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| Indonesian Court Convicts Firebrand Cleric, 5 Supporters for Flouting Virus Restrictions |
| 2021-05-28 |
It was just another way they showed themselves not subject to secular law — and therefore another way for the government to show secular law overruling Sharia supremacists. [BenarNews] An Indonesian court convicted and sentenced a hardline Islamic preacher and five of his associates to eight months in prison Thursday on charges of violating COVID-19 restrictions by organizing Jakarta area events that drew thousands of people last year.The East Jakarta District Court found Muhammad Rizieq Shihab, founder of the banned but influential Islamic Defenders’ Front (FPI) ...founded by Muhammad Rezieq Shihab for nefarious purposes and headquartered in Jakarta, FPI began agitating for national imposition of sharia law in 1998. The group quickly attracted patronage — including funding and military training for its paramilitary arm, Laskar Pembela Islam (Islamic Defenders Paramilitary, LPI)— from Indonesia’s army and Jakarta’s police. They’re fond of vigilante actions and Antifa-style protests with violence, and have been called a conveyor belt leading from radicalism to terrorism. At the beginning of 2021 they were banned, so changed their name to Front Persatuan Islam (Islamic United Front), which everybody including themselves has already forgotten ... vigilante group, and his co-defendants guilty of violating health-quarantine orders through the mass events, which included his daughter’s wedding and a birthday celebration for Prophet Muhammad. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 It was just another way they showed themselves not subject to secular law Why does this sounds so familiar? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-05-28 00:47 |