Orthodox Muslims consider the Ahmadis heretical. So they’re practicing a bit of pre-emptive dhimmitude so as to avoid worse from the Religion of Tolerance. “Ahmadiyah closes mosque to avoid attacks,” by Theresia Sufa for The Jakarta Post (thanks to Twostellas):
Members of Ahmadiyah sect voluntarily pulled down the roof to their mosque, An Nur, in Ciaruteun kampung, Bogor regency, on Wednesday.
The police put tape around the mosque to assure no one would enter the area.
An Ahmadiyah member, Nunik, who lives next door, said closing the mosque was the best way to prevent violence.
“It is OK for us not to pray at the mosque. We can still do it at home. The most important thing is that our houses are safe,” she said.
A resident in the kampung, Asep Abdul Aziz, said he praised the sect’s decision to close their mosque because minor physical attacks had already occurred.
“Some residents threw stones at the mosque a few days earlier. It might get worse if the mosque remains open,” he said….