Parents complain over NII operation

JAKARTA: A group of six parents has filed a complaint with the Jakarta Police over their children's involvement in a religious congregation allegedly under the Indonesian Islamic State (NII) movement.

A press statement from the center for victims of the movement quoted the parents on Saturday as saying the group had brainwashed their children into committing crimes through the congregation.

The six parents -- Fauziah, Laurens, Imam Shalahudin, Ettyta Ramadhani, Bisma Aditya and Chandra Rasad -- are from Jakarta and neighboring areas.

They said the group had forced their children to collect donations through criminal acts, such as theft, cheating and blackmail.

The congregation also spread hatred and hostility against state symbols and promoted an "antisocial attitude and inclusivism", they said.

The parents added it considered people outside the group, including themselves, to be infidels, thus permitting crimes against them.

The government has outlawed the NII movement for justifying violence in its fight for an Islamic state.

The parents demanded that the police arrest clandestine NII activists and reveal their headquarters.--Antara