The officials’ visit was made following a recommendation made by the National Commission of Human Rights (Komnas HAM) that the Ahmadis were in dire need of ID cards in order to get access to the government’s assistance programs.
Source/Credit: The Jakarta Post
By Panca Nugraha | July 26 2013
After spending years living in Wisma Transito displacement camp without ID cards, dozens of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Ahmadis may finally be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel after a group of local officials visited them and promised they would soon be given the cards.
However, the ID cards would say nothing of the Ahmadis’ religion.
“A group of officials led by Sautma Sihombing from the Home Ministry has stated they want to issue ID cards for us, but with one condition that the religion column is left empty,” Ahmadiyah displacement coordinator Syahidin said on Friday.
He said according to Sautma, the Ahmadis would be treated like people who had no religious preferences.
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