http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/churches-sealed-shut-in-indonesia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/churches-sealed-shut-in-indonesia/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 22:01:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134659 Canada Free Press: Seventeen churches have been forcibly closed in Indonesia’s Aceh province following last month’s election of a hard-line Islamic governor. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/churches-sealed-shut-in-indonesia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/mob-of-islamic-hardliners-attack-indonesian-church-congregation-with-bags-of-urine/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/mob-of-islamic-hardliners-attack-indonesian-church-congregation-with-bags-of-urine/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 16:47:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134313 The Church Report: A mob of 600 Islamic hardliners threw plastic bags filled with urine at an Indonesian church congregation celebrating the ascension of Christ, a lawyer said on Friday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/mob-of-islamic-hardliners-attack-indonesian-church-congregation-with-bags-of-urine/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/indonesia-authorities-shut-down-3-christian-churches/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/indonesia-authorities-shut-down-3-christian-churches/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 21:49:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133109 Catholic Culture: In the Indonesian province of Aceh, protests by Muslim militants have led to the closing of three Christians churches: two Catholic and one Protestant. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/indonesia-authorities-shut-down-3-christian-churches/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/indonesia-prosecutes-atheist-for-blaspehmy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/indonesia-prosecutes-atheist-for-blaspehmy/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 16:58:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132922 Religion Clause Blog: he Guardian reported yesterday that in Indonesia, for the first time an atheist is being prosecuted for blasphemy, which includes a violation of the first pillar of Indonesia's state philosophy – pancasila, which requires belief in one god. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/indonesia-prosecutes-atheist-for-blaspehmy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/nj-church-gives-sanctuary-to-2nd-indonesian-christian-facing-deportation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/nj-church-gives-sanctuary-to-2nd-indonesian-christian-facing-deportation/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:29:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129876 NY Daily News: Rovani Wangkoa, 45, is supposed to report to Immigration and Customs Enforcement to be sent back to the homeland he fled in 1995 because of religious persecution. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/nj-church-gives-sanctuary-to-2nd-indonesian-christian-facing-deportation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/indonesia-obamas-transgender-ex-nanny-outcast/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/indonesia-obamas-transgender-ex-nanny-outcast/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:47:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127616 AP: Now, his transgender former nanny has given up her tight, flowery dresses, her brocade vest and her bras, and is living in fear on Indonesia's streets. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/indonesia-obamas-transgender-ex-nanny-outcast/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/legal-periodical-indonesias-blasphemy-law-bleak-outlook-for-minority-religions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/legal-periodical-indonesias-blasphemy-law-bleak-outlook-for-minority-religions/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:25:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126207 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/legal-periodical-indonesias-blasphemy-law-bleak-outlook-for-minority-religions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/05/indonesia-more-intolerance-against-christians/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/05/indonesia-more-intolerance-against-christians/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:25:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=122170 Baptist Press: Acts of violence and intolerance against Christians in Indonesia nearly doubled in 2011, with an Islamist campaign to close down churches a key factor in the plight of the nation's religious minority. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/05/indonesia-more-intolerance-against-christians/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/13/indonesian-christian-immigrants-carol-in-manhattan-urging-feds-to-allow-them-to-stay-in-new-jersey/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/13/indonesian-christian-immigrants-carol-in-manhattan-urging-feds-to-allow-them-to-stay-in-new-jersey/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:58:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120767 NY Daily News: Harry Pangemanan, 41, has been told to report to immigration officials, with plane tickets in hand, three days before Christmas. He’s hoping for a reprieve. Indonesian Christians urged the feds to get into the holiday spirit and spare them from deportation — by singing “Silent Night” and “Joy to the World” in front of Manhattan’s federal building. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/13/indonesian-christian-immigrants-carol-in-manhattan-urging-feds-to-allow-them-to-stay-in-new-jersey/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/30/dozens-of-churches-closed-or-demolished-in-indonesia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/30/dozens-of-churches-closed-or-demolished-in-indonesia/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:15:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=115103 Catholic Culture: Over 50 Christian churches have been shut down or demolished in Indonesia since January 2010 . