Rogers: Surabaya Christians forgive their attackers

April 25, 2019

Benedict Rogers, East Asia Team Leader at the human rights organization CSW and a Senior Fellow of the Religious Freedom Institute, writes at UCA News how Surabaya Christians on the Indonesian Island of Java are living a “symbolic illustration of the Easter story.” Though the attack was just under a year ago, these Christians have offered forgiveness to the six suicide bombers who killed 13 and injured many more at three different churches.

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