More Churches Closed Down In Indonesia

In West Java, Indonesia, Members of the Indonesian Council of Ulama (MUI), an organization of Muslim Clerics supported financially by the Indonesian government, last weekend entered eight Christian churches during worship services and ordered them closed. Christian Today has reported that this follows the issuing of eleven fatwas by the MUI condemning of any religious teaching "influenced by pluralism, liberalism and secularism". Since the end of July, 35 churches have been closed down in West Java. The closings are also being linked to the ongoing trial of three Christian women accused of enticing Muslim children to convert to Christianity through an after-school program called "Cheerful Sunday".