Police Arrest Leaders of a Caliphate Rally in IndonesiaJune 8, 2022 — 06/08/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Police in Indonesia have arrested the leaders of an Islamic extremist group and charged them with treason following a recent motorcycle rally calling for...
Pope Invites Muslim Governor From Indonesia to VaticanMay 24, 2022 — 05/24/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – An Indonesian provincial governor has been invited to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican in recognition of his efforts to promote interreligious dialogue. Ridwan...
Arrested IS-linked Militants Sought to Join MIT Insurgents in Central SulawesiMay 22, 2022 — 05/22/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Many of the 24 suspects arrested in Central Sulawesi, a province in Indonesia, with alleged links to a pro-Islamic State militant group wanted to join...
Muslim Clerical Body Apologizes for False Accusations of ApostasyMay 19, 2022 — 05/19/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – The Ulema Council, Indonesia's highest Muslim clerical body in charge of interpreting Islamic law, issued an apology on May 17. The council was coming...
Indonesian Nationals Exposed for Funding Islamic State Recruitment of ChildrenMay 17, 2022 — 05/17/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Five Indonesian nationals who had their assets frozen by the United States are suspected of financing Islamic State efforts to recruit teenagers. The Islamic...
ICC Supports a Café to Reach Muslims with the GospelMay 14, 2022 — 05/14/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Rita* and Zairus* are two field workers who felt called by God to serve in a remote area of a majority-Muslim country. The area...
Radical Muslims’ Protest Against Church Construction in Cilegon CancelledApril 30, 2022 — 04/30/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – A demonstration scheduled to take place this week against the construction of a Batak church in Cilegon, a major coastal industrial city in Banten...
Breeding Hope in IndonesiaApril 25, 2022 — 04/25/2022 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Cahyono has been serving tribal people in one of the major islands in Indonesia since 2014. Initially, he installed water filters to serve...
Breeding Hope in IndonesiaApril 25, 2022 — 04/25/2022 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Cahyono has been serving tribal people in one of the major islands in Indonesia since 2014. Initially, he installed water filters to serve...
Christian Politician Gets Five-Month Sentence for Hate SpeechApril 20, 2022 — 04/20/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – On April 19, an Indonesian court convicted Ferdinand Hutahaean, a Protestant politician, with charges of hate speech for making insulting remarks about Islam on...
Indonesia Tightens Security ahead of Easter WeekendApril 17, 2022 — 04/17/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Indonesian police have been deployed to different parts of the predominantly Muslim country to ensure the safety of Christians during the Easter weekend. Located...
Christian YouTuber in Indonesia Sentenced to 10 Years in PrisonApril 8, 2022 — Muslim-Background Believer Imprisoned for Blasphemy Against Islam 04/08/2022 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on April 6, an Indonesian Christian YouTuber was sentenced to...
Indonesian Muslims Told to Respect Non-Muslims During RamadanApril 1, 2022 — 04/01/2022 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – The top Muslim clerical body in Indonesia, the Indonesia Ulema Council (MUI), has urged Islamic groups not to target restaurants and street food stalls...
Radical Group in Indonesia Obstructs Church from GatheringMarch 30, 2022 — Hardliner Group Unfurled Banner to Intimidate the Church 03/30/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – A radical group in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, refused to allow the HKBP Church (Huria Kristen...
Indonesian Pastor Tracked by Police Following Negative Comments about QuranMarch 22, 2022 — 03/22/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Last week, ICC reported on accusations leveraged by the Indonesian government against pastor Abraham Ben Moses, a well-known former Muslim apologist. He is being...
Indonesian Pastor Tracked by Police Following Negative Comments about QuranMarch 22, 2022 — 03/22/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Last week, ICC reported on accusations leveraged by the Indonesian government against pastor Abraham Ben Moses, a well-known former Muslim apologist. He is being...
