Indonesia

In mid-June, a fiery proclamation was made outside the cell in the Jakarta Police Station: “SBY is a coward!”

The person who read it out was Abu Bakar Ba’asyir, said to be the “Amir” or head of the Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia who was sentenced for complicity in terrorist acts. The statement itself came from Rizieq Shihab, the head of the Islam Defenders Front (Front Pembela Islam, or FPI), who was under police arrest but visited that d

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