The Jakarta Post, September 24, 2005
Ahmadiyah demands safety guarantee
BANDUNG: The West Java office of the Indonesian Ahmadiyah Congregation
demanded on Friday that the police ensure the safety of its followers following
Monday's attacks on its mosques and properties in Cianjur.
The congregation's lawyer Arif Yogiawan said hundreds of Ahmadiyah followers living
in Cianjur, 100 kilometers south of Bandung, remained vulnerable to raids by
hard-liners although 12 people had been arrested by the police in connection with
Monday's violence. It was the second attack on Ahmadiyah since a mob vandalized
its main office in Bogor in July.
Arif of the Bandung Legal Aid Institute said Ahmadiyah followers in the Cianjur villages
of Cibeber and Campaka had come under threat and intimidation despite the police
probe into the incident.
The lawyer estimated his client's material losses at no less than Rp 300 million
(nearly US$30,000) from Monday's attack on four mosques, 89 houses and several
shops belonging to the congregation. -- JP
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