Muslim People Rejects Construction of Gamaliel Christian School in Parepare, Indonesia

[pelihat]

Even though they had approved and given permission for the construction of the Gamaliel Christian School, the regional government of Parepare City, South Sulawesi, through the Parepare DPRD actually recommended stopping construction of the school after receiving rejection from a group of demonstrators because the school was being built in a community with a majority Muslim population.


Executive Director of Setara Institute, Halili Hasan, stated that the incident of rejection of Christian schools in Parepare indicated that even the lowest level of tolerance had not been met in that area and should not be tolerated by the local government.

A demonstration against the construction of the Gamaliel Christian School in Parepare City took place on Friday (06/10). The masses who came to demonstrate came from a group of residents and Islamic mass organizations.

Chairman of the Gamaliel Christian Education Foundation, Djuanda Alfonsius, said that his party was surprised by the demonstration against this.

This is because the foundation has also followed all the rules so as to obtain permission or approval for the school building (PBG).

Source: https://www.bbc.com/indonesia/articles/ceqe56j738no

 

[BibleLover]

Even though they had approved and given permission for the construction of the Gamaliel Christian School, the regional government of Parepare City, South Sulawesi, through the Parepare DPRD actually recommended stopping construction of the school after receiving rejection from a group of demonstrators because the school was being built in a community with a majority Muslim population.


Executive Director of Setara Institute, Halili Hasan, stated that the incident of rejection of Christian schools in Parepare indicated that even the lowest level of tolerance had not been met in that area and should not be tolerated by the local government.

A demonstration against the construction of the Gamaliel Christian School in Parepare City took place on Friday (06/10). The masses who came to demonstrate came from a group of residents and Islamic mass organizations.

Chairman of the Gamaliel Christian Education Foundation, Djuanda Alfonsius, said that his party was surprised by the demonstration against this.

This is because the foundation has also followed all the rules so as to obtain permission or approval for the school building (PBG).

Source: https://www.bbc.com/indonesia/articles/ceqe56j738no

What about using the law courts to file suit against the leaders of the demonstrations? Surely the Indonesian constitution allows freedom of religion. If not, there would be no way to use the courts to stop the opposition to this school. If Indonesia allows freedom of religion but does not enforce those freedoms, then the world needs to know about it. It's immoral for Islamic mobs to bully or intimidate non-Muslims. Even their own Quran states that there is no compulsion in religion.