Anti-Ahmadiyah decree ‘a human rights violation’
Monday June 16, 2008 Ahmadiyya
In Indonesia, Islamic hardliners have forced the government to ban a cult or sect of Islam.
Tag: Ahmadiyya
Indonesia limits activities of religious group
Liberal Indonesians accused the government of caving in to extremists yesterday after it placed restrictions on the Ahmadiyah movement, a minority Islamic sect, in the face of violent protests by Muslim hardliners.
Islamic extremists call for war against Ahmadiyya sect
An Islamic hate group has called on its supporters to wage war against the Ahmadiyya movement — theologically a cult of Islam.
Minority sect’s mosque torched in Java
Monday April 28, 2008 Ahmadiyya
The attack in West Java’s Sukabumi district came after a government team recommended this month the Ahmadiyya sect be banned because its teachings deviate from the central tenets of Islam.
Indonesians rally for Ahmadiyya sect ban
Sunday April 20, 2008 Ahmadiyya
More than 1,000 Indonesian Muslims gathered in front of the presidential palace on Sunday to press the government to ban a Muslim sect that has been branded heretical by most Muslims.