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Extremism in Indonesia

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August 29, 2017

What is the issue?

Recent actions of Indonesian government threaten the long-cherished unity in diversity of that nation.

What are the problems in Indonesia?

  • Southeast Asia’s largest economy, Indonesia has serious religious extremism.
  • About 88% of Indonesians are Muslim and the archipelago’s Chinese community has periodically been subject to massacres.
  • There is a strong growing vigilante Islamism.
  • Recently right wing extremist smashed up bars and disrupted concerts by Western pop musicians.
  • The space for non-Muslims to make personal comments in public or on social media is shrinking.

What are the recent trails under blasphemy?

  • According to Human Rights Watch, 16 people have been persecuted and sentenced for blasphemy in the last three years
  • Recently governor of Jakarta who is a Chinese Christian was imprisoned on charges of blasphemy.
  • Right-wing vigilante groups began alleging that he had committed blasphemy while on the campaign trail for his 2017 re-election.
  • The ‘blasphemy’ consisted of telling voters that they shouldn’t be duped by religious leaders.
  • He stated that few religious leaders misuse the Koranic verse Al-Maidah 51 to justify claims that Muslims should not have non-Muslim leaders. 

 

Source: The Hindu

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