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Six months of strife in Yogyakarta
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Dec. 26, 2013
The Shia-based Rausyanfikr Institute halts work after the Islamic Jihad Front (FJI) sends a letter to the Indonesian Ulema Council's (MUI) Yogyakarta branch demanding that it issue an edict declaring the Shiites as deviant.
Feb. 2, 2014
FJI members and local residents protest against the opening of Kingdom Hall, a place of worship for Jehovah's Witnesses, a Christian minority sect, in Baciro, although licensing had been completed.
March 30, 2014
FJI members vandalize the Kemah Injil Indonesia (GKII) church in Widoro village in Gunungkidul, threatening members of the congregation with trouble if they used the building for religious activities.
April 6 2014
FJI members and a crowd of hundreds of local residents seal off GKII. Representatives allege that the church lacks permits and that its presence is 'troubling'.
May 2, 2014
FJI members allegedly assault Gunungkidul Interfaith Forum chairman Aminuddin Azis. Aminuddin crashes his car at a traffic light in front of the Gunungkidul legislative council building in the regional capital of Wonosari. Aminuddin claims the attack was in response to allegations he made online about the FJI's role in damaging and forcing the closure of the GKII.
May 19, 2014
An Islamic mass organization disperses a prayer meeting in Kasihan in Bantul regency, alleging that the preacher is a Shia Muslim.
May 29, 2014
Dozens of people dressed in gamis (Islamic robes) attack the house of Julius Felicianus, the director of Galang Press, during a Catholic prayer meeting. Five are injured.
June 1, 2014
Residents and members of a mass organization attack a Pentecostal church in Pangukan, Sleman.
June 4, 2014
Members of the Isa Almasih Christian Church (GKIA) in Ngentak in Sleman regency are 'asked' to stop using their church for religious rituals by people claiming that the congregation is unlicensed.