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/30/dozens-of-churches-closed-or-demolished-in-indonesia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/27/churches-under-attack-in-indonesia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/27/churches-under-attack-in-indonesia/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:45:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=114730 Christian Today: A day after a suicide bomb attack wounded 28 at a church in Indonesia, affiliated with Pastor Rick Warren’s Saddleback megachurch, explosives were found in front of another church in a different district Monday, exposing the magnitude of the threat to minority Christians. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/27/churches-under-attack-in-indonesia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/07/in-indonesia-church-runs-afoul-of-islamic-street-name/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/07/in-indonesia-church-runs-afoul-of-islamic-street-name/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:50:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=112903 ENInews: In a test case of religious intolerance in the world's largest Muslim-majority country, an Indonesian mayor is defying court rulings by pushing for a decree to block Christians from opening churches on streets with Islamic names. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/07/in-indonesia-church-runs-afoul-of-islamic-street-name/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/30/rights-concerns-shadow-us-alliance-with-indonesia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/30/rights-concerns-shadow-us-alliance-with-indonesia/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:14:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=112137 AP: President Barack Obama has embraced Indonesia as a crucial U.S. ally in Southeast Asia, but rights groups and critics in Congress say the administration is too eager to trumpet Jakarta as a democratic success story. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/30/rights-concerns-shadow-us-alliance-with-indonesia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/25/indonesian-sharia-police-separate-lesbian-couple-threaten-burning-and-beheading/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/25/indonesian-sharia-police-separate-lesbian-couple-threaten-burning-and-beheading/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:04:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=111851 BBC News: Islamic police in the Indonesian province of Aceh have forced two women to have their marriage annulled and sign an agreement to separate. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/25/indonesian-sharia-police-separate-lesbian-couple-threaten-burning-and-beheading/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/23/indonesian-mayor-seeks-to-ban-church-construction/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/23/indonesian-mayor-seeks-to-ban-church-construction/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:06:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=111547 AP: A mayor is trying to ban Christian churches on streets with Islamic names, the latest attempt to block construction of a new parish in the world's largest Muslim-majority country. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/23/indonesian-mayor-seeks-to-ban-church-construction/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/10/british-mps-call-indonesia-to-uphold-human-rights/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/10/british-mps-call-indonesia-to-uphold-human-rights/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:48:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110463 The Jakarta Globe: In the latest wave of international condemnation over the 'lenient sentences' handed out to a extremist mob, British MPs are calling for Indonesia to uphold human rights and squash religious intolerance. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/10/british-mps-call-indonesia-to-uphold-human-rights/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/09/no-shame-for-religious-killings-in-indonesian-town/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/09/no-shame-for-religious-killings-in-indonesian-town/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 09:36:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110273 AP: When Dani bin Misra was released from prison last week after serving just three months for smashing in the skull of a member of a Muslim sect, this conservative Indonesian town let out a triumphant cry. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/09/no-shame-for-religious-killings-in-indonesian-town/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/04/two-home-churches-torched-in-indonesia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/04/two-home-churches-torched-in-indonesia/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:46:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109978 Persecution News: Two homes used as churches were burned to the ground in Riau on Tuesday night, a report said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/04/two-home-churches-torched-in-indonesia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/indonesia-no-justice-for-victims-of-islamic-sect-attack/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/indonesia-no-justice-for-victims-of-islamic-sect-attack/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:19:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109418 AP: Foreign governments and human rights groups say the relatively light sentences given to 12 men who participated in the brutal killings of three minority Muslim sect members sends a chilling message about growing religious intolerance in Indonesia. