A Hanging Regulation

A Bible-based draft bylaw is in limbo. Some people have urged its speedy enactment, others oppose it.

August 31, 2011

Dusk had set on the area known as the Bird's Head in Papua. The call for prayers resounded from the Ridwanul Bahri Mosque at Fasharkan Sanggeng, Manokwari in West Papua. Vendors around the mosque were busy serving buyers with food for the breaking of the fast. A joyful atmosphere also prevailed at a house in Fanindi Complex where a religious service was being held, a hundred meters away. "Halleluya, halleluya, halleluya," exhorted 55-year old Rev. N

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