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 in Indonesia Protest Evangelists at Gospel Event
Islamists object to campaign as threat to ‘security and harmony.’
Muslims Sue to Block Church Construction in Indonesia
Permits improperly obtained, protestors claim.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
(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 […]
Attempt in Indonesia to Ban Church’s Worship Ends in Apology
Civil servant angrily halted service at house church.
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A state civil servant’s angry halt to her Christian neighbor’s home worship on Sunday (Sept. 22) near Jakarta, Indonesia led to an uproar that resulted in her apologizing, according to local media. The head of the Tourism Marketing Unit at the Bekasi Municipal Tourism Office, identified as Masriwati, stopped the […]
Seven Arrested in Indonesia for Terrorist Threats against Pope
Bombings and burnings threatened.
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Counter-terrorism forces in Indonesia arrested seven suspects on terrorism charges before and during Pope Francis’ visit to the country Sept. 3-6, local media outlets reported. Special Detachment Densus 88, an elite counter-terrorism force, arrested the seven suspects from different parts of the country following their social media posts threatening to […]
Church Sealed, Pastor Dragged and Threatened in Indonesia
Shop-house worship site among other businesses ‘secured’ by authorities.
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – About 50 officials from Jombang Regency, Indonesia on Aug. 18 dragged a pastor from his worship site and sealed the shop where his church met, sources said. The sealing of the worship site was part of a Jombang government effort to recover dozens of shops the government says it owns […]