Peristiwa Kandangan (27 Juli 1997)
Kandangan Incident (July 27, 1997)
This incident happened in the village of Banaran, Kandangan - a small village in the Kediri, East of Java island. Because of this incident, churches, Hindu temples and the house of the village-leader were burned and destroyed by a group of angry people. This incident was sparked by the gossip that the village-leader did a blasphemy against the holy book of Muslim.
The detail story of the Kandangan Incident
The copy of the report from the FKKI to the Indonesian President
Photos of the incident:
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