United States Department of State, 2012 Report on International Religious Freedom - Indonesia, 20 May 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519dd4bca7.html [accessed 10 June 2013].
Executive Summary
The constitution provides for religious freedom, but some laws and
regulations restrict it. The government generally respected religious
freedom for the six officially recognized religions, but not for groups
outside those six religions, or groups within those six religions that
espoused interpretations that local or national leaders deemed deviant
or blasphemous.
The trend in the government's respect for religious
freedom did not change significantly during the year; however, as in
previous years, the government sometimes failed to protect the rights of
religious minority groups. There were reports that police collaborated
with hard-line groups against members of sects they deemed to be
"deviant" when enforcing laws and regulations that limit religious
freedom.
In some instances, government security forces failed to act
when radical non-state actors attacked minority sects. There were
reports that government officials and police witnessed the coerced
conversion of dozens of Shia followers to Sunni Islam in East Java.
Local governments continued to block construction of houses of worship
by minority groups within their communities and the national government
failed to enforce two Supreme Court decisions in favor of construction
permits for two Christian churches. During the year, a number of
regional governments enforced decrees limiting or banning the free
practice of Ahmadi Muslims.
Section I. Religious Demography
According to the 2010 government census, the most recent available,
the population is approximately 237 million. Approximately 87 percent of
the population is Muslim, 7 percent Protestant, 3 percent Roman
Catholic, and 1.5 percent Hindu. Other religious groups (Buddhism,
followers of traditional indigenous religions, Confucianism, other
Christian denominations, and those who did not respond to the census
question) comprise approximately 1.25 percent of the population.
The country's Muslim population is overwhelmingly Sunni. Of the more
than 207 million Muslims, an estimated one to three million are Shiites.
Many smaller Muslim groups exist, including approximately
200,000-400,000 members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
An estimated 20 million people, primarily in Java, Kalimantan, and
Papua, practice various traditional belief systems, often referred to
collectively as "Aliran Kepercayaan." There are approximately 400 different Aliran Kepercayaan
communities throughout the archipelago. Many combine their beliefs with
one of the government-recognized religions and register under that
recognized religion.
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