The Indonesian police are urging people in a northern Sumatran town to remain calm after a night of religious unrest was sparked by a complaint to a mosque about the volume of its speakers. The incident saw two monasteries and eight temples burned and plundered in downtown Tanjung Balai, but no injuries were reported. Local Police Chief Adjunct Commissioner Ayep Wahyu Gunawan said Saturday that the 7 have been arrested for looting, as a mob took to the streets following the complaint.


Dewi Samudera, a Chinese temple, burned by mobs

"Seven people were arrested for looting. They are still being questioned," Gunawan was quoted as saying by media agency detik.com. "There was a mass anarchist action. There are several buildings of monasteries and temples burned." The mob attack came after a complaint from a 41-year-old Chinese woman - known only as "Meliana" - regarding a mosque near her house about the volume of the azan (call to prayer).


Mobs gathered to burn and loot Chinese and Buddhist buildings in Tanjung Balai, Sumatra

After word spread on social media, several groups assembled in front of Meliana's house and tried to burn it down. With the atmosphere becoming heated, M and her husband were given shelter at a local police station. Unable to contain their anger, the mob moved to ransack temples and other Buddhist buildings in the town. Police have said they will hold a meeting to discuss the unrest with local government, religious leaders, community leaders, ethnic leaders, and the local Ulema Council.


Incident triggered after a Chinese woman complained about the volume of a mosque's loud speaker

Indonesia, a predominantly Muslim country, has a sizeable Chinese minority population, many of whom are Buddhist. There is a history of anti-Chinese violence, most recently in the late 1990s amid the political and economic crisis that brought down authoritarian ruler Suharto, although officials insist the temple attacks are results of a misunderstanding, not an anti-Chinese attack. Until this moment, there has been no official release yet about the cause of the anarchistic riot which causes up to 10 Buddhist buildings to be burned down.


Indonesian authorities called for calm after attack

Indonesia, where the majority of the population practices a moderate form of Islam, sees sporadic attacks on religious minorities by Muslim hardliners but authorities are quick to crack down on any violent incidents. Hundreds of security personnel were deployed late last year when a Muslim mob burned down a number of churches in conservative Aceh province, saying they didn't have the right building permits.


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I dont understand why their butt is so sensitive

Easily butthurt over small complaint or criticsm

They should force all their citizen to become atheist, no matter what race,

Then u realize where this monkey go to the world problem everywhere. Then u realize are the problem lies on the people or something else?

Burned 10 temples; arrested 7 people for looting. Lmao. Religious jokers. And they want people to respect their religion. Sigh. What's worse? Moderate Muslims not standing up or extremists doing things as they please?

Something is wrong with their culture to be able to instill such hatred against other religious and ethnic groups.

Butthurt ririjen same no matter where you go

We should emulate Mao Zedong.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur_War
UNLIKE israel...

dangereous living in indon...sekejap ok...sekjap KO..all hell break loose..

Coming Soon to Malaysia

macam peace...tetapi tak peace sekali pun

when one questioned and is time to destroy others religion which is the rights thing to do for them.

they learned so much

That Chinese woman insensitive
N those Muslim has anger management problem

sikit2 butthurtttttttttttttttttttttttt

sikit2 buttthurttttttttttttttttttttttt

potek potek own religion but then decided to create violence and loot other people's stuffs instead.

I don't remember Islam preaches and teaches such values...so I am wondering what sort of islamic teaching have they been exposed to?

sumatrans,.. ah. same origins as the ones here.
javanese totally different breed.

This post has been edited by teehk_tee: Jul 31 2016, 01:38 AM

The irony when they just annouce tax exsmption for previous chinese who bring the money to singapore duirng the unrest.

Now start again

Lmao. Moderate Muslim that thinks burning other temples are acceptable. Further justifying all the negative perceptions of your religion. Keep up the good work. Maybe tomorrow when you wake up,you should burn churches too since you're a moderate Muslim.

Ada je org nk protek

If not peace...mmg not peace