The Al Misbah Mosque had previously received threats from hardliners like the Islam Defenders Front (FPI). In February 14, the Bekasi administration sealed the mosque to prevent further trouble but then it was reopened by the followers.
Source/Credit: The Jakarta Post
By TJP | April 5 2013
A group of 200 Bekasi public order personnel assisted by police officers and soldiers were ordered to seal the Ahmadiyah mosque Al Misbah in Bekasi as a follow-up to the Ministries Joint Decree that have prohibited the Ahmadi from spreading their beliefs.
Several of the Ahmadiyah followers became distressed at the sealing but were unable to prevent it.
“They’ve told us to halt all activities,” Mosque security chief Deden Sujana said on Thursday as quoted by kompas.com.
Deden criticized the sealing, saying the Ministries Joint Decree hadn’t stipulated mosque sealings.
The Al Misbah Mosque had previously received threats from hardliners like the Islam Defenders Front (FPI). In February 14, the Bekasi administration sealed the mosque to prevent further trouble but then it was reopened by the followers.
In the past, dozens of Ahmadiyah mosques throughout the country have been sealed off by either religious hardliners or local government representatives for the reason that Ahmadiyah is not recognized as part of Islam and therefore its followers have been prohibited from performing or spreading their version of Islam.(nai/dic)
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