Guaranteeing Religious Freedom

The ministerial decision to “freeze” the Ahmadiyah sect is against the Constitution. The government should not allow itself to be dictated.

June 17, 2008

THE state must not give in to violent behavior,” said President Yudhoyono. The public read the statement as an articulation of the President’s tough stance, particularly since it was made with an angry expression caused by the police’s failure in preventing the violent action of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) and its supporters at the Jakarta National Monument (Monas) recently. The police did later take action, arresting several activists

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