christian...
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60-Year-Old Christian Woman Publicly Caned In Indonesia For Breaking Sharia Law
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huffingtonpost.com ^
| 04/13/2016 | Steve Mollman
A 60-year-old Christian woman was caned yesterday (April 12) in Indonesia’s Banda Aceh province—for breaking rules aimed at Muslims. It was the first time somebody from outside the Islamic faith was caned under the province’s harsh sharia regulations. Until
recently, sharia regulations applied only to the province’s Muslim population. But under bylaws that went into effect late last year, now members of other religions can also be punished under the rules—although until yesterday it wasn’t clear just how far that would go.
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[Christian] Ex-Governor of Jakarta to Stay in Jail as Indonesia Court Rejects Appeal
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Reuters ^
| 3/26/18 | Staff
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by the Christian ex-governor of Jakarta to review his conviction for insulting Islam, a court spokesman said on Monday, so the politician will serve out his two-year sentence. A
lower court jailed Basuki Tjahaja Purnama for blasphemy last May after a doctored and incorrectly subtitled video spread on social media that appeared to show him insulting the Koran. At the time, Purnama, who is popularly known as Ahok, was popular and looked set for re-election to govern the capital of a country with the largest Muslim population in the world....
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In Indonesia’s capital, voters oust renowned Christian politician in show of Islamist power
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Washington Post ^
| 4/19/2017 | Jon Emont
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Jakarta’s first Christian governor in generations lost his re-election bid on Wednesday, according to unofficial results, after a heated sectarian campaign that underscored the influence of hard-line Islamists in the world’s most populous Muslim nation. Although
the results were not final, early counts showed a decisive victory for Anies Baswedan, a Muslim candidate whose supporters portrayed the race as a referendum on the power of Islam in shaping the politics of Indonesia’s capital.(snip) The incumbent governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, was known for tough anti-corruption drives and challenges to hard-line Muslim groups that have taken on an increasingly...
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OPEC members approve Indonesia's bid to rejoin: Indonesia Energy Ministry
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Reuters via Fiscal Times ^
| June 5, 2015 | Alex Lawler and Jonathan Leff
Te Saudi Arabian government delegation appreciate and fully support the decision of the Indonesian government to become an OPEC member again, because Indonesia is one of the founders of OPEC," Indonesian Energy Minister Sudirman Said said in the statement. Saudi
Arabia is Indonesia's top crude supplier. Naimi will also push for Saudi state oil firm Saudi Aramco to invest in Indonesia's downstream sector, Said said.
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We need Indonesia on our side.
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https :// tujuhbelasan . com / 2018 / 10 / 17 / austral - indonesian - tujuhbelasan - 1 - my - dad - in - morotai / ^
| 31 December 2018 | https://tujuhbelasan.com/
As the world wonders how totalitarian China will use her economic power in the future, it is worth remembering why democratic Indonesia should be among our friends.
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Want 4 Wives? In Indonesia, There’s an App for That
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The Diplomat ^
| November 02, 2017 | Ana Salvá
A year ago, 35-year-old developer Lindu Pranayama came across a great business opportunity: he realized that among the many mobile applications, there were no options for polygamists (those who have more than one wife or husband at the same), and there is a market for it. Nowadays
polygamy is practiced in 50 countries, including Indonesia, the country with the most Muslims in the world, where 80 percent of the 250 million population adheres to Islam. Lindu’s aspiration was to unite all those men and women looking to create “great families.” So last April he launched Ayo Poligami (loosely translated as...
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“Christian” Writer Claims Christian Voters Aren’t Really Christians if They Voted for Trump
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LIFE NEWS ^
| June 25, 2018 | Isaac Cross
While some of the most notable commands from God are “you shall have no other gods before me” and “you shall not murder,” it seems that evangelical historian John Fea has discovered another divine decree: “thou shalt not vote for Donald Trump.” On June 24th, The Atlantic published an article by Fea
with the headline “Evangelical Fear Elected Trump.” In the piece, Fea, the author of the book Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump, offered his explanation for why 81% of evangelicals voted for the current president – and claimed that the “fear” which motivated his fellow believers...
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Focus on 'Christian nationalism' is 'smokescreen,' real threat is 'neo-Marxism,' Christian scholars say
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The Christian Post ^
| October 29, 2022 | Ryan Foley
As media attention on "Christian nationalism" looms large in American politics heading into the 2022 midterms, Christian scholars this week debated the definition of the term and whether the increased media focus is an attempt to intimidate Christians from sharing their values in the public square. The
Centennial Institute at Colorado Christian University held a debate Thursday titled "Is Christian Nationalism a Threat to America?" Luige DelPuerto, the editor of Colorado Politics in The Denver Gazette, moderated a discussion between Centennial Institute Director Jeff Hunt, whose organization hosts a prominent annual conservative summit, and Scott Wasserman, the president of the...
