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Indonesian Muslims Rally to Ban Ahmadiyya Sect

 

This item was published in International Herald Tribune (Asia-Pacific) on June 18, 2008.

JAKARTA: Thousands of Indonesian Muslims dressed in white rallied outside the presidential palace in Jakarta on Wednesday to press the government to ban the Ahmadiyya sect, regarded as heretical by many followers of Islam.      

Fears of a hardline backlash against the Ahmadiyya have grown since the government of the world's most populous Muslim country issued a ministerial decree this month that stopped short of banning the sect, but warned that followers could face five years in jail for tarnishing religion.

Shouting "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest), the protesters at the rally organised by Forum Umat Islam demanded an outright ban on the Ahmadiyya as the sect's teachings deviated from fundamental Islamic tenets.

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Former Indonesian President Urges Religious Tolerance

Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:20am EDT                     

 

      

 

                           

 

                           

 

 

                      

 

 

   
By Sara Webb

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's former President Abdurrahman Wahid on Wednesday slammed government restrictions on a controversial Islamic sect and urged the "silent majority" of moderate Muslims to speak out in defense of religious tolerance.

Under pressure from hardline groups, the government issued a ministerial decree this month that stopped short of banning the Ahmadiyya, while warning that followers could face five years in jail for tarnishing religion.

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Indonesia's Persecuted

British newspaper NewStatesman has published an article by Robert Pringle, a retired US diplomat explaining why Ahmadiyya Muslims have been a target of sectarian violence and government persecution and how this threatens pluralism in the country. He has given his own opinion about Jama'at Ahmaddiya's faith about the end of prophethood and compared it with other Muslims' belief on the same subject. He has also described the political situation existing in Indonesia at present.  By reading this article you can understand the Anti Ahmaddiyya movement over there.  A lot of readers of this article have commented on the issue of end of prophethood. It is interesting to read the argument people have give in favor or against the issue.

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