3/18/2025 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — Although the construction permit for the Gamaliel Christian School has been approved, the Parepare City Government, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, recommended that construction be stopped after a group of demonstrators protested plans for the school in their predominantly Muslim community.

Efforts to reject the building of a Christian school in Prepare started in 2018. On Sept. 20, 2024, demonstrators from the Parepare Islamic Community Forum (FM2P) protested as the school’s construction began once all the building permit requirements were complete. A month later, demonstrators again urged the government to reject the construction of the school.

Sinta, the deputy chairperson of the Gamaliel Christian School Foundation, explained that her party would continue plans to build the school because the requirements to continue construction have been completed.

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