Nivell Rayda – The Ahmadiyah community in Cianjur, West Java, is airing fears of violence and retaliation after a court in Banten recently jailed 12 men for an attack there that left th

Camelia Pasandaran – Bogor's controversial mayor says he has a new reason not to allow the GKI Yasmin church to open – the name of the street on which it is built has an Islamic name.

Ulma Haryanto – For Firdaus Mubarik, an Indonesian Ahmadiyah activist, Independence Day provides no cause for celebration.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ahmadiyah Congregation (JAI) says it will not seek further legal action against the hard-liners given lenient sentences for instigating a riot in which three Ah

A man wounded when Islamic hard-liners launched a deadly attack on his minority sect questioned Indonesia's commitment to religious freedom after he was sentenced to six months in jail

Heru Andriyanto – A senior Amadiyah member was sentenced to six months imprisonment at the Serang District Court on Monday in relation to the violent mob attack that killed three other

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Kupang – A reverend and several residents from Batuplat sub-district in Kupang have complained about the intimidation they received following their opposition to the construction of a m

Niniek Karmini, Cikeusik, Indonesia – When Dani bin Misra was released from prison last week after serving just three months for smashing in the skull of a member of a Muslim sect, this

Elisabeth Oktofani – The lenient sentences handed down to the killers of three Ahmadiyah followers were the result of "manipulated" legal proceedings, which began when police launched t

Vento Saudale, Bogor – The Bogor police will continue deploying personnel to safeguard a controversial church and a nearby street where the congregation has held Sunday services since t

Zubaidah Nazeer – Indonesia's two largest Muslim groups count a third of the country's population as followers, but appear to be losing ground in shaping the national conversation about

Rizal Harahap and Yemris Fointuna, Pekanbaru/Kupang – Angry mobs set fire to three houses believed to be used illegally as churches in Logas Tanah Darat district in Riau's Kuantan Sengi

Presi Mandari – Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa on Friday defended the country's judicial system after a court sentenced Muslim radicals to a few months in jail for killing

Ulma Haryanto & Markus Junianto Sihalolo – Adding insult to injury, prosecutors at the Serang District Court on Tuesday recommended nine months in jail for an Ahmadi man critically

Ulma Haryanto – As Indonesia's Muslim majority prepares for Ramadan and Idul Fitri, the minority Ahmadiyah Islamic sect is bracing itself for more persecution.

Christian Solidarity Worldwide has expressed renewed concern about continuing violations of religious freedom in Indonesia following the sentencing of the perpetrators of violence again

Hundreds of conservative Muslims have held a noisy but peaceful rally in Indonesia's capital to demand the government outlaw an Islamic sect they consider heretical.

Ismira Lutfia – Indonesian Islamic scholars had mixed reactions to criticism launched by Western nations of the apparent light sentences handed down to Islamist extremists who killed me

Hong Kong – Three to six months in prison was the shocking sentence given to the perpetrators of the mob killing of three Ahmadiyahs earlier this year.

Indonesia on Friday dismissed expressions of outrage and disbelief over the perceived light sentences handed down to Islamic extremists who killed three minority sect members in a mob f

Heru Andriyanto & Ulma Haryanto, Serang, Banten – A wave of condemnation greeted the lenient sentences handed down on Thursday to 12 men found guilty of attacking members of the min

Ali Kotarumalos, Jakarta, Indonesia – Foreign governments and human rights groups say the relatively light sentences given to 12 men who participated in the brutal killings of three min

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Indonesian authorities should be making all-out efforts to bring to justice those who kill people because of their religious beliefs.

The United States Embassy in Indonesia has expressed "disappointment" in response to the light verdicts handed down in relation to the bloody attacks on members of the Ahmadiyah sect in

Jakarta – An NGO and representatives from the EU expressed concerns at the rulings in trials over attacks on religious minorities in Cikeusik, Banten, saying they expected the governmen

A prominent rights organization said on Thursday that the light sentences handed down to 12 men involved in the deadly February attack on an Ahmadiyah community were a result of frustra

Arya Dipa, Bandung – West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan has told Bogor Mayor Diani Budiarto to settle once and for all a protracted local religious dispute about an under-construction Ta

Chrestella Tan – The Bogor administration has been given 60 days to reopen the embattled GKI Yasmin Church, after a government oversight body declared the mayor guilty of "maladministra

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Elisabeth Oktofani – A protest in Bogor that had been expected to turn violent remained civil on Sunday as a group of people in the mostly Muslim community voiced opposition to the Yasm

The European Parliament has chimed in on incidents of religious persecution in Indonesia with a resolution that expresses "grave concern" over the recent string of attacks against Chris

Elisabeth Oktofani & Chrestella Tan – Rights activists expressed outrage on Thursday over the light jail terms sought for suspects in the deadly attack on Ahmadiyah followers in Ban

Jakarta – A court case centered around a fatal attack on members of a religious minority group, Ahmadiyah, continued Thursday at Serang District Court in Banten, with the court set to h

Mariel Grazella, Jakarta – International human rights group Amnesty International has once again drawn the plight of the Taman Yasmin Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) into the spotligh

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Vento Saulade, Bogor – Community leaders in West Bogor subdistrict warned on Sunday of anarchy if the GKI Yasmin congregation continued to hold weekly services outside of their sealed-o

A team monitoring the trials of an attack against religious minority group Ahmadiyah said Monday the prosecutor performed below standard.

Nurfika Osman – Human rights activists on Thursday accused Indonesian police of fanning the flames of religious-based conflicts rather than protecting victims and upholding rights.

Makassar – Through their leaders, the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) and the Pancasila Youth in Makassar signed a peace pact before police officials.

Makassar – South Sulawesi Governor Syahrul Yasin Limpo has approved a proposal to ban Ahmadiyah activities in his province.

Human Rights Watch has criticized Indonesian authorities for failing to uncover the people behind February's brutal attack on the Ahmadiyah community in western Java.

Indonesia has often failed to successfully prosecute crimes targeting religious minorities, exacerbating a culture of violent persecution.

Semarang, Indonesia – An Indonesian court on Tuesday sentenced a cleric one year in jail for inciting hundreds of people to burn churches and attack police.

Camelia Pasandaran – The Supreme Court has demanded the Bogor administration comply with its order to allow the GKI Yasmin church to reopen.

Candra Malik, Semarang – Seventeen of the 25 men charged with rioting that destroyed buildings and injured bystanders in Temanggung, Central Java, could be released soon after being giv

Candra Malik, Semarang – Prosecutors sought a mere one-year sentence on Tuesday for the alleged ringleader of a mob that burned down two churches as part of a wider rampage after a blas

Ulma Haryanto – A coalition of civil society organizations have demanded that prosecutors drop charges against an Ahmadi man who was critically injured in the deadly February attack on

Candra Malik, Semarang, Central Java – Six of the 25 men standing trial for burning down churches last February could get away with serving less than an eighth of the prescribed sentenc