Posted on 12/20/2018 5:13:27 PM PST by marshmallow
More than 90,000 police and soldiers will also protect nearly 50,000 churches
More than 90,000 police and soldiers and a moderate Muslim youth group will help guard nearly 50,000 churches across Indonesia, including some previously attacked by terrorists, during the Christmas period.
Brig Gen Dedi Prasetyo, national police spokesman, said Christmas security this year will be focused on churches in 13 provinces, including on the main islands of Java and Sumatra, reported ucanews.com. The deployments would be to “anticipate” possible security threats, Prasetyo added.
Among the churches to be tightly secured is Santa Maria Church in Surabaya, which was attacked by suicide bombers on May 13, reported ucanews.com. Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral Church in Jakarta as well as churches in Sumatra, Java and West Nusa Tenggara provinces also have been attacked.
Francis Xavier Ping Tedja, security coordinator at Santa Maria Church, said about 70 police, military and members of Banser – a military youth group associated with Nahdlatul Ulama, the biggest moderate Muslim organisation in Indonesia – will secure the church for Christmas.
“We have coordinated with police, military, and Islamic groups to maintain the security, so that Catholics can attend Christmas Masses comfortably and safely,” he told ucanews.com.
In order to simplify police work, Catholics have been asked to not bring bags when they attend Christmas Masses.
“We hope Catholics will not be afraid to attend Christmas Masses at the church,” he said.
Fr Antonius Suyadi, chairman of the Jakarta Archdiocese’s Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs Commission, said Christmas celebrations at the cathedral will be guarded by about 300 police and military personnel.
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What could possible go wrong???
Stay tuned.
What about Protestant and Orthodox Churches?
In what kind of shtthole does a church need to be guarded at Christmas?
Latest news from Jakarta- FLASH!
90,000 foxes to guard 50,000 chicken coops-
who woulda thunk it?.
Yeah that`ll work just like it did in 1998.
Christians walking into a trap?
Hope not.
If true, they are by definition apostates and, as such, open to being murdered by their barbaric supposed coreligionists.
Personally, I don't believe a f'n word of it.
I’ll take them seriously when they allow armed Christians to protect their own churches.
Muslim youths protecting Catholic Churches from...Muslim youths?
We have a brand new church and a security team (undisclosed members) who are there at every weekend Mass.
See my post in #10
Maybe they might be Sufis-Some of Indonesian Islam is basically Folk Islam-with Hindu and Buddhist influences.
Indonesia is a moderate Islamic country. Not great, but better than others. The orthodox/Islamist bits are, you guessed, usually funded by the Saudis.
Maybe we could just get the NYC mafias out there to do it.
No ROE. Just some good fellas. They would do it. Probably for free.
Moderate Muslims. Oxymoron? It’s like saying Moderate Democrats? They don’t exist anymore.
Perhaps, but I remain highly skeptical.
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