Indonesia: Students Attacked While Praying the Rosary (Video)

Armed Muslims attacked twelve Catholic students as they prayed the rosary in a residential area on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia.

The video of the incident (below), posted by KatolikG on Twitter.com, went viral on social media on 6 May. The students at Pamulang University in the southern city of Tangerang were conducting a house-to-house rosary on 5 May.

"As a result, two female students were injured and a Muslim man was assaulted for defending the students," said Siprianus Edi Hardum, a Catholic lawyer providing legal assistance to the students.

One of the injured students said that the group praying the rosary was confronted by the local head of the neighbourhood association. He told them: "If you want to pray, go to church, like we Muslims pray in the mosque."

The man left and returned with a mob that attacked the students. The victims were saved from further harm only because other Muslims came to their aid.

Throughout Europe, especially in London and Paris, Muslims pray in the streets without being harmed, especially during festivals.

Minority worship is often disrupted in Muslim-majority Indonesia.

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