Thursday, April 13, 2006

More Real Islam In Action

Indonesia: Church forced to close by mob
Yet some still look to Indonesia as a shining example of Islamic moderation. "Church forced to close by mob: Despite constitutional guarantees, Indonesia law could ban Christian fellowship,"

Hundreds of radical Muslims who converged on a church filled with Christian worshippers in West Java on March 26, causing distress to many with their hostile demonstration, were convinced to disband only after police were called and the pastor of nine years agreed to close the church and cease all its Christian activities, reports the Voice of the Martyrs, a leading monitor of Christian persecution.
According to the report, a mob numbering around 200 came to the Church of Pentecost in Gunung Putri, Indonesia, during the Sunday morning service to protest the property being "misused" as a church building. The five-hour demonstration became so hostile, some of the women among the 190 congregants began crying hysterically.

Pastor Daniel Fekky was told by representatives of the Muslim mob, in a meeting arranged by police, the church would have to be closed based on a pending revision of the 1969 Joint Ministerial Decree (SKB) which dealt with church buildings and government approval. The pastor was able to get the mob to leave only by agreeing to shut the doors to his church.


Comment: Australians should not be under any illusions about Indonesia. Soon enough this ramshackle Islamist Empire, run by thieves and murderers, will will lurch into a violent confrontation with Australia, probably over West Papua. We should be prepared.

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