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The open rejection of non-Muslim places of worship has been a repetitive phenomenon in Indonesia lately. It’s heartbreaking to note that the lack of proper certificates, permission, or documentation are very rarely the main reasons for the rejections. Every single news report reveals the stronger reason is simply because “the area is a Muslim-majority area”.
In the previous months, we have been shocked by intolerant actions against two Indonesian Christians — including a deceased elderly woman. In mid-February, villagers in Mojokerto regency, East Java, opposed the burial of Nunuk Suwartini, 68, in Ngares village because of her religion. The most recent case saw a Christian artist, Slamet Jumiarto, 42, expelled from another predominantly Muslim neighborhood in Bantul in Java’s heartland, Yogyakarta.
Beijing has already attracted widespread criticism for its treatment of Uighurs in the northwest region of Xinjiang, where up to one million members of mostly Muslim Turkic-speaking minority groups are held in internment camps, according to estimates cited by a UN panel.
“My name is Khan, and I am not a terrorist.”Do you remember this line spoken by the titular character Rizwan Khan (played brilliantly by Shah Rukh Khan) in the film My Name is Khan? Khan is a name associated with Islam, so what he is saying is a defining statement: “I am Muslim, and I am not a terrorist.”How do you normally define yourself after mentioning your name? Is it your nationality, religion or profession?
