Indonesian Shiites persecuted as 'heretics' live in limbo
- Published: 10 Dec 2012 at 11.46
- Online news: Asia
Condemned as heretics, a community of around 200 Shiite Muslims have for months lived as pariahs in a sports hall, driven from their Indonesian village after a deadly clash with Sunnis.
A Muslim Shiite prays at a temporary shelter in Sampang. Condemned as heretics, around 200 Muslim-minority Shiites have for months lived as pariahs in a sports hall, driven from their Indonesian village after a deadly clash with Sunnis.
In August, a mob of hundreds armed with sickles and swords hacked a Shiite man to death and torched more than 30 houses, forcing villagers to seek refuge at the sports hall.
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