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Indonesian President Joko Widodo (in white) at one of the church buildings attacked by terrorists in May 2018. (Press Bureau of the Secretariat of the President of Indonesia) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Indonesia last week arrested a 19-year-old member of an Islamic extremist group and his parents, foiling a plan to… Source […]
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Video of Halted Christian Worship in March Surfaces in Indonesia
July 30th, 2024 
Awake Goy Location of Banten Province, Indonesia. (TUBS, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Officials in Indonesia said they regretted the surfacing of a video showing Muslims halting worship of a church service in March, as authorities have since provided a temporary site for the congregation’s services. Soma Atmaja of the Tangerang… Source Views: 0
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No Comments »Wedding Disrupted, Worship Banned at Site in Indonesia
July 6th, 2024 Awake Goy Ampel Mosque in Surabaya, Indonesia. (Consigliere Ivan, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, INDONESIA (Morning Star News) – Local officials in Indonesia on Sunday (June 30) stopped a wedding ceremony and banned the church from further worship meetings at the site, sources said. In Mergosari, Tarik District, Sidoarjo Regency of Java island, village head Eko Budi… Source Views: 0
Pastor in Indonesia Accused of Blasphemy
April 26th, 2024 Awake Goy Pastor Gilbert Lumoindong of Indonesia Bethel Church in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Screenshot from YouTube) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Muslim leaders have filed complaints of blasphemy against a leading Christian pastor in Indonesia. After Pastor Gilbert Lumoindong of the Indonesia Bethel Church (Gereja Bethel Indonesia, GBI) mentioned Islamic… Source Views: 0
Muslims in Indonesia End Church’s Meetings in Home
March 23rd, 2024 Awake Goy Al-Azhom mosque in Banten Province, Indonesia. (JahlilMA, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Muslim residents objecting to house-church worship in western Indonesia on Sunday (March 17) compelled the pastor to discontinue using her home for services, sources said. On the western tip of Java Island, dozens of Muslim residents gathered outside the house […]
Islamic Extremists in Indonesia Targeting Youth, Women
March 1st, 2024 Awake Goy Indonesian youth in Pallawa village, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. (Rezki Sugiharto Nurdin, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – The head of Indonesia’s counter-terrorism agency said officials are focussing on protecting teenaged children and women from Islamic radicalization as they have become the most targeted… Source Views: 0
Blasphemy Law in Indonesia Faces Criticism as Cases Grow
December 22nd, 2023 Awake Goy Christian convert Muhammad Kece received a 10-year prison sentence under Indonesia’s blasphemy law. (YouTube screenshot) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – With an increase in blasphemy cases in Indonesia and arrests based on Islamic fatwas and mob pressure, rights advocates are calling for laws to be amended or ended. The number of charges… Source Views: 0
Scientists Discover ‘World’s Oldest’ Pyramid In Indonesia
November 4th, 2023 Awake Goy A massive underground pyramid hidden beneath a hillside in Indonesia far outdates Stonehenge or the Giza Pyramids and may come to rival the oldest megalithic structures ever built by humans. Archeologists believe the Gunung Padang pyramid […] The post Scientists Discover ‘World’s Oldest’ Pyramid In Indonesia appeared first on The People's Voice. Source Views: 0
Officials Vow to Withdraw Permit for Christian School in Indonesia
October 12th, 2023 Awake Goy Parepare District representative council receives Muslim demonstrators on Oct. 6, 2023 in South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. (Morning Star News screenshot from Facebook video) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Bowing to pressure from Islamic protestors, local officials in South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia have vowed to withdraw permission that had… Source Views: 0
Muslim Mob Forces Christians Out of Building in Indonesia
September 21st, 2023 Awake Goy Depok, West Java Province, Indonesia. (Indrianto Eko Suwarso ANTARA FOTO, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A Muslim mob protesting a church site outside Jakarta, Indonesia on Saturday (Sept. 16) has forced the congregation to temporarily move worship services online, sources said. The Indonesia Bethel Church (Gereja Bethel… Source Views: 0
