Update (Apr. 2, 2013): Indonesia's religious affairs minister has blamed Christians for bringing discrimination upon themselves, saying they have politicized a problem that is primarily administrative, not religious, in nature.

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Update (Mar. 21, 2013): A Protestant church near Jakarta was bulldozed this week after a 13-year struggle to obtain a permit. Members of the Batak Protestant Church (HKBP) in Setu, Bekasi, plan to file suit.

The Setara Institute expects further trouble, according to Agence France-Press, because only 10 of Bekasi's 39 HKBP congregations have permits for their buildings.

CT noted last September when a church in Bogor drew international attention for a similar struggle over its own building. The Taman Yasmin Indonesian Christian Church (GKI Yasmin) was ordered to relocate, despite a Supreme Court ruling in its favor.

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Radical Muslim groups in Bekasi on the Indonesian island of Java have made the latest move in Indonesia's ongoing religious tensions, reports Compass ...

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