Indonesia arrests Muslim preacher for blasphemy, hate speech
Indonesian police say a 77-year-old Muslim preacher has been arrested on blasphemy and hate speech charges. – EPA pic, August 2, 2023.
A MUSLIM preacher has been arrested on charges including blasphemy and hate speech after his Islamic boarding school provoked protests for allowing women to preach and pray beside men, police said today. The Al-Zaytun boarding school in West Java has faced backlash from conservative groups that have accused it of following a version of Islam incompatible with the Quran.
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