JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Members of a Muslim sect have been ordered by the government to return to mainstream Islam or face possible imprisonment for insulting the country's predominant religion.
A document signed Monday by two Cabinet ministers and the attorney general "warns and orders all Ahmadiyah followers to stop their activities" or face up to five years in prison.
Indonesia's constitution guarantees freedom of religion, but many in the nation of 235 million consider it offensive that the sect does not recognize Muhammad as the only prophet. Read more ...
A document signed Monday by two Cabinet ministers and the attorney general "warns and orders all Ahmadiyah followers to stop their activities" or face up to five years in prison.
Indonesia's constitution guarantees freedom of religion, but many in the nation of 235 million consider it offensive that the sect does not recognize Muhammad as the only prophet. Read more ...
Source: AP