Holy Night, Noisy Night
The members of the Indonesian Christian Church’s Taman Yasmin congregations in Bogor were forced to worship on the sidewalk. Even though the court overturned the revoking of their church permit, the Bogor city administration appears determined to close it down after succumbing to mob pressure.
January 5, 2011
CHRISTA, 65, glanced up at the clock on the wall in her living room. It is Christmas night, and a service is due to begin in 15 minutes at the Indonesian Christian Church at Taman Yasmin, Bogor, West Java. As her house is located in the Taman Yasmin housing complex, it will only take her 10 minutes to get to the church. “I deliberately bought a house here as I knew there was a church nearby,” said Christa, who has lived in the complex for the
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