UA: 77/11 Index: ASA 21/008/2011 Indonesia Date: 16 March 2011

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Camelia Pasandaran – The military denied on Tuesday that it had ordered the Siliwangi command in West Java to encourage mainstream Muslims to occupy Ahmad

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Having previously called for the blood of Ahmadis, the Islamic Defenders Front on Tuesday suggested that peace with the sect was possible only if a critical r

Sukabumi – Eighteen more members of the Ahmadiyah sect, this time from four subdistricts in Sukabumi, West Java, renounced their faith on Wednesday.

Jakarta – Human rights activists urged Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday to sack his religious affairs minister and to lift a ban on a minority Islamic group prac

Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law and Security Djoko Suyanto said that he was unaware of the involvement of the military in activities aimed at converting Ahmadis to mai

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives has demanded the military answer to allegations that a West Java military unit launched an operation to intimidate Ahmadiyah foll

Ulma Haryanto & Elisabeth Oktofani – Police and military officers in West Java have coerced Ahmadiyah members into renounce their faith through bribery and intimidation, two groups

Nivell Rayda – The small Al Khasanah Mosque in East Jakarta was half-full when Farid Okbah took to the podium to deliver his sermon.

Vento Saudale – Authorities in Bogor barred members of the GKI Yasmin congregation from entering their own church on Sunday in their latest brazen violation of a Supreme Court order.

Yuli Tri Suwarni – West Java officials are bearing down on the Ahmadiyah Islamic sect to open their mosques to the public on Thursday, while in Tasikmalaya, six Ahmadis reportedly left

Elisabeth Oktofani, Zaky Pawas & Ulma Haryanto, Bogor – Members of the beleaguered Ahmadiyah sect came under attack again on Friday when a mob vandalized four of their homes, prompt

Slamet Susanto and Arya Dipa, Yogyakarta/Bandung – Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X stance against banning Ahmadiyah has received pros and cons.

Dessy Sagita – Christian leaders recently lambasted by Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam for "politicizing" violence against the Ahmadiyah have defended their position as proponents of divers

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Several interfaith leaders who criticized President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's administration have rebuffed Cabinet secretary Dipo Alam's accusation that they pol

Nana Rukmana, Cirebon – A ban imposed by several provincial administrations outlawing the Ahmadiyah religious sect has been described by a prominent human rights activist as a failure o

Camelia Pasandaran – None of the regional bylaws banning the activities of Ahmadiyah followers contravene the Constitution or law, a Home Affairs Ministry official said on Wednesday.

Jakarta – Following in the footsteps of East Java, West Java and South Sulawesi, Depok Mayor Nurmahmudi Ismail issued on Wednesday a ban forbidding the Ahmadiyah religious sect from pra

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has urged the government to place a ban on Ahmadiyah to prevent further problems from flaring up.

Yuli Krisna & Dofa Fasila, Bandung – A military commander in West Java has warned against using brute force against the Ahmadiyah, saying there were more "elegant" methods to suppre

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) fears a police move to name three police officers suspects in a planned attack on Ahmadiyah followers in C

Zaky Pawas & Vento Saudale – After nearly a decade-long legal battle against hard-line Muslims and officials in the province, a group of Christians were finally able to reclaim thei

Farouk Arnaz – Recent violence targeting the Ahmadiyah community in the Cikeusik subdistrict of Banten only erupted because the Ahmadis wanted it to happen, the National Police's chief

Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam has struck back at Indonesia's second largest Muslim organization, which has been critical of the government's inability to resolve the "Ahmadiyah problem."

The United States on Friday called for religious tolerance in Indonesia after several provincial governments banned followers of a minority Islamic sect from practicing in public.

Yuli Krisna & Eras Poke, Bandung – West Java joined a string of other regional governments on Thursday in banning activities of the Ahmadiyah sect.

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Jakarta – Following in the footsteps of East and West Java, South Sulawesi Governor Syahrul Yasin Limpo issued on Thursday a ban on the Ahmadiyah sect from practicing their religion pub

Ulma Haryanto & Ronna Nirmala – There was plenty of fiery rhetoric on display during Tuesday's rally by hard-liners demanding the Ahmadiyah sect be outlawed, but the calls for revol

Camelia Pasandaran, Ulma Haryanto & Ronna Nirmala – As thousands of hard-liners gathered at Jakarta's Hotel Indonesia traffic circle demanding the immediate disbandment of the Ahmad

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has supported the issuance of several bylaws that ban Ahmadiyah activities.

Jakarta – Wahid Institute executive director Yenny Wahid said Tuesday that East Java Governor Soekarwo's decision to ban the Ahmadiyah sect in her province was not an effective solution

Jakarta – A decree regulating restrictions on Ahmadiyah activities issued by the East Java governor is against the Constitution and harms the nation's value of pluralism, noted lawyer T

Camelia Pasandaran – The central government on Tuesday supported moves by the East Java governor to ban Ahmadiyah in the province.

Makassar – An Ahmadiyah community in Sigi, Central Sulawesi, says the local House of Representatives (DPRD) was discriminating against them by demanding they stop using a house in the a

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Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Groups condemned bans issued by local administrations on the followers of Ahmadiyah following a fatal mob attack in Cikeusik village, Banten.

Farouk Arnaz – Police investigating the deadly attack on members of the Ahmadiyah community in Cikeusik, Banten, have made another two arrests, taking the total number of suspects to 12

Jakarta – The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) is calling for Muslims to take part in a long march in Jakarta on March 1 to demand disbanding of Islamic minority sect Jamaah Ahmadiyah.

Yuli Tri Suwarni and Panca Nugraha, Bandung/Mataram – An alliance of Muslim hard-liners once again called for Ahmadiyah disbandment in Bandung on Friday and threatened anarchic movement

Fitri, Eras Poke, Heru Andriyanto & Antara – Regional chiefs in some Indonesian provinces are moving ahead with plans to either ban completely or restrict the activities of Ahmadiya

Jakarta – Anti-Ahmadiyah protesters planned to move their demonstration to the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) headquarters after demonstrating in front of the Hotel Indon

Vento Saudale & Ulma Haryanto – Ahmad Nuryamin, an Ahmadi accused of wounding a 15-year-old boy, told the Cibinong District Court on Thursday that he had panicked and "accidentally"

Vento Saudale – A religious figure told a court on Wednesday that the government's failure to outlaw Ahmadiyah was to blame for a 2010 attack on the Islamic sect in Bogor's Cisalada vil

Heru Andriyanto – Firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Bashir on Thursday attacked Ahmadiyah as being "poisonous" to Islam.

Amnesty International has urged the Indonesian government to repeat its commitment to protecting the right to freedom of religion in the face of calls from radical groups to outlaw a re

Camelia Pasandaran – United States Congress representatives visiting Jakarta on Wednesday demanded an explanation from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on the Ahmadiyah mob attack.

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – The Palu municipality has urged followers of the local Ahmadiyah sect to disband themselves and return to "true Islamic teachings" and assimilate with the local

Dessy Sagita & Camelia Pasandaran – Two weeks after a deadly attack on Ahmadiyah followers in Banten, the Indonesian Council of Ulema has called on the government to investigate cas