Muslims stand behind Christians whose Christmas service was shut down by radicalsDecember 9, 2016 — ICC Note: The largest Muslim groups in Indonesia have spoken out in support of Christians whose Christmas service was shut down earlier this week by a radical Muslim group. The...
Muslim radicals halt Christmas service in IndonesiaDecember 8, 2016 — ICC Note: Islamic radicals stopped a Christmas service in Indonesia in West Java, Indonesia. Church-goers were gathered to listen to Chinese-Christian pastor and musician Stephen Tong Eng Tjong when a...
Minorities Fear Renewed Violence as Tension Rises in IndonesiaDecember 5, 2016 — 12/05/2016 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Last Friday, as an estimated 200,000 conservative Muslims gathered for another round of protests against Jakarta's first Chinese-Christian governor, the story of the...
ICC Helps Build a “Miraculous” Church in IndonesiaDecember 2, 2016 — By ICC’s Indonesia Correspondent 12/02/2016 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - On December 8, 2013, seven churches in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia were forced to close by government officials. For...
Indonesian police are providing radical protesters a stage and loudspeakersDecember 1, 2016 — ICC Note: Jakarta is preparing for the next round of radical Islamic protests against Jakarta’s Christian-Chinese governor scheduled for Friday, December 2nd. The last protest saw Chinese owned shops attacked,...
9 with IS links arrested for inciting violence during protestsNovember 29, 2016 — ICC Note: The Indonesian police arrested nine people in connection with the Islamic State who are thought to be instigators of violence during the last round of protests on November...
Indonesian government dropping leaflets to discourage violence in protestsNovember 28, 2016 — ICC Note: Ahead of the next round of scheduled hardline Muslim protests, the government has taken to dropping leaflets from helicopters to urge calm and warn of penalties if violence...
Blasphemy laws are used to target minorities say Indonesian activistsNovember 22, 2016 — ICC Note: Activists are calling for the revocation of blasphemy laws in Indonesia, laws which they say are used disproportionately against minority ethnic and religious groups. The law is currently...
Thousands rally for religious tolerance in JakartaNovember 21, 2016 — ICC Note: Thousands gathered in support of religious tolerance in Indonesia’s capital on November 19th. Attendees of the peaceful rally voiced their concern over growing religious and ethnic intolerance in...
Indonesian General speaks out against protestsNovember 18, 2016 — ICC Note: Indonesia’s President and its government have remained relatively silent about the protests that have rocked the capital. The protests against Jakarta’s first Christian-Chinese governor have drawn hundreds of...
Christian-Chinese Governor Listed as a Suspect in Blasphemy Trial in IndonesiaNovember 16, 2016 — Rise of Radical Islamists Threatens Rights of Minorities 11/16/2016 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Jakarta’s first Chinese-Christian governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (also...
Parents of 4-year old burned in church bombing, “God teaches us to forgive”November 16, 2016 — ICC Note: The parents of a four-year old child that was badly burned in Sunday’s church bombing in Indonesia have spoken about the attack. “God teaches us to forgive and...
Churches in Aceh Remain Piles of Rubble as Religious Intolerance Grows in IndonesiaNovember 16, 2016 — By Daniel Harris 11/16/2016 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - The once white sign of the Huria Kristen Indonesia Church (HKI) now stands as a half-charred reminder of the violence...
Child Killed and Four Injured in Church Bombing in IndonesiaNovember 14, 2016 — Ethnic and Religious Minorities Fear Increased Religious Violence 11/14/2016 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on Sunday, November 13, the Oikumene Church in...
Two-year old girl dies in church bombing in IndonesiaNovember 14, 2016 — ICC Note: A two-year old girl has died and other children are in serious condition after an attack on a Christian church over the weekend. The attacker, who wore a...
Indonesia’s former president may be encouraging Muslim protestsNovember 8, 2016 — ICC Note: Could Indonesia’s foreign president, Yudhoyono, be encouraging the Muslim protests against Jakarta’s Chinese-Christian governor, Ahok? His son is running against the governor in the upcoming election. When asked...
