JAKARTA: Thousands of Indonesian Muslims from conservative groups held a peaceful rally in central Jakarta, with a spokesman for one of the organisers calling for unity after a spike in religious tension followed elections last April.
Among the protest organisers yesterday was the Alumni 212 movement, which was behind big rallies held from 2016 to demand action against Jakarta’s former governor, a Christian eventually jailed for blasphemy in a case that drew international condemnation.
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