Iran looking to export construction materials to Indonesia
September 9th, 2023 Awake Goy TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s Kerman Chamber of Commerce Mahdi Tayeb-Zadeh has said the development of Indonesia is a good opportunity for the Iranian private sector to export construction materials to the country. Source Views: 0
Israel in covert talks with Indonesia on normalisation: media reports
September 6th, 2023 Awake Goy Israeli officials are holding “confidential talks” with Indonesia aimed at improving diplomatic relations between the two countries, according to a report by Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper. The report notes that normalisation between the world’s largest Muslim-majority country and the occupation state could come into fruition following the upcoming elections for the Indonesian presidency in February 2024. As […]
Posted in Middle East, News Tags: covert, Indonesia, israel, Media, normalisation, reports, talks No Comments »Muslims with Machete, Club Halt Worship in Indonesia
September 6th, 2023 Awake Goy Telukbayur Harbour, Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia. (Gombang, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A machete-wielding Muslim threatened to kill members of a house church in Indonesia as he and family members on Aug. 29 broke up a worship service, sources said. In West Sumatra Province, the Sola Gratia congregation of Bethel Indonesia… Source […]
3-Month Jail Term Given for Halting Christian Worship in Indonesia
August 22nd, 2023 Awake Goy Bandar Lampung, on Sumatra Island, Indonesia. (22Kartika, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A court in Indonesia last week sentenced a Muslim to three months in jail for halting a Christian worship service. Sources said reducing the charge from blasphemy to disrupting a worship service, combined with an agreement the Muslim… Source Views: 0
Mobs Impede Christian Worship at Two Churches in Indonesia
August 16th, 2023 Awake Goy Damage done to GUPdI church building in Kabil village, Batam, Riau Islands Province, Indonesia on Aug. 9, 2023. (GUPdI for Morning Star News) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Mobs in northern Indonesia this month blocked a church from its Sunday service venue in one town and damaged a worship building under construction in another, sources… […]
Muslims Again Break Up Worship of Church in Indonesia
July 17th, 2023 Awake Goy Medan, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia. (Flickr, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – As police looked on, a group of Muslims in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia, on July 2 asked why a church should be present in a Muslim-majority area as they broke up its worship service, a video shows. The disruption was the second in […]
Churches in Indonesia Fight to Regain Worship Venues
July 6th, 2023 Awake Goy Skyline of eastern Jakarta, Indonesia. (Sambung.hamster, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Christians broke into joyful celebration when local officials in East Jakarta, Indonesia removed the seal on their church building on June 26, three months after it was closed. Citing lack of a permit, the East Jakarta City Planning Office on March 20 […]
Muslims Block Worship at Two Churches in Indonesia
June 24th, 2023 Awake Goy Christians defend home worship to Muslims in Bekasi, Indonesia on June 18, 2023. (Morning Star News Screenshot) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A local official and other Muslims on Sunday (June 18) stopped worship at a house church outside Jakarta, Indonesia, and a church site in Central Java Province was temporarily blocked, according to local… […]
Muslims Stop Christian Services in Two Cities in Indonesia
May 30th, 2023 Awake Goy Medan, North Sumatra. (Flickr, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Muslim mobs on May 19 stopped Christians from worship in two cities of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, sources said. Muslims reportedly disrupted Christians as they worshipped in a café in a village in Binjai, 13 miles from Medan, capital of North Sumatra Province. In […]
Local Officials Seal Church Building Shut in Indonesia
April 6th, 2023 Awake Goy Location of West Java Province, Indonesia. (TUBS, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Local officials sealed shut a church building in West Java Province, Indonesia on Saturday (April 1), two weeks after Muslims intruded into a worship service and demanded its closure, church leaders said. The congregation of the Simalungun… Source Views: 0
