The right to freedom of worship has long been debated in Indonesia with the mainstream citing the limits to freedom in the Constitution, in that such freedom must not disrupt the freedom of others.
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By Editorial Board | May 22, 2018
Displaced for different beliefs An Ahmadiyah follower says Friday prayers on the street in Bukit Duri Tanjakan, South Jakarta, on Friday, June 12, 2015, while several local people look on. Later the local people forced the Ahmadiyah practitioners to disperse from the area. (JP/P. J. Leo)
The weekend brought more sad news following the bombings in Surabaya. Members of the Ahmadiyah minority — half of them children — were sheltered at the East Lombok Police headquarters, West Nusa Tenggara, after their homes were ransacked by an unidentified mob. Only three adults from the seven families comprising 24 individuals taking shelter were men, as most were working during the attacks, which damaged eight homes and other property.
The spokesman of Jemaat Ahmadiyah Indonesia, a legal organization representing the Islamic minority since the 1950s, said some 1,000 adherents of the faith feel intimidated in the province.
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