Islamist leader Rizieq Shihab speaks to supporters gathered at the Jakarta International Airport on Nov 10, 2020. - AFP
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Rizieq Shihab, the firebrand cleric who heads the Islam Defenders Front (FPI), returned to Indonesia on Tuesday (Nov 10) after nearly three years of self-proclaimed exile in Saudi Arabia.
Early on Tuesday morning, thousands of his supporters, including FPI members, marched to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, to welcome the controversial cleric.
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