JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian judges today sentenced three women to three years in prison for allowing Muslim children to attend a Christian Sunday School program.
Rebekka Zakaria, Eti Pangesti and Ratna Bangun received the sentence after judges found them guilty under the Child Protection Act of 2002 of attempting to convert children.
The Sunday School teachers had instructed the children to get permission from their parents before attending the program, and those who did not have permission were asked to go home, according to Jeff Hammond of Bless Indonesia Today.
The three women were relieved that they had not been given the maximum five-year prison sentence but were devastated at the prospect of being separated from their children, who range from 6 to 19 years of age. Before the trial session began, Islamic extremists took over the courtroom and made murderous threats.
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