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Cleric arrested for blasphemy after allowing women to preach in world's largest Muslim-majority country | CNN (www.cnn.com)

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A Muslim cleric has been arrested on charges of blasphemy and hate speech in Indonesia after his decision to allow women to preach and pray beside men sparked a backlash in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I will take blasphemy, it's terrible but at least I can see it...

...allowing women to preach is hate speech though? Not the other way around??

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

'Hate speech' is entirely defined by the government's opinion on issues.