Present and future administrations are unlikely to rise up to the challenge of officially recognizing a religion due to "political costs."
Source/Credit: The Jakarta Globe
By Sheany | August 01, 2017
"[N]othing less than a repackaging of highly toxic regulations against religious minorities in Indonesia."
Jakarta. The head of the Ministry of Religion's Interfaith Harmony Forum said on Monday (31/07) that the government is currently drafting a law that will guarantee the rights of religious minorities across the country.
"The government [currently] only recognizes six religions, while more than four million people who follow religions outside of those six are not served by the government [...] We want to solve this problem," Ferimeldi said during an open forum on interfaith relations in Jakarta.
The government will seek to change the status quo through the new Religious Rights Protection Bill, which is expected to be presented to the House of Representatives before the end of the year, largely because existing regulations are insufficient to allow the government to assist religious minorities.
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