Tragedy at Night
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Hundreds died in the Tanjung Priok tragedy, but the perpetrators were released by the court
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THE uproar started with a poster, which read “Women Should Wear Jilbab (Muslim Headscarf)”. It was hung on the wall of Mussola (house of worship) As-Sa’adah at Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta. It was not an unusual appeal, but in September 1984 it caused a tragedy.
The political temperature at that time had neared boiling point. The Suharto government was busy campaigning for the nation to adopt Pancasila (five philosophies) as its sole natio
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