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Indonesia: Anti-Ahok protesters picket Governor's trial in Jakarta
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24.01.2017
Hundreds of Islamist protesters rallied against Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, commonly known as 'Ahok', outside a Jakarta court, on Tuesday, as the Indonesian capital's first ethnic-Chinese governor faced the seventh session of his blasphemy trial.
Demonstrators waved flags and carried signs as they rallied. Poet and activist, Taufiq Ismail, said the protesters hope that Ahok is convicted and that judges give him a jail sentence for a minimum of five years.
Criticism towards the Jakarta governor began after he implied that the Quran's Al Maidah 51 verse, focusing on Muslim alliances with Jews and Christians, could be used to justify the idea that Muslims should not vote for a Christian governor.
FPI and their allies have pressed for Purnama's incarceration for the alleged offences, with the governor's supporters claiming that he is a victim of anti-Chinese and anti-Christian sentiment in a Muslim majority city.
Demonstrators waved flags and carried signs as they rallied. Poet and activist, Taufiq Ismail, said the protesters hope that Ahok is convicted and that judges give him a jail sentence for a minimum of five years.
Criticism towards the Jakarta governor began after he implied that the Quran's Al Maidah 51 verse, focusing on Muslim alliances with Jews and Christians, could be used to justify the idea that Muslims should not vote for a Christian governor.
FPI and their allies have pressed for Purnama's incarceration for the alleged offences, with the governor's supporters claiming that he is a victim of anti-Chinese and anti-Christian sentiment in a Muslim majority city.
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