Perusakan Masjid Ahmadiyah di Sintang Sebagai Diskriminasi Kebebasan Beragama

Abstract

On September 3, 2021, the Miftahul Huda Mosque in Balai Harapan Village, Tempunak District, Sintang Regency, West Kalimantan was vandalized by a mob on behalf of an alliance of Muslims. This incident has caused widespread public concern, because it is a form of violation of human rights (HAM). The aim of this document is to examine the human rights breaches that transpired during the incident involving the demolition of the Ahmadiyah Mosque in Sintang. The research method used is statutory approach. Derived from the research findings, it is evident that human rights infractions transpired in this instance, specifically: Breach of the entitlement to freedom of religion and belief, as the mob responsible for the mosque destruction belonged to a faction dissenting with the tenets of Ahmadiyah. The incident involving the demolition of the Ahmadiyah Mosque in Sintang constitutes a grave infringement of human rights. The government and authorities responsible for upholding the law must implement measures to avert comparable instances of human rights transgressions in the future.