Attack forces Indonesian Christians off campus

by renovatio | August 22, 2008 at 03:20 am

142 views | 0 Recommendations | 0 comments

Islam gives christians the right to practice their faith the way that they. If so called muslims are attacking these people, then they need to go back and study the Quran and the Sunnah.

The incident comes amid growing concern that Indonesia's tradition of religious tolerance is under threat from Islamic hard-liners.

In talks since the attack, the Arastamar Evangelical School of Theology has reluctantly agreed to shut its 20-year-old campus in east Jakarta, accepting an offer this week to move to a small office building on the other side of the Indonesian capital.

"Why should we be forced from our house while our attackers can walk freely?" asked the Rev. Matheus Mangentang, chairman of the 1,400-student school.