Sumber dari Jakarta Globe.
Apa yang dibilang Ny. Mus menjadi kenyataan "agama damai" menyerang gereja
dengan tujuan mendamaikan agar "agama damai" betul-betul merasa damai setelah
gereja-gereja ketakutan.
Temanggung, Central Java. Roving mobs
of Muslims on Tuesday attacked and vandalized five buildings, including
two churches, in the small Central Java town of Temanggung following the
sentencing of a man on trial for contempt of Islam.
Judges at
the district court in Temanggung on Tuesday sentenced Antonius Richmord
Bawengan, 58, to five years in jail, as the prosecutors had requested.
The
verdict angered members of hard-line Islamic groups, who thought it was
too lenient, setting off the spasm of violence.
Two churches, a
school and two police stations were vandalized by the mobs and a number
of cars and motorcycles were set on fire. Nine people were injured in
the violence, most by thrown stones, police said.
The defendant
and the judges and prosecutors had to be rushed out of the courtroom by
police officers after hundred of people rushed toward them amid shouts
of “Allahu Akbar” after the verdict was announced.
Djoko
Suyanto, the coordinating ninister for political, legal, and security
affairs, said President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono condemned the violence,
which came just days after a violent attack on an Ahmadiyah community
in Pandeglang, Banten, that left three people dead and five injured.
“The
Central Java Police have been instructed to immediately find the
perpetrators of the anarchy and deal with them through the legal
process,” Djoko said in a written statement.
National Police
Chief Gen. Timur Pradopo said shortly after returning from Temanggung
that one person had been arrested. “We have arrested one suspect and may
name more as the investigation continues,” he said. “We will uphold the
law against whoever breaches it.”
He said that like many of the
others involved, the suspect was not from Temanggung, which he said
pointed to the violence being orchestrated by outsiders.
The
rioting ended some five hours after it started when hundreds of police
reinforcements arrived from other regions.
Antonius, a resident
of Manado, North Sulawesi, who holds a Jakarta identity card, was
convicted of distributing a book titled “Ya Tuhan, Tertipu Aku” (“Oh My
God, I Was Fooled”) and leaflets titled “Selamatkan Diri Dari Dajjal dan
Kiamat” (“Save Yourself from the Antichrist and Doomsday”).
They
were distributed in Kranggan village in Temanggung in October.
The
book said the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, is a symbol of the female
genital organ while the Jamrah pillar — another significant object in
Islam — is the male equivalent. The texts also described Islam as
violent.
Siti Mahanim, who prosecuted the case, said Antonius
was guilty of violating the Criminal Code on insulting Islam and
recommended the maximum sentence for the offense, five years in jail.
“I
regret my deeds and plead guilty. To the religious people, especially
Muslims in Indonesia, whose hearts were hurt by my actions, I
apologize,” Antonius said in court. With the admission, the judges
immediately announced their verdict.
The Temanggung Police had
deployed more than 400 officers in and around the court building, and
limited the number of people allowed inside the courtroom, police
spokesman Adj. Comr. Marino said.
Police fired three warning
shots and tear gas canisters outside the court but the mob then split up
and attacked a Pentecostal church, St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
and the Shekinah school in the complex of Bethel Indonesia Church. They
burned vehicles and later set fire to two police trucks.
Benny
Susetyo, head of the Indonesian Bishops Conference (KWI), told the
Jakarta Globe that reports from Temanggung indicated the rioters were
probably not locals. “Our team reported that they were transported to
the locations in trucks. It seems like they were from outside the
district,” he said.
Benny called on the government to “arrest
the perpetrators, whoever they are and whatever their motivation was.”
Additional reporting by Farouk Arnaz,
Dessy Sagita,
Markus Junianto Sihaloho &
Hartono
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