(CHRISTIAN POST) – The head of Indonesia’s counter-terrorism agency said officials are focusing on protecting teenage children and women from Islamic radicalization as they have become the most targeted groups.
Citing a report by the Setara Institute for Democracy and Peace, Rycko Amelza Dahniel of the National Counter-terrorism Agency (Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Terorisme, or BNPT) on Feb. 20 said that from 2016 to 2023, the percentage of high school students in five cities who moved from “passive intolerant” to “active intolerant” doubled, from 2.4% to 5%.
While those categorized as “intolerant” intensified from passive to active, tolerance among teens overall increased during the period, with those in the “tolerant” category moving from 61.6% to 70.2%, he said, citing The Setara Institute’s survey, “The Tolerance of Senior High School Students,” from May 2023.
