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Why Only Six Religions Are Recognized in Indonesia?

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Kenapa Cuma Enam Agama yang Diakui di Indonesia?

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Why do people have difficulty to get along?

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Kenapa Soal SARA Suka Bikin Orang Perang?

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Why Do We Fight for the Defending of an Idol?

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Toleransi Beragama | Seri Cerdas Berkarakter

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Riri Cerita Anak Interaktif: Perundungan

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Tolerance is not taking action against people who do things one does not like. The opposite of tolerance is intolerance. Intolerance is often found in dictatorships historically and often causes the hate crime and hate speech. Tolerance is often about religion ( religious toleration), sex, or politic opinion, nation, race, disability or gender identity.

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In Spanish: Tolerancia social para niños

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Indonesia has banned public schools from making religious attire compulsory, after the story of a Christian student being pressured to wear a headscarf in class went viral.

The 16-year-old girl was attending a school that had a rule that all students had to wear the Muslim headscarf.

The government has given schools 30 days to revoke any existing rules.

Indonesia, a Muslim-majority country, officially recognises other religions.

But there are growing concerns about rising religious intolerance.

The ban was signed into decree on Wednesday, and schools which do not comply may face sanctions.

Indonesia's Minister for Education and Culture Nadiem Makarim said the choice of wearing religious attire was "an individual's right... it is not the school's decision".

'Where are my religious rights?'

The issue captured national attention in recent weeks after a student from a Christian family who was attending a vocational school in Padang was repeatedly asked to wear a Muslim headscarf in class in January.

She refused, and her parents were called in to speak to school officials.

Her parents secretly filmed a video of the meeting and posted it on social media, which prompted a backlash online.

In the video, the official insisted that the school had a rule that all female students, including non-Muslims, must wear the headscarf according to school rules.

"Almost every day, my daughter has been summoned for not wearing a headscarf, and her answer is that she is not Muslim," Elianu Hia, the father of the girl, told BBC News Indonesia.

"If I (force) my daughter to wear the headscarf, I will be lying about my daughter's identity," Mr Hia added. "Where are my religious rights? This is a public school after all."

The school's principal later apologised at a press conference and said the student would be allowed to dress according to her own religious beliefs.

At a media briefing on the decree on Wednesday, religious affairs minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas was quoted as saying: "Religions do not promote conflict, neither do they justify acting unfairly against those who are different."

Andreas Harsono, a researcher at Human Rights Watch, told Reuters news agency the decree was a positive step, given that schools in more than 20 provinces still make religious attire mandatory in their dress code.

"Many public schools require girls and female teachers to wear the hijab that too often prompt bullying, intimidation, social pressures, and in some cases, forced resignation," he said.

Indonesia is the world's largest Muslim-majority country, but it officially recognises six religions and has enshrined pluralism in the state philosophy known as Pancasila.

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Indonesia bans forced religious attire in schools

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Indonesia has banned public schools from making religious attire compulsory, after the story of a Christian student being pressured to wear a headscarf in class went viral. The 16-year-old girl was attending a school that had a rule that all students had to wear the Muslim headscarf.

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The meaning of tolerance. Definition of tolerance. Best online English dictionaries for children, with kid-friendly definitions, integrated thesaurus for kids, images, and animations. Spanish and Chinese language support available

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How much is a person worth?

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Our Diversity Makes Us Stronger by Elizabeth Cole | Teaching Kids about Diversity and Kindness

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when I was still in kindergarten I remember that we were learning about religions and I said that I was Hindu but my friends were other religions so most of my friends gave me weird looks and started talking to me less.

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Once i saw in the news in 2015 A mosque was burned in Papua by some people

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I've never been treated unfairly, but there are several wide country and religion conflicts that were caused because of, mainly, their significant differences.

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When I was in K2, I experienced that the girls in my class is avoiding me for NO REASON. So when I want to talk to my friend the girl ( the leader ) always took them to the toilet and the library but most often to the library. I heard the girl talking to the other girls about something about me but it's not true. I feel like the girl talk something bad about me because she's jealous of and sometimes she treated me unfairly. One time i was in one group with her and her gang they don't ask about my opinion. And i think they did that to me because I'm Christian and they were all Muslim. I feel like they treated unfairly to people that have different religion with them. :)

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Does the person that bully other people by their religion think of the punishment that they would get from God ?

