Orang Kristen dipenjara krn "kristenisasi", lalu di penjara msh digebukin
oleh sesama napi.

Krn ngegebukin orang Kristen, maka napi2 tsb adalah orang Islam yg soleh
dan bertaqwa, bukan?

Jadi, knp orang2 ISlam soleh dan bertaqwa msh bs dijebloskan ke penjara jg?

Islam itu emang laknatan lil alamin


http://www.bosnewslife.com/30751-indonesia-christians-sentenced-for-evangelism-us-under-pressure
Indonesia Christians Sentenced For Evangelism; US Under
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Friday, October 4, 2013 (12:12 pm)


By BosNewsLife Asia Service

JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife <http://www.bosnewslife.com>)-- The United
States was under pressure Friday, October 4, to condemn "grave violations”
of religious freedom in Indonesia amid reports that two Indonesian
Christians were sentenced to three years imprisonment for evangelism.

In an open letter to President Barack Obama ahead of next week's
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, advocacy groups Christian
Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) and CSW USA urged him to "raise serious concerns
regarding widespread and grave violations of freedom of religion or belief
in the region, particularly in Indonesia and Burma."

Obama was canceling his trip to Asia to stay in Washington and push for an
elusive funding bill to end the nation's government shutdown, but the White
House said Secretary of State John Kerry would fly to Bali, Indonesia, on
Friday, October 4, to head the U.S. delegation to the October 5-7 summit.

It was not immediately clear whether Kerry was aware of the detention of
Christians Kashfi Rosyid and Jalaudin, who were reportedly detained by
police on March 20 in the city of Sukabumi in West Java province after an
angry mob of some 200 Muslims reportedly attacked their home.

*ASSISTING BROTHERS*

The International Christian Concern (ICC) group, which assists the two
brothers with advocacy, told BosNewsLife that Rosyid, 58, and Jalaudin, 65,
have both been beaten at least once by fellow inmates since their
imprisonment.

They were sentenced after the two men had helped to convert more than 100
Muslims to Christianity in the area around their home, Christians said.

The attorney representing the two Christians has given up on appealing
their three- year prison sentence after facing "significant pressure" from
local authorities in what is the world's largest Muslim nation, ICC said.

Additionally Rosyid's family has been "chased out of their village" with
their current whereabouts unknown, while Jalaudin's family was forced to
resettle in an undisclosed location in West Java, Christians said.

The families reportedly received some support from outside organizations,
but are still struggling to cope with the imprisonment of Rosyid and
Jalaudin, according to ICC investigators.

*WIDER CRACKDOWN*

It comes amid a wider crackdown with on devoted Christians, church groups
say. In 2012, at least 50 Christian churches were forcibly shut down by
local governments across Indonesia under pressure from radicalized
political groups, such as the Islamic Defenders Front, according to ICC
estimates.

Rights activists have expressed concerns that President Obama, who spent
part of his childhood in the country, lauded Indonesia as a model of
religious tolerance.

In May of this year, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono accepted
a "highly disputed award" from the New York-based Appeal of Conscience
Foundation for his promotion of religious tolerance, ICC recalled.

The award was accepted despite protests by religious minorities, who claim
to have seen incidents of violence and discrimination rise rapidly over the
last several years.

Ryan Morgan, ICC's regional manager for Southeast Asia told BosNewsLife
that "The arrest and imprisonment of Mr. Rosyid and Mr. Jalaudin for
sharing their religious beliefs is completely unacceptable and should
rightly startle the international community."

*CONSTITUTIONAL CONCERNS*

He said, "Their imprisonment is a blatant violation of basic human
liberties, a serious miscarriage of justice, and a slap in the face to the
tolerance espoused by Indonesia's leaders and protected under articles 28
and 29 of the Indonesian Constitution."

"We call on the government of Indonesia to immediately intervene on their
behalf and to secure their release as quickly as possible."

In an open letter, CSW asks President Obama to urge his Indonesian
counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, “to take clear action to protect
vulnerable religious minorities, ensure that the perpetrators of violence
are brought to justice, and uphold the right of churches and other places
of worship to open.”

It also expressed concerns about religious intolerance in Burma, also known
as Myanmar, after the outbreak of anti-Muslim violence in the country over
the past year and ongoing attacks against the predominantly Christian
Kachin community.

*(BosNewsLife, the first truly independent news agency covering persecuted *
*Christians, is 'Breaking the News for Compassionate Professionals' since **
2004).*

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