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Indonesia new CSW report warns of growing religious intolerance

CSW’s new report on Indonesia, which will be launched on 25 February in the UK Parliament, warns that ‘Religious intolerance is no longer confined to areas such as West Java and Aceh, known to be particularly conservative, nor is it confined to Christians and Ahmadis. Shi’a Muslims, Sufi Muslims, Confucians, Buddhists, Hindus, Baha’is, Jews, traditional indigenous believers and atheists are all under attack.’
The report, Indonesia: Pluralism in Peril – The rise of religious intolerance across the archipelago, draws on more than 15 years of work in Indonesia by CSW and contains first-hand testimonies and comprehensive analysis of trends such as impunity in crimes against religious minorities and the criminalisation of the victims of persecution.
The launch event at the House of Commons is co-hosted by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on International Freedom of Religion or Belief, the APPG for Indonesia and the APPG for Ahmadiyya. It will be presented in the European Parliament a week later, on 4 March.
An interfaith delegation from Indonesia will testify at a hearing to launch the report, including:
The Reverend Favor Bancin from the Communion of Churches in Indonesia Dr Ahmad Suaedy, Executive Director of the Abdurrahman Wahid Centre for Inter-Faith Dialogue, at the University of Indonesia and former Director of the Wahid Institute Father Benny Susetyo from the Catholic Bishops Conference,  Representatives of the Ahmadiyya and Shi’a community.. more brief
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