Why they don't care about their feelings?

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Why Muslim people cant eat pork???????

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Once i saw in instagram , its about a muslim people that did not agree with a church being built but the builder of the church already had a permission from the goverment

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last year i went to the church with alson and then i introduced him to my friend from church but then alson asked my friend are you muslim because his skin was dark but we were in a church and of course he is not muslim

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Why does some muslim doesn't accept christian in their community like in some cases (if you know when a sekolah minggu have retreat but the muslim people make the retreat place a mess, or the case when the muslim people protest in front of the churhc because they don't want to have a churhc in the community)

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What was the reason why Muslim people can't have a pet ( Dog ) ?

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Why Muslim and Christian still doesnt have peace between eachother?

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Why do you judge other people when there different?

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When i was in basketball practice i saw someone that is black and me and my other basketball friend asked him "what religion are you?" because we thought he was muslim but then he said "im christian" and we were all shocked

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I have never been treated unfairly because I'm different but I know some cases where church were bombed

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Does Budish and Kongucu have conflict like Christian and Muslim have ?

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Why do other religions forbid eating certain foods?

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Ajaran apa that religion like hindu, konghucu, Budhis is teached. because I dont know if they have like a character int her religion like jesus, like they only seerve one god or something liek that

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Is it true that Muslim people believe that when you kill another religion like during Christmas you bring a bomb the person itself will die too right but when they pass away they will automatically go to heaven? If yes why do they think that way??

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we need to be more respect to other religion, Like What aurora said that some muslim still has an problem on Christian people.

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We can respect other people culture and respect the differences between us and the other people.

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Why does muslim people often get stereotyped as terrorist?

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Indonesia lack freedom for religions. One of the examples is when some people wanted to make a church put the people Who give people permisi ons to build didn’t allow them But when some muslim peaople wanted to make a mosque they allowed them to make it.

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Gereja Katolik Paroki Hati Kudus Yesus, Kayutangan, Malang routinely opens or lend their church front yard for muslim who have worship session for hari raya idul fitri when the mosque is too full.

https://malangkota.go.id/2023/04/22/indahnya-toleransi-gereja-buka-halaman-untuk-salat-id/#:~:text=Kami%20ingin%20menunjukkan%20bahwa%20persaudaraan,Id%20di%20halaman%20sebuah%20gereja.

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The law appears to be being violated by the disbandment of minority groups attempting to hold religious services.

The forced disbandment of a Spiritual Revival Service (KKR) at the Sabuga Building at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) should never have happened. However, the Christian Christmas celebrations were disrupted by the actions of a group calling themselves the Ahlus Sunnah Defenders (PAS). Commission III member Masinton Pasaribu considered the forced disbandment of the religious service a tragedy of intolerance.

This is because the sacred values ​​of religious worship are no longer respected and honored.

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Setiap tahun, Banyak sekali umat muslim yang datang untuk melaksanakan salat Id di Masjid Jami, karena banyak sekali orang yang datang mereka samapai ke kawasan kayutangan. Maka dari itu Gerejea Hati Kudus Yesus Kayutangan pun membuka halaman depan gerejanya agar dapat digunakan oleh umat muslim untuk salat Id - Portal Kota Malang/Pemerintah Kota Malang. 2023/04/22

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intolerance happened in Indonesia on 27 July 2025, but it was published on 8 Aug 2025. It happened in West Sumatra province city of Padang, in a Christian player house. A group of men stormed into the prayer house where around 30 students were having their weekly religious study. A video showed the men kicking fences and breaking windows and it showed something of the men carrying Woods planks

Link: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3321138/calls-indonesia-curb-religious-intolerance-after-mob-attacks-christian-groups?module=perpetual_scroll_0&pgtype=article

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Attacks are rooted in systemic discrimination against religious minorities in Indonesia and undermine freedom of worship, analysts say

A violent mob attack on a Christian prayer house in Indonesia 's West Sumatra province has reignited concerns over growing religious intolerance, with rights advocates warning that systemic discrimination continues to undermine freedom of worship in the Muslim-majority nation.

The July 27 incident in the city of Padang saw a group of men storm a private home used by about 30 Christian students for weekly religious study - a makeshift arrangement due to the absence of Christian teaching in their public schools.

