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View all search resultsAuthorities in West Java's Garut regency have again forcibly closed a building used by the Ahmadiyah minority community as a place of worship, citing public threats to do so, amid recent reports highlighting the worsening condition of religious freedom in Indonesia.
During his presidency, Jokowi has shown that he means business when it comes to fighting religious conservatism, with the dissolution of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) and Hizbuth Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), two groups known for religious intolerance.
This Christmas season has brought especially good news to the country’s Christians, both Protestant and Catholic, because for the first time since COVID-19 cases were discovered in Indonesia in 2020 they will enjoy full freedom to attend Christmas services in person.
Setara Institute runs a periodic survey of the most tolerant cities around the country, which includes measuring the relationship between majority and minority religious communities. Cilegon has consistently ranked low in the survey in recent years.