Awaiting the Ahmadiyah Verdict

The government is drafting a decree banning the Ahmadiyah sect. This is a blow to religious freedom and contradicts the Constitution.

April 22, 2008

IF Al-Khaliq [the Creator] gave freedom to the people He created to believe in him or not, how can a state overrule God?”

Djohan Effendi, a scholar who worked at the Religious Affairs Department, heading the investigation and development board, was strongly motivated to write about the Ahmadiyah sect. He—and those of us who believe in tolerance—was upset over the future of this religious organization, pending the verdict of the Yudhoyono-K

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