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The second attack was on the predominantly Christian village of Marowo in Ulu
Bongka subdistrict, killing two people – Ruslan Terampi, and Ritin Bodel. Four
others, namely Lumin Layagi, Sandra Pinkar, Yusmin, and Yunan, were injured in
the attack.
133. On 27 October 2004, the Special Rapporteur sent a communication in relation
to information received according to which, on 3 October 2004, a group calling itself
the Islamic Youth Front set up a barricade at a private Catholic school on Jl. Raden
Saleh in Ciledug, Tangerang, arguing that the building was “inappropriately being
used to hold services for another religion”. According to the information received,
several Catholic families from the six districts of Ciledug, Karang Tengah, Larangan,
Pinang, Pondok Aren and Serpong had been using the building on Saturdays and
Sundays for mass over the previous 12 years because they were unable to build a
church at a nearby site. Concerns had been expressed that the group's action could
have disrupted classes that week at the Sang Timur Catholic School, which is owned
by the Sang Timur Foundation. It was reported that the same group of youths had held
two similar demonstrations in August 2004. A representative of the Islamic Defenders
Front (FPI) denied having any formal links with the youth group but allegedly
recognized that the FPI gave moral support to the Islamic Youth Front of Karang
Tengah subdistrict and had sent a few of its members to the demonstration.
Observations
134. The Special Rapporteur awaits a reply to her communications as well as to her
request for an invitation to visit Indonesia.
Islamic Republic of Iran
135. On 15 March 2004, the Special Rapporteur sent a communication to the
Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran in relation to information received
according to which in the last week of January 2004, individuals in the city of Babul
began to destroy a property with great religious significance to the Bahá’í community
worldwide, as it was the resting place of Mulla Muhammad-'Ali Barfurushi, known as
Quddus (the most holy). It was reported that a further attempt was made to raze the
site, but this was stopped by local Bahá’ís who stood in front of the bulldozer and
demanded to see the legal permit for the demolition. As the permit could not be
produced, the operator of the bulldozer allegedly ceased to proceed with the
destruction.
136. The Special Rapporteur also mentioned that according to information received
and, more particularly, an announcement published on 1 December 2003 in the
Iranian periodical Payk-i-Sanjish (Examination Bulletin), the title of which can be
translated as "For the Applicants to the National University Entrance Examination for
the Year 1383 [2003/2004] – Registration", the question that specifically required
university applicants to state their religious affiliation was replaced, as of 2003/04, by
the following question: “If you are sitting the examination for Non-Islamic Studies,
indicate for which one of the following” (the applicant has to tick one of four boxes:
None; Jewish; Christian; Zoroastrian).