February 9, 2011

Bhinneka Tunggal Ika


Indonesia's much touted image of pluralism and religious tolerance – enshrined in the country's coat-of-arms by the words Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (Unity in Diversity) – has been left in tatters following Sunday's fatal attack on an Ahmadiyah congregation in Cikeusik, Banten, the latest in a series vicious assaults on members of the Ahmadiyah religious sect by Islamist mobs.

Kompas - February 9, 2011