Mari kita hentikan kegiatan-kegiatan semacam ini !!! Jangan mau diadu domba !! Message http://www.egroups.com/list/mimbarbebas/?start=1933 > > Straits Times > Dec 3 1998 > > Mosque burned in Indonesian Borneo, town tense > > JAKARTA - A mosque was burned down and two vandalised in a town on the > Indonesian island of Borneo in the latest sign of religious tension in the > mostly Moslem country, the official Antara news agency said today. > > Residents of Ngabang, near the West Kalimantan provincial capital of > Pontianak, were guarding churches and mosques in fear of possible rioting, the > agency said. > > It quoted local security officials as saying that a man, a newcomer to the > area and believed to be mentally disturbed, had been arrested. > > It did not say when the attacks took place. > > Earlier this week, Christian youths rampaged through the town of Kupang in > West Timor, torching and vandalising several mosques and other Islamic > buildings and sparking fears of revenge Moslem attacks elsewhere in Indonesia. > > The rioting erupted as hundreds of Christian students took to the streets to > demonstrate against recent ethnic and religious clashes across the troubled > archipelago, including in the capital Jakarta. > > Indonesia has the world's largest Moslem population, with more than 80 percent > of its 200 million people following Islam. > > But there are also large communities of Hindus, Buddhists, Catholics and > Protestants, which are also recognised by the government as official > religions. > > There is growing concern over the attacks, with government and religious > leaders fearing the tension could explode into mass racial and ethnic > violence. > > Since the downfall of autocratic former President Suharto in May, crime and > violence have been risen alarmingly with a demoralised military shown to be > increasingly ineffective in establishing law and order. - Reuters > > > Subject: Mosque burned in Kalimantan, town tense > Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 01:51:10 EST > > ----- See the original message at http://www.egroups.com/list/mimbarbebas/?start=1933 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] HI-Reliability low cost web hosting service - http://www.IndoGlobal.com Indonesia without violence!
