INDONESIA - East Java: Muslims block the construction of a home for disabled children [AN]

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Local Islamic groups fear it is a “front” for proselytizing. The house was designed by a well-known secular women’s group that cares for autistic children, with mental retardation and multiple disabilities. The consecrated state that in their homes all have the same care, whatever religion they belong to.

Jakarta (AsiaNews) - The construction of a home for disabled children has been forcibly stopped by Muslim groups because they fear that it will be used for Christian proselytizing.

The house was being built in Junrejo, on the outskirts of Batu (Malang, East Java). It was to accommodate children with autism, mental retardation and disabilities, and is a project by the Bakti Luhur Foundation (Blf), a non-profit organization run by a secular female organisation called Institut Sekula Alma.

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