Ba’asyir’s Verdict
An Ustad Undone?
Tuesday, March 8, 2005
Abu Bakar Ba’asyir has been convicted for conspiring with the perpetrators of the Bali bombing
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NO sooner had the presiding judge rapped his gavel than the courtroom was overwhelmed by noise. “It is against Islamic law to accept this ruling. I reject it and this ruling is despotic,” said Abu Bakar Ba’asyir, 66, to the panel of judges during the hearing when a verdict on his case was passed last week. Hundreds of pesantren (Islamic boarding school) students vociferously chanted “Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar,” (God
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