Source/Credit: The Jakarta Post
By Sita W. Dewi | April 22, 2012
Ahmadiyah followers in a number of places in West Java are on alert after a rumor circulated claiming that the same group that attacked an Ahmadiyah mosque in Singaparna, Tasikmalaya, West Java, on Friday would launch attacks on Ahmadi property in other areas in the province.
The Ahmadiyah community’s Tasikmalaya branch spokesman, Budi Badrussalam, told The Jakarta Post on Sunday that Ahmadiyah communities in Garut, Salawu, Ciamis and Tasikmalaya remained on guard against possible attacks on their properties.
"Yesterday, the local police said there might be follow-up attacks by the same group against our members in other areas," Budi said.
“Thousands of our members live in the areas and we have told the leaders to stay safe. However, members in those areas have reported that the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) was not holding any activities [which could lead to attacks]. Hopefully that will remain so,” he continued.
Budi added that they had coordinated with the police and that the police had guaranteed the community’s safety.
“We have also contacted the National Commission on Human Rights in Jakarta, which has reported the matter to the National Police,” he said.
Hundreds of people, some of whom wore green and white garments while others carried FPI banners, vandalized Baiturahman mosque in Tasikmalaya, which belongs to the Ahmadiyah community.
The minority group has long been the subject of attacks in the country by groups that deem the Ahmadiyah sect heretical
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