The Tolikara incidentwhich killed one person and injured 11 othersshows the failure of the government and religious leaders to prevent conflicts between followers of different faiths.

After the attacks on followers of Ahmadiyah and against Shias, as well as the vandalism of churches in several places in Indonesia over the last few years, we have now been stung by this open conflict.

The trouble began when a group of youths from the Evangelical Chur