For fairness sake, I sincerely hope that Al Azhar Schools as well as pesantren would agree to provide lessons in Christianity.
Otherwise it shows once again that some Muslims in Indonesia are bullies who will impose their belief unto non-Muslim whilst they continue to disparage other religions. Gabriella ________________________________ From: itemabu2 <[email protected]> To: proletar <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 23 January 2013 4:02 AM Subject: [proletar] Catholic schools agree to provide Islamic lessons to avoid being shut down Sekolah katolik dipaksa unt bikin kelas agama Islam, kalo ga ditutup. Apa reaksi suryana yg katolik? Udah jelas ngejilat pantat orang Islam dan Islam, krn sekolah katolik itu bukan sanak saudara, kerabat atau teman suryana. http://www.jihadwatch.org/2013/01/islamic-tolerance-in-modern-moderate-indonesia-catholic-schools-agree-to-provide-islamic-lessons-to.html Islamic tolerance in modern, moderate Indonesia: Catholic schools agree to provide Islamic lessons to avoid being shut down Imagine the outcry if Islamic schools had been forced to teach Christianity. An update on this story. "Catholic schools in Blitar agree to provide Islamic lessons," by Indra Harsaputra for The Jakarta Post, January 17 (thanks to Twostellas): Six Catholic schools in Blitar municipality, East Java, have finally given in to a local ordinance and will provide Islamic lessons for their Muslim students. The city ordinance requires all Muslim students to be able to read and write Koranic verses. The head of the Religious Affairs Ministry’s office in Blitar, Imam Mukhlis, told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday that the six schools had finally agreed to provide Islamic teachers for their Muslim students. “We met today [Tuesday] and everything is just fine and there is no problem. They are willing to carry out the city ordinance,” he said. A representative of the Yohanes Gabriel Foundation confirmed the decision and said that the Islamic lessons would be delivered by competent teachers and conducted outside the schools. The Blitar city administration previously threatened to close down Diponogoro High School, the Catholic Vocational High School, Santa Maria Kindergarten, Santa Maria Elementary School, the Catholic Elementary School and Yos Sudarso Junior High School for their refusal to provide Islamic lessons to their Muslim students. The Blitar Mayoral Decree No. 8/2012 requires all Muslim students be able to read and write Koranic verses. The decree is based on Government Regulation No. 55/2007 on religious teaching. The government regulation, in turn, is based on Law No. 20/2003 on the national education system. Article 12 of the education law stipulates that every student in an educational institution is entitled to receive religious education in accordance with his or her religion, imparted by an educator of the same religion. Article 55, however, allows community-based education to be held in accordance with the specific religious, social and cultural norms for the benefit of the community. The law’s Article 12 is reiterated by Article 4 (2) of the government regulation while Article 6 regulates the provision of religious teaching at both state and private schools. Article 6 (3) says that if a privately run school cannot provide religious teachers, the central government or regional administration is obliged to provide religious teachers for the school.... Separately, the Indonesia Ulema Council’s East Java chapter chairman, Abdusomad Buchori, said his institution would urge other regions in the province to issue similar decrees so that all schools, be they state-run or managed by Christian foundations, provide Islamic lessons for their Muslim students. Posted by Robert on January 22, 2013 9:05 AM | 4 Comments ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