A viral video showed the mob kicking fences, breaking windows and demanding the children disperse, with some men seen carrying wooden planks.

According to Legal Aid Institute (LBH) Padang, the incident injured two children: one student aged 13 was kicked in the back, while another, aged 11, "suffered serious injuries after being hit with a wooden block, leaving the child unable to walk".

"Other children are experiencing severe trauma, they are scared, crying and hiding. This is not just destruction, this is an assault on humanity," Diki Rafiki, director of the LBH Padang, said in a statement on July 28.

"The state must not bow to pressure from intolerant groups. Law enforcement is a constitutional obligation. We must not allow hate-based violence to become a culture that is considered normal."

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padang faithful christian church indonesia

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Calls in Indonesia to curb religious intolerance after Christian groups attacked

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Attacks are rooted in systemic discrimination against religious minorities in Indonesia and undermine freedom of worship, analysts say.

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In Indonesia there's a lot of cases of intolerance such as the kerusuhan in tanjungbalai, Sumatera Utara where there is a protest from a Tionghoa citizen that complain about the sound coming from the Mosque (Masjid Al-Makshum), because of this it lead to the muslim destroying the Vihara.

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On july 27 2025 Indonesia. A group of men entered a Christian prayer house, the prayer house was located in West Sumatra in Padang city. There where around 30 students having their weekly religious study. Video showed the group of men breaking fences and windows and something were sen carrying planks

Links: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3321138/calls-indonesia-curb-religious-intolerance-after-mob-attacks-christian-groups?module=perpetual_scroll_0&pgtype=article

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Attacks are rooted in systemic discrimination against religious minorities in Indonesia and undermine freedom of worship, analysts say

A violent mob attack on a Christian prayer house in Indonesia 's West Sumatra province has reignited concerns over growing religious intolerance, with rights advocates warning that systemic discrimination continues to undermine freedom of worship in the Muslim-majority nation.

The July 27 incident in the city of Padang saw a group of men storm a private home used by about 30 Christian students for weekly religious study - a makeshift arrangement due to the absence of Christian teaching in their public schools.

A viral video showed the mob kicking fences, breaking windows and demanding the children disperse, with some men seen carrying wooden planks.

According to Legal Aid Institute (LBH) Padang, the incident injured two children: one student aged 13 was kicked in the back, while another, aged 11, "suffered serious injuries after being hit with a wooden block, leaving the child unable to walk".

"Other children are experiencing severe trauma, they are scared, crying and hiding. This is not just destruction, this is an assault on humanity," Diki Rafiki, director of the LBH Padang, said in a statement on July 28.

"The state must not bow to pressure from intolerant groups. Law enforcement is a constitutional obligation. We must not allow hate-based violence to become a culture that is considered normal."

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padang faithful christian church indonesia

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Calls in Indonesia to curb religious intolerance after Christian groups attacked

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People don't respect other religious building and they don't respect other peoples religion and destroy their worship places.

One of the examples was there were nine men disrupting people that are worshiping in Gereja Kristen Setia Indonesia. And they destroyed the chairs, tables, mirrors and destroying the fan. https://www.kompas.id/artikel/dikecam-keras-perusakan-rumah-doa-kristen-di-padang-bentuk-intolerasi-beragama

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Perusakan Rumah Doa di Padang Bentuk Intoleransi Beragama

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Pemerintah tidak boleh diam atas insiden intoleransi di Padang dan harus menyelesaikan persoalan dari akarnya.

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There was vandalism of a Christian prayer house in Padang, West Sumatra at the end of July 2025. People came carrying wood, threw stones, brought knives, and shouted “disband” toward the prayer house.

https://www.bbc.com/indonesia/articles/c8jp78z1lmpo

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Sumbar: Kasus perusakan rumah doa umat Kristen di Padang, dua anak luka dan sembilan orang ditahan - BBC News Indonesia

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Perusakan rumah doa umat Kristen terjadi di Kelurahan Padang Sarai, Kecamatan Koto Tangah, Kota Padang, Sumatera Barat, Minggu (27/07). Dua anak juga mengalami luka-luka akibat dipukul kerumunan massa yang berupaya mengusir mereka. Kepolisian setempat menyatakan telah menahan sembilan orang terduga pelaku perusakan di rumah doa tersebut.