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http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/rotten-egg-attack-mars-indonesia-christmas-celebration/563514 Rotten Egg Attack Mars Indonesia Christmas Celebration December 25, 2012 More than 200 Indonesian Muslims threw rotten eggs at Christians wanting to hold a Christmas mass near land outside Jakarta where they plan to build a church, police and a witness said. Some 100 Christian worshippers intended to hold a mass near empty land where they hope to build a church, about 30-kilometers east of the capital, in a project barred by district government and community members in 2009. Since then, worshippers from the Filadelfia Batak Christian Protestant have held Sunday services under scorching sun outside the property. On Tuesday, however, local community members blocked the road near the land, Andri Ananta, a local police chief on Jakarta's outskirts, told AFP. An AFP photographer witnessed furious locals — men and women wearing Muslim headscarf, with small children in tow — physically blocking the road and throwing rotten eggs at the gathering worshippers. Ananta said police managed to convince the Christians to drop their plan and return home. "We tried our best to avoid any clash and the Christians agreed to leave," he said, adding 380 police and military personnel including an anti-riot squad were deployed to the area. Church leader Reverend Palti Panjaitan said the incident came after a Christmas Eve attack on Monday evening when "intolerant people" threw not only rotten eggs but plastic bags filled with urine and cow dung at them. "Everything had happened while police were there. They were just watching without doing anything to stop them from harming us," he told AFP. The country's high court last year overruled the district government's 2009 decision, but constant intimidation from Muslims in the area has delayed the church's construction, church officials said. Indonesia's constitution guarantees freedom of religion but rights groups say violence against minorities including Christians and the Ahmadiyah Islamic sect has escalated since 2008. Ninety percent of Indonesia's population of 240 million identify themselves as Muslim but the vast majority practice a moderate form of Islam. Agence France-Presse +++++ http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/gki-yasmin-denied-christmas-service-in-bogor-church-again/563498?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=jgnewsletter GKI Yasmin Denied Christmas Service in Bogor Church, Again Vento Saudale | December 25, 2012 Dozens of members from the GKI Yasmin congregation argue with security officers as they are again denied entry into their church in Bogor, West Java, to hold a Christmas service on Tuesday. (JG Photo/Vento Saudale) Dozens of members from the GKI Yasmin congregation were denied entry into their church in Bogor on Tuesday morning to hold a Christmas service, after local residents blocked them from entering. The congregation gathered in front of a supermarket, around 100 meters from the church at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, but about 100 local residents, who have been rejecting their presence since the church first opened in 2006, were already there to block them from entering the church yard. Up to 300 personnel from Jakarta's Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) and police officers, as well as military members, were on site to stand guard. Hendi Iskandar, chief of the Satpol PP team, insisted the congregation members to not hold their Christmas service in the church, adding that the building was still being disputed. “We’ve provided the building [another venue to hold services] to facilitate services for three days, and we’ll guarantee its safety,” Hendi added, referring to a meeting hall 150 meters from the sealed church. But the congregation refused to take up the alternative option. “This is not about where we hold services; that church is our rightful house of worship, and it should be protected by the state,” congregation member Jayadi said. The GKI Yasmin won a permit to run the church in 2006, but it was promptly revoked by the municipal administration after resistance from Muslim-majority local residents. The Supreme Court ordered its reopening two years ago, but the local administration has refused to enforce the ruling. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
