Islamic Hard-Liners in Jakarta Break Up Tolerance Rally

June 1, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The International Herald Tribune

Wire Service: AP

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/666140

Islamic hard-liners broke up a religious tolerance rally Sunday, beating demonstrators with bamboo sticks and calling for the deaths of members of a Muslim sect they consider heretical, witnesses said.

About 200 Christians, moderate Muslims and members of Ahmadiyah — an Islamic group the government is considering banning — gathered at the National Monument in the nation's capital of Jakarta to celebrate the country's tradition of pluralism, said Gunawan Mohamad, a prominent magazine publisher who took part in the rally.