June 1, 2008
Source: The International Herald Tribune
Wire Service: AP
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/01/asia/AS-GEN-Indonesia-Religious-Violence.php
Islamic hard-liners broke up a religious tolerance rally Sunday, beating demonstrators with bamboo sticks and calling for the deaths of members of a Muslim sect they consider heretical, witnesses said.
About 200 Christians, moderate Muslims and members of Ahmadiyah — an Islamic group the government is considering banning — gathered at the National Monument in the nation's capital of Jakarta to celebrate the country's tradition of pluralism, said Gunawan Mohamad, a prominent magazine publisher who took part in the rally.