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Podcast: Mission Network News - Asia
Episode: Equal in writing only: the reality of Christians in Indonesia
Description: Indonesia (MNN) — The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) issued a report in January 2024 on the the state of religious freedom in Indonesia. USCIRF recommends that Indonesia be placed on the U.S. Department of State’s Special Watch List “for engaging in or tolerating severe violations of religious freedom.”
Local application of laws
Although Indonesia’s constitution protects certain minority religions, including Christianity, Bruce Allen with FMI says, “One of our partners, [a pastor] on the island of Java, says, ‘While the laws are made to protect the equality of all people, including religio...