An Ahmadiyah mosque in Babakan Sindang hamlet, Tasikmalaya, was vandalized on Sunday morning
n Ahmadiyah mosque in Babakan Sindang hamlet, Tasikmalaya,was vandalized on Sunday morning.
Asep Rahmat, one of witnesses of the incident,said that dozens of people on motorcycles
stormed the mosque and threw rocks at it. Theangry mob also cut off electricity and threw rocks at nearby homes. 'I did not recognize any of the men. It was pitchblack and all of a
sudden they set fire to the mosque,' Asep said asquoted by kompas.com.
He said there were no casualties and that thepolice were still investigating the incident.
Not long before this incident, an angry mob alsoset fire to an Ahmadiyah mosque in Tasikmalaya.
Over the last five years, dozens of Ahmadiyahmosques and training
facilities were set fire to by religious hard-linerswho refuse to share a religious platform with Ahmadis. (dic)
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