SPIRITUAL music can no longer be heard coming from the Mutiara shopping center in Pamulang, Tangerang. Instead there are the words, "Stop Church," in bright red on the iron gate, denying entry. On the door is another sign with the words: "Church, No."

The buildings were once known as Gereja Bukit Sion (church), and on Sundays, the center teemed with Christians. In addition to Bukit Sion, the same complex housed two othe