Some people like to think of Indonesia as moderate when it comes to Islam. However this proves otherwise, that they are as just as evil as other Islamic countries:
Christian governor of Jakarta jailed for allegedly blaspheming the Quran. https://t.co/43SwwObfjl pic.twitter.com/eu3SIodxst
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) May 9, 2017
NBC NEWS – The minority Christian governor of Jakarta was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday for blaspheming the Quran, a jarring ruling that undermines the reputation of the world’s largest Muslim nation for practicing a moderate form of Islam.
In announcing its decision, the five-judge panel said Gov. Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama was “convincingly proven guilty of blasphemy” and ordered his arrest.
By early evening, hundreds of angry supporters had gathered at the high-security prison, some pushing hard against a tall metal gate and others setting a tire alight. “Brothers and sisters, justice has died in this country,” said a man addressing the crowd with a megaphone.
The accusation of blasphemy engulfed Ahok in September after a video surfaced of him telling voters they were being deceived if they believed a specific verse in the Quran prohibited Muslims from voting for a non-Muslim leader.
An incorrectly subtitled video of his comments later went viral, helping spark huge demonstrations that ultimately resulted in him being brought to trial.
The blasphemy case was a decisive factor in Ahok’s defeat to a Muslim candidate in last month’s election for Jakarta governor. Hard-line Islamic groups opposed to having a non-Muslim leader for the city capitalized on the trial to draw hundreds of thousands to anti-Ahok protests in Jakarta that shook the centrist government of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.
It sounds to me like this started as a ruse to keep Ahok from getting elected in the first place. And just like in Pakistan, when the Muslim mob hears that someone blasphemed the Quran, there is no justice. It’s either death or imprisonment.
If you are a Christian, please pray for Ahok, because I fear his life could even be at stake now that he’s been wrongfully convicted for blaspheming the Quran.