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View all search resultsThe more I observe the socio-political predilections of some Indonesian Muslims, the more I am convinced that what I am seeing mirrors the Evangelical Christian rights-defending Trump supporters in the US. The former’s accusation of blasphemy against Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama is one case in point.
Fifteen months after he was given a prison sentence for intending to wounding religious feelings, teenage blogger Amos Yee on Thursday (Sept 29) was again given a jail term for the same crime.
Investigators of the general crimes directorate at the National Police Criminal Investigation Corps (Bareskrim) are looking to establish legal grounds on which to ascertain whether leaders of the Fajar Nusantara Movement (Gafatar) committed blasphemy and religious defamation.
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