SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Local officials in East Borneo Province, Indonesia refused to approve construction of a church building even though the congregation had met all requirements for a permit, sources said. In Samarinda, capital of East Borneo Province, the Samarinda Ministry of Religious Affairs Office refused to provide a letter of recommendation for […]
Authorities in Indonesia Refuse to Back Church Construction
Congregation in Samarinda met all requirements for a permit.
March 31, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
Christian Apologists in Indonesia Flee ‘Blasphemy’ Prosecution
Expression of ideas on religion repressed in Muslim majority country.
March 21, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A rash of complaints to police in Indonesia accusing Christians of blasphemy on social media has driven several of them abroad to seek refuge, sources said. Christian apologist Edwin Hutabarat, also known as “Metatron,” is now in the Netherlands after radical Muslims from the Anti-Blasphemy Community Alliance on Nov. […]
Opposition Arises against Church in Indonesia
Banner opposing construction appears unexpectedly.
February 19, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A church active in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi Province for two years began facing unexpected opposition to proposed construction of a larger worship building this month, sources said. The Toraja Christian Church of Lanraki in Paccerakkang village, which has worshipped at a member’s modest home for two years, applied in […]
Muslims in Indonesia Protest Evangelists at Gospel Event
Islamists object to campaign as threat to ‘security and harmony.’
February 4, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Hundreds of Muslims from various Islamic groups last week protested the presence of two evangelists at a major gospel event in Indonesia’s Central Sulewesi Province, according to local reports. After protests on Jan. 17 and Jan. 24, Islamic groups again took to the streets in the provincial capital of Palu […]
Muslims Sue to Block Church Construction in Indonesia
Permits improperly obtained, protestors claim.
January 8, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Muslims in Indonesia said they will sue Catholic leaders to prevent completion of a church building after months of construction, sources said. The Sang Hyang Hurip St. Anthony Catholic Church in Cipamokolan village, Rancasari Sub-District, Bandung, capital of West Java Province, obtained building permits, but attorneys for area residents claim they were […]
Christians Kept from Attending Christmas Service in Indonesia
Muslim residents block access to two sites.
December 11, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Muslims in Indonesia on Sunday (Dec. 8) prevented Christians from holding a Christmas service at a pastor’s home, sources said. At the Cipta Graha Permai housing complex on Tegar Beriman street in Cibinong, West Java Province, Muslim residents blocked the road to the house of the pastor of the Pentecostal Church […]
Christians Prohibited from Choir Practice at Site in Indonesia
Local Muslims mistakenly believe permission needed.
December 6, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Muslims in a village in Indonesia stopped a church choir from rehearsing on Sunday evening (Dec. 1) for a Christmas service on the false premise that the Christians needed permission from community leaders, sources said. In the predominantly Muslim Matajang neighborhood in Caile village, Ujungbulu District, Bulukumba Regency, South Celebes Province, […]
Authorities Allow Garbage to Pile Up near Church in Indonesia
Priest protests two years of uncollected trash.
November 26, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Indonesia are allowing two years of uncollected garbage to pile up next to a church building and a Catholic university, sources said. The unhygienic and foul-smelling garbage – bagged, spilling out of broken bags or unbagged – in Yogyakarta city, capital of the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Central Java […]
Christian Arrested on Blasphemy Charge in Indonesia
Muslim mob besieges apologist’s home.
October 22, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Police on Thursday (Oct. 17) arrested a Christian for comments he made about Islam on social media that had led hundreds of angry Muslims to besiege his home, according to local reports. The Muslim mob surrounded the home of florist Rudi Simamora in Sunggal, near Medan city, Deli Serdang Regency, […]
China and North Korea Partner to Persecute Christians, Experts Say
Believers imprisoned under unspeakable conditions for ‘anti-state’ activities.
October 9, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
(Christian Daily International) – China has subjected hundreds of North Koreans to atrocities since last year by forcibly returning them to a country whose leaders hold that religion, especially Christianity, is the greatest threat to its power, experts said at a recent U.S. hearing. Torture, sexual violence, enslavement and murder await those repatriated from China […]