5 Comments on “Religion Minister Reported to Police”

1. Magy Says:
   May 24th, 2006 at 3:12 am

   It is a tremendous danger in mixing the state and religion. Indonesia has already decideded to keep these two distinct entities apart.

   I wonder why RI not fight to uphold this hard won democratic principle of tolerance?

2. Bas Says:
   May 24th, 2006 at 12:30 pm

   “Indonesia has already decideded to keep these two distinct entities apart.”.

   How? By creating the religion departemen, forcing people to choose a “legal” religion and writing their religion on ID cards?

   “I wonder why RI not fight to uphold this hard won democratic principle of tolerance?”

   Because they are intolerant by nature. With democracy they can show their real faces.

3. Magy Says:
   May 25th, 2006 at 12:39 am

   What is the reason for putting religion on an identity card? I was under the impression that the RI constitution did allow different faiths? But now I’m confused.

4. badai ismatu Says:
   August 8th, 2006 at 12:17 pm

   That is the thing will happen when the state is interested in religious affairs. Although Indonesian constitution protects the rights of citizen on religious expression, there is alwas limitatation have been made. Only those 5 state recognized religion have certain privilages to operate but with also certain degrees of control from the government. I mean it.
   There is political context why in the ID, every citizen should mention their religious affiliation. It is because of the ‘fear’ of communist infiltration that in Indonesian context is always identical with atheism. Why so? Indonesian (I means here the New Order regime) was traumatized with communist coup in 1965. That why the regime issued this kind of regulation. And just to make you awake, in Indonesia, there are more than 108 regulations of religion and half of which are about the state prohibition on religion in terms of doctrine or affiliation. I am an Indonesian, but I dare to say that the government is too much doing those such things in the name of religious affairs. Enough is enough! The ministry is no longer needed and indeed we Indonesians who have brain never need it!

5. lucia Says:
   April 25th, 2008 at 4:47 pm

   religion department should be disbanded, they’re the most useless bunch of civil servants right after the people’s rep assembly.

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