
Militant Muslims attack Christians in Indonesia
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Twelve people were left wounded as the extremists shouted, "Repent or die."
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Catholic News Agency (www.catholicnewsagency.com)
6/4/2008 (1 decade ago)
Published in Asia Pacific
MADRID (CNA) - Muslim extremists who are members of the Islamic Defenders Front recently attacked 200 moderate Christians and Muslims who protested for religious freedom in the Indonesian capital, threatening the protestors with death and attacking them with machetes and sticks.
Twelve people were left wounded as the extremists shouted, "Repent or die."
According to the Spanish daily, "La Razon," the extremists also attacked children and the elderly who were present at the protest. Between the years 2004 and 2007, Muslim extremist groups and local governments closed 110 churches in Indonesia.
La Razon also pointed to the case of Habiba Kouider, a Muslim convert to Christianity in Algeria who was arrested and sentenced for having copies of the Bible in her possession. In addition to her case, seven other Christians are on trial.
The Spanish daily also denounced that in Egypt, two Catholic Coptic priests were wounded by drive-by gunfire against the Monastery of Abu Fana in the southern region of the country.
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