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/indonesia-no-justice-for-victims-of-islamic-sect-attack/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/26/new-survey-of-indonesian-and-malaysian-muslim-youth-released/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/26/new-survey-of-indonesian-and-malaysian-muslim-youth-released/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:24:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109108 Religion Clause: The Merdeka Center for Opinion Research has recently released a survey of Muslim youth in Indonesia and Malaysia. The study, Values, Dreams, Ideals: Muslim Youth In Southeast Asia, reports on surveys conducted in October and November 2010 among young people age 15 to 25. A portion of the report deals with attitudes of those surveyed toward religion and government. Here is a portion of the report's conclusions . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/26/new-survey-of-indonesian-and-malaysian-muslim-youth-released/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/14/poll-young-people-in-indonesia-malaysia-oppose-polygamy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/14/poll-young-people-in-indonesia-malaysia-oppose-polygamy/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:53:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=108223 International News Network: A vast majority of young Muslims in Indonesia and Malaysia disapprove of the traditional acceptance of polygamy. They are, however, reluctant to openly support interfaith marriages or premarital sex, says a new survey. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/14/poll-young-people-in-indonesia-malaysia-oppose-polygamy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/13/indonesian-court-sentences-17-in-attack-on-christian-churches/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/13/indonesian-court-sentences-17-in-attack-on-christian-churches/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:51:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=106182 Religion Clause: In Semarang, Indonesia, four panels of district court judges last week convicted 17 Muslims of destroying public property and assault in connection with sectarian violence that took place last February in the central Java town of Temanggung. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/13/indonesian-court-sentences-17-in-attack-on-christian-churches/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/11/light-sentences-for-attack-on-christians-in-indonesia-condemned/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/11/light-sentences-for-attack-on-christians-in-indonesia-condemned/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:03:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=97854 Persecution Blog: Human rights and Christian leaders said a West Java court’s light sentence for Islamic extremists who injured a church pastor and an elder will encourage more violence and religious intolerance. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/11/light-sentences-for-attack-on-christians-in-indonesia-condemned/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/04/indonesian-provinces-place-new-restrictions-on-ahmadiyah/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/04/indonesian-provinces-place-new-restrictions-on-ahmadiyah/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:37:33 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=97108 Religion Clause Blog: n Indonesia, the governor of the province of West Java yesterday issued a gubernatorial regulation (No. 12 of 2011) banning all public activities by the 17,000 members of the Ahmadiyah sect in the province.  Today's Jakarta Globe reports that the action is seen as implementing an Indonesian 2008 joint ministerial decree that bars the Ahmadiyah from spreading their faith. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/04/indonesian-provinces-place-new-restrictions-on-ahmadiyah/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/11/indonesia-10-islamic-hard-liners-arrest-for-burning-churches-and-murder/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/11/indonesia-10-islamic-hard-liners-arrest-for-burning-churches-and-murder/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:36:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=95205 AP: "Indonesian police say 10 suspects have been arrested after Islamic hard-liners set churches on fire and killed three members of a minority Islamic sect." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/11/indonesia-10-islamic-hard-liners-arrest-for-burning-churches-and-murder/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/09/christians-in-java-uneasy-after-orchestrated-attacks-on-churches/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/09/christians-in-java-uneasy-after-orchestrated-attacks-on-churches/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:42:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=95070 Catholic Culture: "Indonesian police have stepped up security around Christian churches in Java in the wake of a series of attacks by Muslim militants, amid complaints that the government has not provided adequate protection for religious minorities." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/09/christians-in-java-uneasy-after-orchestrated-attacks-on-churches/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/07/indonesian-mob-kills-at-least-3-ahmadiyas-in-bid-to-stop-their-worship/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/07/indonesian-mob-kills-at-least-3-ahmadiyas-in-bid-to-stop-their-worship/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:23:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=94743 Religion Clause Blog: "In Indonesia yesterday, a thousand Muslims surrounded a house in West Java, attempting to prevent the Ahmadiya movement from holding worship services." