HRP: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
IRF: Annual Reports to Congress on International Religious Freedom
FREEDOM OF RELIGION
HRP 2001
The Constitution provides for religious freedom for members of officially
recognized religions, and the Government generally respects this provisions
in practice; however, there are some restrictions on certain types of religious
activity and on unrecognized religions. The Constitution also requires
the belief in one supreme God.
HRP 2000-01
IRF 2001
Some religious minorities, including the Baha'i and Rosicrucians, were
given the freedom to organize in May when Presidential Decree 69/2000 revoked
Presidential Decree 264/1962, which had restricted their activities.
HRP 2001
Members of the Baha'i Faith generally did not report problems during the
year. However, in May a crowd of Muslims reportedly expelled two Baha'i
families living in a predominantly Muslim village in the Donggala District
of Central Sulawesi.
HRP 1999-2000
IRF 1999-2000
Members of the Baha'i faith did not report problems during the period covered
by this report.
HRP 1993-98
The Government banned some religions, including Jehovah's Witnesses, Baha'i,
Confucianism and in some provinces the messianic Islamic sect Darul Arqam.
HRP 1992-93
According to official statistics, nearly 400 "misleading religious cults"
are banned, including Jehovah's Witnesses and Baha'i.
HRP 1991
A 1963 ban on the Baha'i Faith continues in force.
SOCIETAL ATTITUDES
IRF 2001
Members of the Baha'i Faith did not report major problems since the lifting
of the ban on their religious practice...; however, in early May 2001,
a crowd of Muslims reportedly ousted two Baha'i families living in a predominantly
Muslim village in the Donggala District of Central Sulawesi. The local
branch of the Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) issued a religious decree
(fatwa) banning the spread of the Baha'i Faith in the district.