The Jakarta Post reports on 300 police and 24 public order officers destroying the steel foundations of an extension of an Ahmadiyya Muslim Community mosque.  Responsible for Equality And Liberty rejects such denial of our universal human rights of freedom of religion and freedom of worship.

— Jakarta Post: Worst to come for Ahmadiyah as more turn a blind eye
— “A single day erased a year’s worth of effort by the Jamaah Ahmadiyah congregation members to renovate their dilapidated, old mosque which has stood since 1977 in Cisalada village in Ciampea district, Bogor regency.”
— “On July 12, the district chief of Ciampea, Budi Lukmanul Hakim, accompanied by 24 public order officers and 300 police officers, destroyed the steel foundations for what was to be an extension of the mosque.”
— “The action caused Rp 250 million in losses for the congregation.”
— “‘It took us one year, starting from Lebaran, to collect donations from the congregation to achieve that sum of money,’ said Ahmad Hidayat, an Ahmadi cleric.”
— “The foundations were destroyed on orders expressed in a letter issued by the district chief after the administration was pressured by hard-line mass organizations in three surrounding villages, according to the Institute for Democracy and Peace (Setara).”
— “‘The demonstrators also demanded the local court and police disband Ahmadiyah and seal our mosques,’ he said, adding that the mosques had not been sealed thanks to good coordination between the congregation and local administration officials.”

Indonesia: Orders to close Ahmadiyya Mosque in Manis Lor and attacks by extremists
— “Manis Lor is a small village, located 45KM south of Cirebon city in Kuningan Regency, with a population of approximately 4,350 out of which 3,000 (70%) are Ahmadis. They have one big and seven small Mosques in Village.”
— “H. Aang Hamid Suganda, Head of Kuningan Regent, vide Warrant Number: 451.2/2065/SAT.POL.PP dated July 22, 2010, ordered Civil Order Police Chief Indra Purwantoro to close and seal all eight Mosques belonging to Ahmadiyah Muslim sect in Manis Lor. This order is in clear violation of constitution, which guarantees freedom of worship to all its citizens.”

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Responsible for Equality and Liberty (R.E.A.L.) supports our universal human rights to freedom of religion, freedom of worship, and freedom of conscience for all people of all faiths. Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that “Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.”

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