In June last year, the local government in Depok, West Java, sealed a mosque belonging to the Ahmadiyya religious minority, which many Islamic groups in the archipelago consider deviant
Source/Credit: The Jakarta Globe
By Sheany | February 23, 2018
Jakarta. Amnesty International Indonesia on Thursday (22/02) pointed out that the government’s approach to tackle hate speech in the country has blindsided minority groups.
"Often times the government chooses a side, and forces minority groups to yield to the majority in order to prevent that same hate speech. This approach is wrong," the executive director of Amnesty International Indonesia, Usman Hamid, told reporters in Jakarta.
In June last year, the local government in Depok, West Java, sealed a mosque belonging to the Ahmadiyya religious minority, which many Islamic groups in the archipelago consider deviant and outside of Islam.
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