about 500 men attacked a group of about 30 Shi’ite students and teachers in an East Java city Sunday, killing two men and injuring another five who were trying to protect the women and children.
Unicef, the United Nations children’s aid organization, denounced the attack, saying there is “no excuse for violence against children and actions that put children at risk are unacceptable in any society. “ The organization called on the community to condemn the violence and “to ensure that every child is protected from harm.
Violence has slowly been picking up against Shias despite a ruling by the Indonesian Council of Ulemas, considered the country’s highest authority on Islam, that Shi’ite religious teachings are in the Islamic mainstream.
In the past, mainstream Muslim groups largely confined themselves to attacking fringe Muslim groups such as the Amadiyah, who believe their prophet, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, succeeded the Prophet Muhammad as the last messenger of Allah. The sect was declared apostate in 2008 by the Ulama. The sect has been the target of horrific sporadic violence, including an incident in February 2011 in which three Ahmadiyah members were hunted down and beaten to death by a mob of more than 1,500 villagers in a city in Banten Province in East Java. Full story...
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Unicef, the United Nations children’s aid organization, denounced the attack, saying there is “no excuse for violence against children and actions that put children at risk are unacceptable in any society. “ The organization called on the community to condemn the violence and “to ensure that every child is protected from harm.
Violence has slowly been picking up against Shias despite a ruling by the Indonesian Council of Ulemas, considered the country’s highest authority on Islam, that Shi’ite religious teachings are in the Islamic mainstream.
In the past, mainstream Muslim groups largely confined themselves to attacking fringe Muslim groups such as the Amadiyah, who believe their prophet, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, succeeded the Prophet Muhammad as the last messenger of Allah. The sect was declared apostate in 2008 by the Ulama. The sect has been the target of horrific sporadic violence, including an incident in February 2011 in which three Ahmadiyah members were hunted down and beaten to death by a mob of more than 1,500 villagers in a city in Banten Province in East Java. Full story...
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