The reason, as they see it, is that Ahmadi beliefs and practices are an affront to pious Muslims. Any reaction is therefore natural to Ahmadi provocation, so Ahmadi beliefs and practices are banned to prevent social unrest.
According to the article, politicians have met with Ahmadi community leaders to explain the new laws and that Ahmadis are no longer legally permitted to worship at their Mosques or even in the privacy of their homes.
Regional chiefs in some Indonesian provinces are moving ahead with plans to either ban completely or restrict the activities of Ahmadiyah followers in their areas, claiming the Muslim sect has stirred up community conflicts.
The mayor of Samarinda, Sjahrie Jaang, said he would curb all Ahmadiyah activities in the East Kalimantan capital and would also soon move to close down its mosques.
“The regulation on halting the activities of the Ahmadiyah was signed today,” he told reporters after a meeting with local police, religious leaders and community representatives on Friday.
He said he would meet with Ahmadiyah leaders in the area to enforce the regulation, advising them to halt their activities and close their houses of worship.
“This decision was taken as a form of firm action by the city administration on the Ahmadiyah issue in order to maintain security by preventing potential sources of conflict in society,” the mayor said.
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According to M. Faozal, a spokesman for West Nusa Tenggara’s provincial government, the governor was about to issue a bylaw that would outlaw the spread of Ahmadiyah teachings. “Ahmadiyah often triggers conflict in many regions, including West Nusa Tenggara,” the spokesman said on Friday. “The governor wants to prevent conflict; We’re calling on the Ahmadiyah to stop causing conflict.”
Limiting the Ahmadiyah community’s activities was necessary as a way to prevent potential conflicts, Faozal said, adding that the government hoped its followers would return to the “rightful path of Islam.”
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“They [Ahmadis] persist that there is no difference between Ahmadiyah and Islam, while there is a significant difference,” Saiful Muslim, head of the provincial branch of the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI), said. “No dialogue held with them has produced any solution to the problem.”
Opinions? Thoughts? Certainly the Muslim majority, if they are being provoked by what they consider to be offensive teachings, have a right to ban Ahmadi worship if it causes them offense and leads them to carrying out acts of violence, right?
One thing that I learned from the article is that Ahmadis in Indonesia do not believe that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of their sect, was a prophet. A quick search on wikipedia does say that he considered himself a prophet and also the Messiah and Mahdi.
Perhaps those who are more familiar with Ahmadiyyism can clear this misunderstanding up ?
Ahmadiyah community leaders, however, say that it has never claimed Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as a prophet but rather as the promised messiah, a concept that is accepted in mainstream Islam.
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/reg ... yah/425228
Logically, if a local province's priority is maintaining social order within the beliefs and teachings of one religion, it makes sense to ban another religion if it causes tension amongst the locals. Certainly, homos.exuality, apostasy, gambling, alcohol, promiscuity, free speech, etc, are banned for similar reasons.
The video is from LiveLeak, where one of the Ahmadi victims is beaten to death in front of a crowd of dozens, if not hundreds - to cheers of Allahu Akbar ("God is Greatest"):
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=838_1297067635
