The Right to Worship
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
The policy on constructing places of worship must be reviewed because it contradicts the Constitution. Unilateral closures of churches are unjustified.
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THE unilateral closing of churches can never be justified. Even more so if the people responsible for the closures profess a different religion from that practiced by people worshiping there. Furthermore, such actions violate the freedom of religion and worship, and can spark conflicts.
This is what happened in Bandung in the middle of last August. A church was forcibly closed by a group calling itself the Anti-Apostasy Movement Alliance. They c
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