Why churches and schools?

Why churches and schools?

At least three churches and several schools were attacked and
vandalized in the recent violence in several towns of East Java.
High school students were sitting for their national exams when
their schools were attacked.

Unlike past incidents in other parts of the country, which
were basically triggered by religious or racial factors, we
cannot understand the motive and objective of vandalizing
churches and schools which have nothing to do with the conflict
among the political elite.

Churches are places of worship and not political activity. And
schools are places of learning to enhance the intellectuality of
our people. These institutions are certainly not for producing
criminals, are they? What if the people who participated in the
violence had children in these schools?

We call on the police to take firm measures against the
culprits.

Y. LUCAS

Jakarta