Christianworshipers have been forced to pray in the open air in a town in Indonesia'sWest Java province after the town's majority Muslim population opposed thebuilding of a church.
Afterlosing all legal battles, including a verdict from country's highest court, themayor says he cannot allow a church to be built on a street with an Islamicname.
Thenational ombudsman has given the mayor two more weeks to implement the supremecourt's decision and let the congregation build its church.
Thestandoff is being seen as a national test case of religious tolerance, withrecent research showing a growing number of Muslims are against the presence ofa church in their neighbourhood.
AlJazeera's Step Vaessen reports from Bogor, in West Java.
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