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From: "What's this?" <shuhada@usa.net>
To: "Robert McFarlane" <Roblee2@aol.com>
Subject: FYI
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 11:55:36 -0600

Calls For Christian Execution Follows Muslim Conversion 



MINANGKABAU, Western Sumatra (CSW) -- The suspected conversion of a 
Muslim girl in Western Sumatra has set in motion a chain of events that 
has led to the arrest and detention of several Christians and a call for 
local Christians to be executed, if they do not leave the area. 


It began when a young girl Khairiayah Esniwah or "Defi", met with 
Christians in Minangkabau in March 1998 and expressed a desire to convert 
to Christianity from Islam of her own free will. Because she feared 
punishment by her family for converting, she willingly moved to Malang, 
East Java where she continued her education. However, on June 12th Salmon 
Ongirwalu, a Christian living in Minangkabau, Western Sumatra, was 
arrested, accused of kidnapping and raping Defi. Defi had returned to her 
family in August 1998. 


Salmon is still being held without having been convicted but, following a 
media campaign against Christians living in Minangkabau, the charges 
against him have intensified to "kidnap and forced conversion" and 
"blaspheming of Minangkabau Adat (culture) Law." 


The media campaign is largely warning the public against 'evil' 
Christians whose attempts to convert others are perceived to be an 
affront to the Minangkabau culture. There have been calls for the 
execution of all Christians who do not "voluntarily" leave the area, and 
demonstrations are held daily outside the police station where Salmon is 
held. 


Other Christians have since been detained and intimidated by the general 
public and authorities in Minangkabau. Yanuardi Koto, the head of the 
Fellowship of W.Sumatra Christians and Pastor Robert Marthinus, the 
Principal of a Christian school, were both arrested on 19 July, 1999 and 
are being held, pending trial. 


Christians in Indonesia have been increasingly targeted since 1986, 
accused of betraying the Republic and following a colonial religion. In 
the last four years nearly 300 churches have been destroyed across the 
Republic. 




(=A9 1999, Christian Solidarity Worldwide)



(Post date: August 23, 1999)



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