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The Religious Affairs Ministry has pledged to act firmly in addressing recurring incidents of violent intolerance in Indonesia by involving the police and the intelligence agency, while rights groups push for inclusive, grassroots-based solutions.
West Java made another notch in its religious intolerance record when villagers in Tangkil, Sukabumi regency, damaged a neighbor's home for hosting a Christian retreat for youth and their parents.
Thousands of members of the Ahmadiyah community, including women and children, from across the country have been forced to return to their respective homes after the local administration blocked access to Manislor village in Kuningan, West Java, where they were due to hold a mass religious gathering.
The country still needs to make significant efforts to uphold freedom of religion as guaranteed in the 1945 Constitution, especially since government, whether central or regional, is often guilty of fanning the flames of intolerance through contradictory regulations.
Following Pope Francis's messages urging interfaith dialogue, upholding tolerance and protecting diversity during his Indonesia visit, rights advocates have called on the government to take up the mantle by revoking discriminatory policies, such as the controversial 2006 decree deemed to restrict the constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of minority religions in the country.
