- 1958-09-14 —
A week before the fifth Intercontinental conference is due to convene in Djakarta, Indonesia, the government withdrew the permit to hold the conference. [BW13:331]
- For the story of why the permit was revoked see DM83–5.
- The cancellation of the conference in Djakarta began a period of severe repression of the Faith in Indonesia which eventually led to the Faith being banned in 1962. [DM85, 88]
- 1961-00-00 — The military government in Indonesia issued instructions to local authorities to ban all Bahá'í activities and to confiscate all Bahá'í property. [MoC329]
- 1962-00-03 —
The administrative institutions of the Faith were banned in Indonesia by President Sukarno. [BW19:41]
- BW15:174 says this was in 1964, other indications are that it was around the time of the International Convention.
[Servants of the Glory page 30]
- 1972-00-02 — In Indonesia the Attorney-General confirmed the 1962 ban on Bahá'í administrative institutions and added a further prohibition against organized Bahá'í teaching activities. [BW19:41]
- 1972-06-19 —
The government of Indonesia re-affirmed the ban on the Bahá'í Faith.
- Following this a number of Bahá'ís lost their jobs.
- 1974-00-00 — Owing to the failure of the Indonesian Bahá'ís to obtain religious liberty, the Universal House of Justice instructed that the national convention not be held.
- 1975-00-00 — Owing to the continuing ban on Bahá'í activities and institutions, the national spiritual assembly and all local spiritual assemblies were disbanded in Indonesia.
- 1975-00-00 —
In Indonesia several Bahá'ís were arrested, given light sentences and released for violating the 1962 and 1972 bans on Bahá'í activity. [BW19:41]
- A few months later four Bahá'ís were sentenced to five years' imprisonment; they remained in prison for the full five years. [BW19:41]
- 1984-00-00 —
Four Bahá'ís, one of whom had already spent five years in prison, were imprisoned in Indonesia, convicted of membership in a banned religious organization, with teaching the Bahá'í Faith and with insulting Islám. [BW19:42]
- The prison terms ranged from one to five years. [BW19:42]
- 1985-07-01 — Three Bahá'í youths in Mentawai were imprisoned for having married according to Bahá'í law. [BW19:42]
- 2002-00-00 — The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) issued a fatwa (edict) that banned Bahá'ís from burying their dead relatives in public cemeteries. Religious violence targeting the Indonesian Bahá'í community began during the Suharto regime that restricted the official religions to only five. Bans on the Faith had been issued earlier in the 1960s and the 1970s. [The Jakarta Post August 8, 2014]
- 2014-08-08 — The official ban on the Bahá'í Faith in Indonesia was lifted. [The Jakarta Post August 8, 2014]
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