Source: Reuters
By Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Kanupriya Kapoor
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Hardline Islamic groups on Wednesday filed a blasphemy complaint against a daughter of Indonesia’s first president, accusing her of reciting a poem insulting Islam and prompting fresh concerns over intolerance in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country.
Sukmawati Sukarnoputri, sister of former Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, talks to reporters in Jakarta, Indonesia April 4, 2018. REUTERS/Beawiharta
Sukmawati Sukarnoputri, sister of former Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, talks to reporters in Jakarta, Indonesia April 4, 2018. REUTERS/Beawiharta
Sukmawati Sukarnoputri, a politician, is the third daughter of Indonesia’s founding father Sukarno and the younger sister of Megawati Sukarnoputri, who leads President Joko Widodo’s ruling party.
Indonesia is a secular country with significant Christian, Hindu, Buddhist and other religious minorities, but a rise of hardline, politicized Islam and stricter interpretations of the religion have undermined its reputation for tolerance in recent years.
Categories: Asia, Blasphemy, Indonesia, The Muslim Times
Semilarity with Pakistan, Indonesia will fall into the hand of the extremist Muslim in decade. Very sad indeed. The extremist clerics use mosque to spread hatred toward democratic secular every friday’s prayer in thousand mosques.
The extremist Muslim use the freedom of speech and religion to its benefits. Most Muslim want to Syariah state instead of secular ( Pancasila ) .
Blasphemy laws has caused many victims just misunderstanding the word.
Blasphemy law has to be abolished from government
Blasphemy law is not Islamic law, conversely it is against Al Quran or God’s law.
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