Giving evidence: Rizieq arriving in court to testify in the blasphemy trial of Basuki. — AFP
Jakarta: The head of an Indonesian Muslim hardline group insisted that Jakarta’s Christian governor had committed blasphemy as he gave evidence at the city leader’s trial.
Rizieq Shihab, leader of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), helped organise mass protests in the Indonesian capital last year over claims that governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama had insulted the Quran.
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