The conviction of Jakarta's former governor for "blasphemy" reshapes the 2019 presidential election's political landscape.
The Basuki Purnama case serves as a warning. The former governor of Jakarta was sentenced on Tuesday to two years in prison for "blasphemy", an unprecedented verdict which yields to followers of a strict and political Islam. Originating from the Chinese Christian minority, Basuki Purnama condemned during his electoral campaign the employment by certain ulemas of a verse (...)
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