Indonesia

Concerns are growing over at least 50 cases of religious freedom violations against Christians in Indonesia last year, as not only extremists but ordinary Muslims were responsible for many of the acts of intolerance and violence, according to a recent study.

A mob composed of hundreds of angry Muslims descended on two churches in Indonesia's province of West Sumatra just one day after a street march in the same district protested against a perceived increase in Christian schools.

Muslim protesters again blocked a Protestant church from holding Sunday services in front of their place of worship in West Java, Indonesia.

In the latest twist in the long-running saga of Bogor City's Taman Yasmin Indonesia Christian Church, authorities decided at a meeting in September that the church, which was forced to close in 2010, would not reopen, but instead should relocate about 7 kilometers away.

Two more churches in Indonesia's West Java province have been forcibly closed amid opposition and disputes over paperwork.

Concern is growing among Christians in Indonesia's Aceh province after a series of recent attacks by extremist groups or unknown assailants.

Two evangelists were arrested and beaten after meeting with a Muslim woman on Indonesia's Sumatra island.

Anti-Christian incidents in Indonesia are on track to surpass last year’s increase, according to the Jakarta Christian Communication Forum.

No arrests have been made since 600 Islamists hurled bags filled with urine and ditchwater at about 100 members of a church last week and threatened to kill its pastor.