Of the three victims-Warsono Kastolib, Roni Pasaroni and Tubagus Chandra-one was bashed to death with a rock.Indonesia’s treatment of its Ahmadi minority has become a test of the country’s commitment to democratic pluralism, and the trial resulting from the February riot is the latest sign Jakarta is failing. The tumult, which was caught on tape, started as the Ahmadis were preparing to ask the police for stronger protection in the face of Islamist efforts to chase the group out of the village.
More than 1,000 locals had targeted around 20 members of the Ahmadiyya sect in addition to the deaths, at least five Ahmadis were seriously wounded. Yet with the light sentences last week for 12 people involved in a riot that killed three members of a religious minority, that beacon has dimmed a bit.A dozen people were sentenced Thursday to a maximum of six months in jail for their roles in the February riot in Cikeusik, a village on western Java. Failure to protect religious minorities undermines the country’s democracy.Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority democracy, is in many ways a beacon for those who believe Islam and liberalism can peacefully co-exist.
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