Ref: Kalau tidak dibolehkan membangun rumah ibadah Nasrani pada jalan yang 
memakai nama Islam, maka kemungkinan besar di kemudian hari akan ada larangan 
bahwa orang yang bukan beragama Islam tidak boleh berdiam di NKRI. Jadi 
Anda-anda yang bukan beragama Islam atau yang berpaham kafir lainnya sebaiknya 
sedia payung seblelum hujan gurun pasir diturunkan dari langit. 

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Churches Can’t Be Built in Streets with Islamic Names: Bogor Mayor
Camelia Pasandaran | August 19, 2011


Bogor’s controversial mayor says he has a new reason not to allow the GKI 
Yasmin church to open — the name of the street on which it is built has an 
Islamic name.

Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi said Bogor Mayor Diani Budiarto — who 
continues to defy rulings from the Supreme Court and Ombudsman Commission to 
open the church — had told him that a church should not be built on a street 
with an Islamic name.

“[Diani] said that it is a fact that the street is named after a noted Islamic 
Ulama,” Gamawan said at the Vice Presidential Palace on Friday.

GKI Yasmin is located on Jalan Abdullah bin Nuh, an Islamic leader from Cianjur 
in West Java.

Local cleric Muhammad Mustofa, whose father is the street’s namesake, has 
previously stated that he has no objection to the church.

Mustofa, who said that Islam was a religion that promoted peace, said 
differences between religions were not new and similar problems had occurred 
since the time of Prophet Mohammad.

“Mecca is an example of pluralism during the prophet’s time. Every problem has 
its solution and hopefully the problem [surrounding the church] will be settled 
immediately,” he said.

Gamawan also indicated on Friday that he was siding with Diani in the dispute 
with the church.

“This is the political reality in the field and it could cause disturbances to 
security and peace,” Gamawan said. “It would not be healthy in the long run, 
even for the congregation members themselves. [Diani] told me that he has 
offered an alternative location with the same [dimensions].”

Gamawan said he would summon Diani next week to discuss possible solutions to 
the conflict.

“We need to mediate ... but we also need to maintain security and peace,” 
Gamawan said.

Church spokesman Bona Sigalingging said Diani’s reasoning was unacceptable 
given that a number of churches were built on streets with Islamic names and 
mosques were built on streets with Christian names.

Bona said the church would refuse to accept any offer of alternative premises.

“The problem is it against the law, against the court ruling and against the 
recommendation of Ombudsman. It also breaches legal certainty.”



Ombudsman Commission chairman Danang Girindrawardana told the Jakarta Globe on 
Friday that the street name issue was a “made-up excuse.”

He said the Ombudsman’s recommendation was legally binding, with the Regional 
Representative Council (DPRD) and Home Affairs minister having the power to 
enforce sanctions.

He said he hoped the Home Affairs Ministry would uphold the law and impose 
serious sanctions.

Diani is supported by a coalition of political parties that includes the Golkar 
Party, Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and Prosperous Justice 
Party (PKS).

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