The Building Permit Problem that Curses Indonesian Churches

March 20, 2020 —

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03/20/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Religious activities in Indonesia receive an apparent constitutional...

Local Muslims in Indonesia Demand Ampana Church to be Demolished

March 19, 2020 — 03/19/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – A church in Sulawesi, Indonesia, has been repeatedly asked to shut down due to local Muslim group’s protests. For a while, the Islamic Defenders...

Pope Francis’ Indonesia Visit Canceled Due to Coronavirus

March 16, 2020 — 03/16/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Given the prolonged fight against the novel COVID-19 virus, sources in the Vatican said that Pope Francis will no longer visit Indonesia in September...

Baptist Church in Indonesia Unable to Build Its Church Due to Protests

March 15, 2020 — 03/15/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – For six months, Indonesian Baptist Church (GBI) Tlogosari has not been able to continue its construction for its church thanks to opposition from local...

Family of Missing Christian Told Not to Inform Indonesian Embassy

March 11, 2020 — 03/11/2020 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – One of the sisters-in-law of missing pastor Joshua Hilmy told a Human Rights Commission of Malaysia’s (Suhakam) inquiry last Wednesday, that her family was...

Indonesian Religious Tolerance: Theoretical Or Actual?

March 7, 2020 — 03/07/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – On February 27, over 100 delegates of various faiths were called together by Indonesia’s legislative branch, the People’s Consultative Assembly of the Republic of...

Group in Indonesia Seeks to Ban All Non-Muslim Religious Activities

March 3, 2020 — 03/03/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – A group of people calling themselves the Community Care People Forum (FMPU) in Cilegon from Banten Province, Indonesia is rejecting all forms of religious...

Pope Francis To Visit Indonesia in September

March 1, 2020 — 02/29/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – According to Archbishop Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo of Jakarta, Pope Francis’ expected apostolic trip to Muslim-majority Indonesia next September might include a Eucharistic celebration at the...

The Suffering of Christians in Aceh, Indonesia

February 27, 2020 —

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02/27/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Anxiety, worry, fear and happiness flared up in...

Muslim Group Protests Against Church Gathering in Mall

February 20, 2020 — 02/20/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – The Islamic Jihad Front (FJI) of Yogyakarta objects a Sunday service taking place at Hartono Mall, located in Depok Subdistrict, Sleman, Special Region of...

Indonesian Gov’t Denies Religious Intolerance Against Catholic Church in Karimun

February 19, 2020 — 02/19/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Indonesia’s Religious Affairs Ministry has reiterated that there is no problem of religious intolerance behind the protest against construction work at St Joseph’s Catholic...

You Could Be Flogged for Celebrating Valentine’s Day in Aceh

February 15, 2020 — 02/15/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – In Muslim-majority Indonesia, celebrating Valentine’s Day could get you into trouble. Perhaps even caned. In parts of the nation, Valentine's Day is controversial, with...

Indonesia Will No Longer Take Back Citizens Who Joined ISIS

February 12, 2020 — 02/12/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – After weeks of intense debate in the nation, Indonesia’s government on Tuesday decided to ban citizens who joined the Islamic State in Syria from...

Indonesian Conservative Muslim Group Wants to Halt Interfaith Festival

February 7, 2020 — 02/07/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – An interfaith festival due to take place in the cities of Bandung and Cirebon on Feb. 15 is now being opposed by local conservative...

Catholic Woman with Mental Disorder Spared from Blasphemy Law Charges

February 6, 2020 — 02/06/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – On Wednesday, an Indonesian court acquitted a woman indicted earlier for blasphemy against Islam for entering a mosque wearing shoes and carrying a dog,...

600 Indonesian IS-Supporters to be Repatriated Back Home

February 5, 2020 — 02/05/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – According to Indonesia’s Minister for Religious Affairs Fachrul Razi, the Indonesian government is crafting a plan to repatriate about 600 Indonesian nationals who joined...