It has been stated that there have never been as much attacks on churches than during the president ships of Mr. Habibie and Mr. Abdurrachman Wahid. But this statement has to be qualified. Church bells are ringing out at liturgical hours every day in churches on Jawa. Although since long being Christian is not an advantage if one wants to make a carrier in Government of as state employee, Christians are not discriminated against and there are Christians in the Government, in state administration, as professors at state universities, ini the military and in many other places. I believe that in case of a Government with stronger Muslim orientation this would not change.
Christians can openly show their Christian belief.
Here I shall not enter into the complex and brutality that obtains in Indonesian society today. This general proneness to violence has two characteristics. In Jakarta there are neighborhoods regularly fighting each other, villages on Jawa are warring every two months with some deaths while they are of the same tribe, the same religion, the same social strata. Complaining would have exposed them to being accused of being communists. Thus they had to accept and be silent.