The fundamentalists destroyed and burned three cars a part of the 10 buildings that make up the whole Christian complex. The Muslims anger was spurred on by rumours that the leaders of the foundation wanted to construct a chapel. The rumours were groundless, but were enough to ignite minds and incite the crowd. Local sources, on condition of anonymity, tell AsiaNew
s that the attackers were “people from the neighbouring sub-districts Cisaura and Ciawi. One detail that, in reality, shows the attacks were well orchestrated.
The police, unable to prevent violence, promises justice. Six people were detained and are under interrogation. “If any of these is responsible for the attacks – said Tomex Kurniawan, police chief of Bogor City – we will not hesitate to establish an arrest warrant”.
Recently, hundreds of Muslims, which later became thousands, have appealed to Cisarua government, to put a stop to any construction activities within the BPK Penabur, despite the permit (IMB) issued by the authorities. Fundamentalists accuse Christian Foundation of “betraying” the “truce” which prohibited the creation of a Christian education centre in a predominantly Muslim area.
The above clip is from AsiaNews.it as it covers the violence that started escalating and continues to escalate due to rumors of a Christian group deciding and also moving forward on building a church in a place where it isn’t welcome. In Bogor, West Java Province, Indonesia at a Christian education center, according to the rest of the report, is where all the burning and rioting took place. This location is mostly Islamic. Sound fierce? If so, it really is as arrests have been made and all because of the weight behind these crimes. In an area such as this, Christians aren’t allowed to build any places of worship…period. Chaos erupts if, as one can read above, there is even a rumor of sorts.
So far, though cars and buildings have been burned, there have been no reports of dead people in these incidents. This incident isn’t the only incident as there has been plenty others in the past. Along with those other incidents, the reports have counted slaughtered victims.
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