Indonesian President Issues Decree to Stop Evangelism in Aceh Thursday, 28-July-2005, 13:56:46
Banda Aceh, Waspada Indonesian president has releases a decree (Kepres) that forbid evangelism in Aceh and asked any NGO and organization to stop their evangelism activities in Aceh. Dozens NGOs has also invited to a meeting with Majelis Permusyawatan Ulama (MPU, Islamic Council of Aceh), including World Vision. The evangelism has been national issues. The problem have been discussed in national level and the president has issue a decree to forbid evangelism in Aceh, Head of MPU Muslim Ibrahin told Waspada daily on Wednesday. Muslim said the government will cease NGOs operation in Aceh if they involved in evangelism in Aceh and their workers visa will be ended and they have to leave Aceh. Following the decree, MPU has asked police and local government to run investigation and find evidence on any reports on evangelism submitted by people in Aceh. The police have to become more pro-active in managing this issues, said Muslim. MPU has also invited NGOs that has been reported as organizing evangelism in Aceh, in the name of humanitarian help. Among them is World Vision. In the meeting, they promised not to run evangelism activities and will help report any evangelism cases. Source in Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency for Aceh and Nias (BRR) told Waspada that BRR has also held a meeting with NGOs to discuss the evangelism issues. BRR told the NGOs that BRR will expel any NGOs that have been reported and proofed in running evangelism in Aceh. Last week, hundreds student from Syiah Kuala University marched and staged protest in front of Aceh Governor office in Banda Aceh. They asked the government to expel NGOs that provide humanitarian help to covered evangelism activities. Irwansyah, president of Syiah Kuala University student association, told Waspada that they have proofs on several NGOs that run evangelism in Aceh. Among them are Yayasan Kreasi Sosial, CWS (Church World Service), and IOM (International Organization for Migration, and dozen other NGOS. © b02/m33/czah http://www.indonesia-relief.org/mod.php?mod=publisher&op=viewarticle&cid=24&artid=1445 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12his2k8p/M=362335.6886444.7839734.2575449/D=groups/S=1705796846:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1122704261/A=2894362/R=0/SIG=138c78jl6/*http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/arts_culture/?source=YAHOO&cmpgn=GRP&RTP=http://groups.yahoo.com/";>What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater?Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
