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Rights groups hope the trial will help reduce attacks on religious minorities. Last Modified: 26 Apr 2011 06:41 | ||
Twelve people in Indonesia are set to face trial on Tuesday, accused of killing three Ahmadiyah followers in West Java, in February. The savage nature of the murders, captured on tape, shocked the nation.
Rights groups hope the trial will help reduce attacks on religious minorities. Phil Robertson, from Human Rights Watch, told Al Jazeera there is a concern for the security of the witnesses. "We want to make sure that the government of Indonesia takes the necessary precautions to ensure that the witnesses are not intimidated," he said. The Ahmadiyah sect, which claims 500,000 followers in Indonesia, believes that its founder Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was the final prophet and not Mohammad, contradicting a central tenet of mainstream Islam. In 2008, the Indonesian government issued a joint ministerial decree that bans the Ahmadiyah from practising their faith in public or spreading the belief. | ||
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Source: Al Jazeera |
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
Indonesia trial opens over attack on sect
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