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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] 24 points 1 year ago (13 children)

I did not know this, Indonesia is the world's largest muslim majority country? Time for another deep dive.

[–] Soupbreaker 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Excellent documentary about the legacy of violence in Indonesia https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2375605/?ref_=ext_shr

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh I watched that, that's actually the first time I learned anything about indonesia, that there was a coup by gangsters. What a startling and troubling doc. And that crazy scene at the end where one of the guys starts to crack while they're making a doc of their crimes? Yeawow.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Only in Lemmy whenever Indonesia mentioned, someone would inevitably post "the act of killing" as if it's still relevant. It's like mentioning Khmer Rouge when someone mention Cambodia. This shit was almost 60 years ago. People who were involved are already dead by now, and Indonesia hasn't been an authoritarian state for almost 30 years now.

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