https://international.la-croix.com/news/jakartas-christian-governor-hit-with-blasphemy-charges/4211?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=e-mail&utm_content=16-11-2016&utm_campaign=newsletter__crx_lci&PMID=3d4bff6e21bd8a4c42e60d5186400d8e
Jakarta's Christian governor hit with blasphemy charges Observers believe police prosecutors were swayed by protest mobs started by radical Islamic groups Ryan Dagur, Jakarta Indonesia November 16, 2016 a.. Indonesian police have named Jakarta's Christian governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, popularly known as Ahok, as a blasphemy suspect in a case that has sparked fears of rising ethnic and religious tensions in the world's most populous Muslim country. The move came after investigators gathered testimonies from witnesses, linguists, Muslim clerics, and lawyers. Blasphemy allegations against the governor, who is of Chinese descent, surfaced in early October, after a video of a Sept. 27 speech, in which he allegedly insulted the Quran, went viral on the internet.