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Muslim Mobs are ransacking and burning churches, Christian cemeteries, and Christian homes.
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Twitter - X ^
| 10:35 AM · Aug 16, 2023 | Amy Mek
Islamic Pakistan A Christian man Salim Masih has been accused of blaspheming Qur’an, so Muslim Mobs are ransacking and burning churches, Christian cemeteries, and Christian homes. The
anger is said to have been fueled by Muslim clerics whipping up mobs to attack Christians after a Christian man was accused (he claims falsely) of burning a Qur'an. The blasphemy laws are often misused in Pakistan to settle personal scores. Christians are being hunted in the streets by Muslims chanting the Islamic battle cry, "Allahu Akbar," and Islamic "prayers". At the same time, the left-wing media tries to scheme how they can...
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A Christian Rocker Brings a Prophetic Rebuke to Compromised Contemporary Christian Music
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askdrbrown.org ^
| October 27, 2023 | Michael Brown
A Christian Rocker Brings a Prophetic Rebuke to Compromised Contemporary Christian MusicAlthough Skillet is one of the best-known Christian rock bands ever, I only became aware of them when John Cooper, the band’s longtime frontman, wrote a strong response to former Hillsong worship leader Marty Sampson. Since then, John and I have
become close friends, often interacting about the compromised state of so much of the contemporary church. In fact, Skillet’s great song “The Resistance” is the theme music for my daily broadcast The Line of Fire.Most recently, John has been involved in the controversy when, “Former Caedmon’s Call singer-songwriter,...
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Lady Gaga calls herself Christian, slams Mike Pence as 'worst' Christian
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Christian Post ^
| 01/22/2019 | Leonardo Blair
While declaring herself a Christian on Saturday, singer Lady Gaga slammed Vice President Mike Pence as the worst example of a disciple of the faith for supporting his wife’s decision to work at a Christian school that doesn’t endorse homosexual behavior. “To
Mike Pence who thinks it's acceptable that his wife works at a school that bans LGBTQ. You are wrong," Gaga said in a recording from her performance at Park MGM in Las Vegas that was shared on Twitter. "You said you should not discriminate against Christianity. You are the worst representation of what it means to be a...
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Christian Lawyers and Doctors Need Not Apply: A scary time to be a Christian professional in Canada.
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The Cardus Daily ^
| 01/22/2015 | Albertos Polizogopoulos
It has become a scary time to be a Christian professional in Canada. In 2014, lawyers and doctors were targeted by their own professional associations for direct attack because of their religious beliefs. For
Christian lawyers, the first salvo was fired at Trinity Western University’s law school. TWU, which exists to “develop godly Christian leaders” in a variety of marketplaces, requires its students and staff to sign a Community Covenant. This pledge, based on religious beliefs, to abstain from certain activities and behaviours during their time at TWU, includes the use of alcohol on campus, viewing pornography, and “sexual intimacy...
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Onward, Christian Health Care? Christian Cost-Sharing Ministries Are Growing
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New York Times ^
| 02/01/2015 | By MOLLY WORTHEN
WHEN Theresa Bixby, 63, learned that she had breast cancer four years ago, she reacted as many Americans do. “One
of my first thoughts was, ‘will they pay?’ ” she said. But she wasn’t talking about conventional insurance plan. She lost hers when she left her full-time position for part-time work at her church in Greenville, S.C. She was worried about the program that she had joined six months earlier: Christian Healthcare Ministries. Christian Healthcare Ministries is not an insurance company. It is a nonprofit “health care sharing ministry” based in Barberton, Ohio. The cost of membership is far lower...
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Media Astonished To Learn Christian School Teaches Christian Beliefs (Satirish)
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Babylon Bee ^
| 1/17/2019
U.S.—News media outlets around the country were reportedly astonished to discover a Christian school at which second lady Karen Pence is teaching holds their students and staff to Christian beliefs. Expert
journalists went to great lengths to uncover this story, unveiling the shocking revelation that a Christian woman teaches at a Christian school that affirms Christian doctrine on human sexuality that has been unchanged for 2,000 years. "It is the current year, and Christian schools still have the nerve to teach Christian things," said a CNN commentator. "I will now glare at the camera in silence for the remainder of...
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