Postcards: Indonesia fishing village grapples with piles of trash brought in by tides
WILLY KURNIAWAN, of Reuters, reports from the fishing village of Teluk…
Three churches closed in Indonesia in permits dispute
World Watch Monitor Three churches were closed in an Indonesian village last week amidst rumours Muslims were planning to protest against the churches’ presence because they did not have the required permits. But a pastor from one of the affected churches in West Kenali village, Alam Barajo district, in Sumatra’s central Jambi province, told World […]
Indonesia’s religious minorities protest against closure of worship places
World Watch Monitor Indonesian Christians and Ahmadiyya Muslims gathered together in West Java last weekend to protest against the closure of several of their places of worship, Catholic news agency UCAN reports. More than 100 people took part in a range of events, including the sharing of personal stories of discrimination. The participants included members of […]
Four-year sentence for Indonesian pastor who evangelised a taxi driver
World Watch Monitor A Protestant pastor has been sentenced to four years in prison for religious defamation after discussing Christianity with a Muslim taxi driver in Indonesia, the Jakarta Post reports. The Tangerang District Court in Banten also ordered Rev Abraham Ben Moses, 52, pay a fine of 50 million rupiah ($US3,565) or spend one additional month […]