The government has yet to announce a decision regarding a ban on the religious sect Ahmadiyah but said Wednesday it was working to protect the group from continued attacks.
"We are trying to cope with the issue. We have not arrived at a particular prescription for how to deal with it," minister of foreign affairs Hassan Wirayuda said at a press briefing here Wednesday. The Jakarta Post reported.<>
Ahmadiyah followers have been under fresh attacks in recent weeks following a recommendation from the Coordinating Board for Monitoring Mystical Beliefs in Society (Bakor Pakem) last month to ban the sect.
Sect followers have been subjected to repeated violence since the Indonesian Ulema Council issued a decree last year calling the group "heretical".
A number of Ahmadiyah mosques, schools and houses have been attacked throughout the country.
Hassan was speaking on the sidelines of the third Global Media Dialogue titled "Ethical Journalism in Extreme Conditions: The Challenge of Diversity". (dar)
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