Indonesian Interfaith Derailment Watch
by sheikyermami on August 13, 2008
Indonesian priest kidnapped, severely beaten
Asia News IT
by Mathias Hariyadi
Fr Susetyo was taken from his home and beaten by unknown assailants. He is known for his activity in interreligious dialogue, frowned on by radical Muslims. At the hospital, he has been visited by the younger brother of former president Wahid.
Jakarta (AsiaNews) – Last night, Fr Benny Susetyo, secretary of the interreligious commission of the Indonesian bishops’ conference, was kidnapped and severely beaten. At least three people forcibly removed him from his home in Bintaro, in southern Jakarta, took away his cell phone, and beat him.
He is now recovering at Pondok Indah hospital in Jakarta, where he has been visited by other human rights activists, like Solahudin Wahid, a promoter of interreligious dialogue and the younger brother of former president Abdurrahman Wahid.
The police of Kebayoran Lama say that “we have not conducted any investigation, as there has not been any crime reported to us”. It is the first time in a long time that a Catholic priest has been kidnapped and beaten.
Fr Susetyo is also an active member of the Alliance for Nation and Religious Freedom, a group disliked by radical Muslims for its position on the problem of the Ahmadiyya (an Islamic minority group often persecuted by other Muslims).
Fr Ismartono, who is also active in religious dialogue, did not want to release any comment. He nonetheless noted that “the incident took place suddenly and very quickly. Benny had just regained consciousness when he learned he was at Pondok Indah”.
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>>”Benny had just regained consciousness when he learned he was at Pondok Indah”.
Joe>> Flippin’ cowards! I know from boxing experience that it takes a rarely seen horrific beating to render a man unconcsious for more than a few seconds. Whenever someone stays knocked out for more than a few minutes they usually die or are left with severe brain damage. I’ve seen both happen. Thanx God he suffered neither, but his body will never be the same. The animals who did this to this gentle man are sub-human.
Indonesia…didn’t 300 thousand plus muslims demonstrate in the streets here last year about wanting a return to the Caliph system? The photos of the massive crowds were..umm..”peaceful” of course.