“Tracing the Footsteps of an Increasingly Divided Nation”

Throughout 2008, the constitutional guarantee for freedom of religion and faith as an individual and non-negotiable right has been violated several times. Several anti-pluralism cases involving rights violations, violence and conflict were not satisfactorily resolved. The emergence of an overly enthusiastic religious identity and the tendency for some social groups to evict others who hold different religious interpretations or views, as well as the lack of law enforcement from the government (local and central) has only perpetuated this phenomenon.

On the workshop’s third day these religious experts made an important decision to demand that the Indonesian parliament (DPR RI) immediately legalize or pass the Corruption Court Bill before December 19, 2009, this date being the three year cut off since the original Constitutional Court’s ruling.

“The weak solidarity between the rich and the poor has split the Muslim community,” Yenny said.