Interfaith Marriages in Indonesia

https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Supreme-Court-bans-interfaith-marriages-58840.html

Legally the issue cited in the article concerns the jurisprudence of an Islamic nation – and to what degree Sharia or even a limited or hybrid-Sharia can accommodate a Muslim-interfaith marriage. This issue on its face is not a Christian concern apart from questions of civil freedom and restrictions that result from a sacralist-Islamist framework.

The salient question here is not one addressed in the article. Where is the Church? There should not be interfaith marriages that involve Christians. Such Christians should be rebuked and if unrepentant they are to be put out of the Church. The Church does not support interfaith marriages. I speak here in the broadest of terms for the sake of argument as the article does not make clear what denomination or sect is in question.

The Church does not want the state ruling on such questions or wading into such waters and as such it would be hoped that Jakarta would back down. That said, the actual Christian in question is in need of correction.