Police shelter Ahmadiyah followers

Thu, 17 Oct 2002, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: No less than 83 families of
followers of the banned Islamic sect Ahmadiyah are still
sheltering in the East Lombok police station.

West Nusa Tenggara governor Harun Al Rasyid said on Wednesday
he expected the Ahmadiyah followers to repent and accept the
mainstream teachings of Islam so that the Muslim community could
welcome them back.

Harun said 53 families had already repented.

Hundreds of angry people attacked the homes of sect members
and burned their mosque last month. A few days later supporters
of another banned sect in the neighboring town of Bima were also
attacked, forcing hundreds of people to seek refuge at the local
police station. -- Antara

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