Indonesians pray outdoors after deadly quake destroys town
Cianjur, Indonesia Reuters Hundreds of Indonesians prayed out in the open next to rice paddies and in the streets on Friday, as the death toll from an earthquake that flattened their town in western Java rose to 310. Muslim cleric Muhamad Jamhur led a congregation in prayer in an outdoor volleyball court just 200 metres from […]
“That was my daughter”: parents grapple with loss from deadly Java quake
Cianjur, Indonesia Reuters In the aftermath of Monday’s deadly quake in the Indonesian province of West Java, Rian Solihat had run straight to her daughter’s school only to find it had become a tumble of brick, torn books and lopsided palm trees. Trawling through the debris, a teacher asked whose child had worn pink to […]
Quake-hit Indonesia searches for victims in the rubble
Cinajur, IndonesiaReuters Indonesian President Joko Widodo urged rescue workers on Tuesday to prioritise saving victims trapped in rubble a day after an earthquake devastated a West Java town, killing up to 162 people and injuring hundreds more. The epicentre of the shallow 5.6-magnitude quake hit on land in a mountainous area of Indonesia’s most populous […]
Indonesia quake kills over 160, search for survivors continues
Cinajur, Indonesia Reuters A powerful earthquake killed more than 160 people in Indonesia’s West Java province on Monday, with rescuers searching for survivors trapped under the rubble amid a series of aftershocks. The epicentre of the 5.6 magnitude quake was near the town of Cianjur in mountainous West Java, about 75 kilometres south-east of the […]
Indonesian bombings “did not come as a surprise”, says analyst
World Watch Monitor As details emerge of the shocking tactics used in the two bomb attacks in Indonesia over the last 48 hours, a regional analyst has said he was not surprised by the apparent Islamist motive. “Just a few weeks before the attacks, the government published a study, according to which close to 25 […]
Indonesia sees reduction in religious freedom violations, says report
World Watch Monitor Indonesia saw fewer violations of religious freedom in 2017 than the year before, a national human rights group said this week, although it said it remained concerned about “the politicisation of religious and social differences”. In its 2017 Report on Religious Freedom and Religious Minorities in Indonesia, the Setara Institute said state actors (government, […]
Concern after three house churches closed in Indonesia
World Watch Monitor Indonesian authorities in Bogor, West Java, have banned three churches from holding religious activities. According to UCANews the Methodist Church Indonesia, Huria Batak Protestant Church and a house used by Catholics for catechism classes were ordered to close their doors. Local authorities said they could not guarantee the safety of the communities. According to the […]