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View all search resultsPolitician Ade Armando has resigned from the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) after dozens of Islamic organizations filed police reports against him over alleged incitement against former vice president Jusuf Kalla.
Figures behind the Malino I and Malino II Declaration have defended former vice president Jusuf Kalla, asserting that his recent lecture reflects historical realities of the Poso and Ambon conflicts and does not amount to blasphemy.
Former vice president Jusuf Kalla has denied allegations of blasphemy over remarks he made during a public lecture last month, and is considering legal recourse against his accusers who he said took his comments out of context in a way that defames him.
Although no longer in public office, Kalla has in recent weeks increasingly become a reference figure for groups and individuals seeking input or expressing concerns about policies under President Prabowo Subianto’s administration.
During the livestream, she responded to a viewer who had asked her to cut her hair to be more like a man’s, by holding up a picture of Jesus Christ and saying, “You [Jesus] should not look like a woman. You should cut your hair so that you will look like his father,” referring to the viewer's father.
Aulia Rakhman, a comedian from Lampung province, was found guilty of spreading hatred through stand-up jokes at a campaign event for presidential candidate Anies Baswedan in December, Lampung prosecutor's office spokesperson Ricky Ramadhan told AFP.
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