ASIA – Religious freedom takes a dive across Asia
UCA News | Michael Sainsbury | April 30, 2020 It was all bad news for Asian nations in the annual United States Commission on International Religious Freedom report, with four…
INDONESIA – Coronavirus increases asylum seeker’s anxieties as wait for resettlement goes on
Article 18 | April 9, 2020 Arash Sadigh went to the UN offices in Makassar, Indonesia for more than 250 days in a row last year to plead for his…
INDONESIA – Ministry apologizes for appointing Muslim as acting Catholic affairs director-general
The Jakarta Post | February 11, 2020 A bureaucratic blunder caused the Religious Affairs Ministry to appoint a Muslim official as acting head of the Catholic Community Guidance Directorate General,…
VATICAN – Pope’s possible visit to Indonesia, East Timor and PNG
The Catholic Weekly | January 20, 2020 A visit from Pope Francis to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and East Timor may happen in September, according to an Indonesian Muslim leader…
INDONESIA – Pope’s possible visit to Indonesia, East Timor and PNG
The Catholic Weekly | Guest Contributor | January 20, 2020 A visit from Pope Francis to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and East Timor may happen in September, according to an…
INDONESIA – Pope’s possible visit to Indonesia, East Timor and PNG
Catholic Weekly | Guest Contributor | Jan. 20, 2020 Pope Francis speaks during his general audience in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican 4 December, 2019. PHOTO: CNS/Paul Haring A…
INDONESIA – Community Forces Church to Close Building
i Commit to Pray | Aug. 29, 2019 Officials closed a church in Central Indonesia after neighbors protested its existence. Pastor Tigor Yunus Sitorus built a home in the Bantul…
INDONESIA – Extremism ‘still strong’ in Indonesian colleges
Extremism 'still strong' in Indonesian colleges Muslims from hard-line groups stage a rally in Jakarta in this Nov. 2, 2018 file photo. Islamic groups are still trying to spread intolerance…
INDONESIA – Soon-to-Be Priest Raped and Killed in Indonesia
International Christian Concern | March 29, 2019 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on the morning of March 26, the body of a female prospective priest was found in…
INDONESIA – Indonesian Muslims Remove the Cross from Deceased Catholic’s Tomb
International Christian Concern | Dec. 19, 2018 In Muslim majority community Purbayan, the top of a cross on a deceased Catholic’s tomb was cut off by local Muslims, while the…
INDONESIA – Thousands of Islamists Gather to Commemorate Anniversary of Christian Governors Arrest
International Christian Concern | Dec. 3, 2018 On December 2, an estimated 100, 000 Muslims dressed in white carrying Islamic flags gathered at the national monument in Indonesia’s capitol of…
INDONESIA – Conservative Indonesian Muslims hold big rally in Jakarta
Reuters | Dec. 2, 2018 Tens of thousands of Indonesian Muslims held a rally in Jakarta on Sunday led by hardline groups who had agitated to remove the city’s Christian…
INDONESIA – Another Ahok? Chinese Christian faces Blasphemy rap in Muslim Indonesia
South China Morning Post | Dec. 1, 2018 When Indonesian politician Grace Natalie pledged her party would not support discriminatory local laws based on “the Bible or sharia”, she probably did…
INDONESIA- Christian Politician Accused of Blasphemy
International Christian Concern | Nov. 20, 2018 A Christian politician in Indonesia has been accused of blasphemy for criticizing Islamic based laws. According to the Muslim organization Indonesian Muslim Workers’…
INDONESIA – Indonesia: New Religious Education Bill requires Registration of Sunday Schools
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 30, 2018 Christians in Indonesia are opposing a new religious education bill that will require them to obtain government approval for holding Sunday schools or…
INDONESIA – Increased Police Presence in Indonesia as Persecution Rises
International Christian Concern Indonesia, a Muslim-majority country, is seeing an increase in Christian persecution as the radical Islam rise in the nation. As a result, the police have to increase…
INDONESIA – Indonesia: Three Churches Closed in Permits Dispute
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 3, 2018 Members of one of the closed churches hold a sign that says: “Our Assemblies of God church has been sealed by the government.”…
INDONESIA – Muslims force closure of church in South Kalimantan, Indonesia
Barnabus Fund |060518 Local Muslims forced the closure of a Protestant church in Banjarmasin city, on the Indonesian island of South Kalimantan, on 22 May. Muslims claimed that the approval…
INDONESIA – Family of suicide bombers kills at least 7 in Indonesia church attacks
Washington Post | 051318 | VIDEO Three churches in Surabaya, Indonesia, were targeted in suicide bomb attacks on May 13. Police say the family of six was in an Islamic…