Indonesian Christians await fate of Muslims
By Anton Foek
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
September 26, 2006

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesian Christians, deeply troubled by the executions of three Christians last week, say they are watching closely to see whether the government will be equally firm in dealing with three Muslims facing the ultimate sanction for their roles in the 2002 Bali bombings.

Unless Muslims and Christians are treated equally, they say, there could be a fresh outbreak of sectarian violence that claimed more than 1,000 lives on the island of Sulawesi between 1998 and 2002.

All weekend, Christians across the Indonesian archipelago exchanged telephone text messages requesting prayers for the souls of Fabianus Tibo, Domingus da Silva and Marianus Riwu, who were executed by a firing squad before dawn on Friday. the rest