Tamara de Lempicka Portrait of Madame painting

Tamara de Lempicka Portrait of Madame painting
Eric Wallis Girls at the Beach painting
This is an act of terror against Christians on Christmas Eve," said police Senior Inspector Supono, who, like many Indonesians, uses only one name.There were no immediate claims of responsibility, but religious violence and tensions have been rising throughout this predominantly Muslim country. Although most of the violence has taken place in the Moluccan islands, Muslim vigilante groups have recently attacked restaurants and nightclubs in Jakarta, the capital. President Abdurrahman Wahid, himself a Muslim scholar, has advocated religious tolerance, but today's attacks add to a long list of crises and acts of violence that have worsened during his 14-month rule.Five Catholic and Protestant churches were targeted in Jakarta, where three people were killed. The Jakarta bombs exploded within an hour and a radius of about a mile.