10 September 2018 - Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim country with more than 82% of its roughly 260 million people following Islam. Around 10% of the population is Christian. Until mid-2018, on 30 June 2018, SETARA Institute recorded 109 incidents of religion/belief freedom violations with 13 actions. These incidents of violations were spread across 20 provinces
Indonesia has been increasingly experiencing cases of intolerance, according to a think tank and research institute. The SETARA Institute for Democracy and Peace, an Indonesia-based that conducts research and advocacy on democracy, political freedom and human rights, released a mid-2018 report on the condition of the religion/faith freedom on August 20. It provides a record of the actual conditions of freedom of religion/faith. Recently, lots of interesting events to convey the progress of the data compiled by the observers of SETARA Institute considering the spirit of independence are covering the heart of the people of the archipelago, Bonar Tigor Naipospos, Deputy Chairperson of SETARA Institute told Fides.
Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim country with more than 82% of its roughly 260 million people following Islam. Around 10% of the population is Christian. Until mid-2018, on 30 June 2018, SETARA Institute recorded 109 incidents of religion/belief freedom violations with 13 actions. These incidents of violations were spread across 20 provinces. (…)
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