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/07/indonesian-mob-kills-at-least-3-ahmadiyas-in-bid-to-stop-their-worship/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/24/islamists-demonstrate-against-the-opening-of-the-yasmin-church-in-bogor-west-java/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/24/islamists-demonstrate-against-the-opening-of-the-yasmin-church-in-bogor-west-java/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:17:46 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=93144 Asia Times: "Indonesia’s Supreme Court ruled that Christians have the right to use a site they own for religious functions. Local authorities, who had stopped church construction in 2008, are now criticised for not implementing the court ruling, allowing Islamic extremists to patrol the site." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/24/islamists-demonstrate-against-the-opening-of-the-yasmin-church-in-bogor-west-java/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/17/radical-indonesian-muslims-to-take-legal-action-over-bogor-church-permit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/17/radical-indonesian-muslims-to-take-legal-action-over-bogor-church-permit/#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:51:32 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=91860 Jakarta Globe: "A hard-line Islamic group is set to file a class-action lawsuit against the Bogor administration for its failure to rescind the Indonesian Christian Church’s building permit. The move follows the announcement on Friday that the Supreme Court had rejected the administration’s request to uphold the revocation of the church’s permit to construct a place of worship." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/17/radical-indonesian-muslims-to-take-legal-action-over-bogor-church-permit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/17/blackberry-agrees-to-filter-out-porn-in-indonesia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/17/blackberry-agrees-to-filter-out-porn-in-indonesia/#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:10:04 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=91707 Associated Press: "The maker of BlackBerry promised Indonesia on Monday it will meet the country's request to filter out pornographic content on its smartphones in the next four days, according to a government spokesman." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/17/blackberry-agrees-to-filter-out-porn-in-indonesia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/10/rim-ordered-to-block-porn-sites-in-indonesia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/10/rim-ordered-to-block-porn-sites-in-indonesia/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:40:56 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=90721 eWeek Europe: "BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has two weeks to block porn websites from its smartphones in Indonesia or risk being shut down, the Indonesian government has said." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/10/rim-ordered-to-block-porn-sites-in-indonesia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/30/indonesia-in-2010-wave-of-religious-intolerance-intensifies/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/30/indonesia-in-2010-wave-of-religious-intolerance-intensifies/#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2010 21:11:24 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=89104 The Jakarta Globe: "If one trend that emerged in the past year was considered more disturbing than others, it would be the apparent increase in fundamentalism and religious intolerance in a country that prides itself on being a bastion of pluralism." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/30/indonesia-in-2010-wave-of-religious-intolerance-intensifies/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/indonesian-govt-urged-to-deal-with-bogor-church-intimidation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/indonesian-govt-urged-to-deal-with-bogor-church-intimidation/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 21:11:09 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=88667 The Jakarta Globe: "Religious tolerance groups have lambasted the government over its lack of response to the intimidation of a Christian congregation forced to hold its Christmas service out on the street in Bogor." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/indonesian-govt-urged-to-deal-with-bogor-church-intimidation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/22/indonesia-catholics-in-bogor-west-java-not-allowed-to-celebrate-christmas-mass/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/22/indonesia-catholics-in-bogor-west-java-not-allowed-to-celebrate-christmas-mass/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 22:43:27 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=88332 Asia News: "Bogor authorities have banned all public activities or celebrations associated with Christmas, including Christmas Mass, at Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church in Parung, Tulang Kuning, Bogor Regency (West Java Province)." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/22/indonesia-catholics-in-bogor-west-java-not-allowed-to-celebrate-christmas-mass/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/22/indonesia-radical-islamic-groups-gain-strength-on-the-sly/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/22/indonesia-radical-islamic-groups-gain-strength-on-the-sly/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:22:22 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=88227 Jakarta Globe: "While the antics of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front frequently make headlines, other radical groups are working quietly behind the scenes to build a wide base of support, a nonprofit has said. The Setara Institute for Democracy and Peace on Wednesday released a report detailing how radical Muslim groups were shoring up their support by forging political alliances and embracing more liberal groups and moderate clerics." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/22/indonesia-radical-islamic-groups-gain-strength-on-the-sly/feed/ 0