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Secousses islamistes en #Indonésie, par Marie Beyer & Martine @Bulard (Les blogs du Diplo, 17 mai 2017)
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Djakarta, 9 mai 2017. « Coupable de blasphème ». Le gouverneur de Djakarta, M. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, couramment appelé Ahok, a été condamné à deux ans de prison ferme pour ce délit, bien inscrit à la Constitution mais très contesté au sein d’une Indonésie qui se veut séculaire. Pas de tergiversations, le gouverneur est emmené vers la prison de Cipinang, à l’est de la capitale, dès sa sortie du tribunal. Les images d’#Ahok en chemise batik bleue (de tradition indonésienne) montant dans le fourgon de police le bras levé, affichant de ses doigts le signe de paix, renforcent la sidération des progressistes indonésiens. Nul ne s’attendait à un tel dénouement. Le procureur lui-même n’avait requis qu’un an de prison avec sursis. La veille, plusieurs de nos interlocuteurs nous mettaient en garde contre les fondamentalistes religieux, réunis devant la Cour de Djakarta nord pour réaffirmer leurs menaces de « chaos » si le tribunal se montrait trop clément. Il faut dire qu’ils ont déjà montré un certain savoir-faire en la matière… Mais à l’annonce du verdict, ce mardi, ils laissent éclater leur joie, même si quelques-uns auraient souhaité une condamnation plus longue — la loi prévoit jusqu’à cinq ans d’emprisonnement.

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Christian Governor in Indonesia Found Guilty of Blasphemy Against Islam - The New York Times
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/world/asia/indonesia-governor-ahok-basuki-tjahaja-purnama-blasphemy-islam.html

An Indonesian court found the Christian governor of Jakarta guilty of blasphemy against Islam on Tuesday, sentencing him to two years in prison in a case widely seen as a test of religious tolerance and free speech.

The governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, was defeated last month in an election in which the blasphemy case, and religion, became a major issue.

Blasphemy is a crime in Indonesia, a secular democracy with the world’s largest Muslim population.

The sentence was harsher than what prosecutors had asked for. They had recommended a sentence of two years’ probation on a lesser charge, which would have spared Mr. Basuki prison time.

Mr. Basuki told reporters that he would appeal the ruling.

Mr. Basuki became governor of Jakarta, the capital, in 2014 when his predecessor, Joko Widodo, became president. Mr. Basuki, known as Ahok, was only the city’s second non-Muslim governor and had hoped to become its first directly elected non-Muslim leader.

He had been leading in the polls last year, but in September his campaign faltered when he tried to address attacks from Muslim hard-liners who argued that the Quran forbade Muslims from voting for a non-Muslim. Mr. Basuki said those making that argument were misleading Muslims, a statement that was interpreted by some as insulting the Quran.

Muslim groups organized mass rallies against him, demanding that he be jailed for blasphemy.

His defeat last month was seen as a sign of the increasing power of Muslim conservatives, who have pressed for the adoption of Islamic law, or Shariah, throughout the archipelago.

Trial of Jakarta governor Ahok begins as hundreds of Islamic hardliners protest | World news | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/13/trial-of-jakarta-governor-ahok-begins-as-hundreds-of-islamic-hardliners

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The much anticipated blasphemy trial of Jakarta’s Christian governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama has opened amid tight security and mobs of Islamic hardliners chanting for his arrest.

Hundreds of protestors, some dressed in white Muslim garb, gathered outside the court in the Indonesian capital for the first day of the trial, demanding the governor be jailed for allegedly insulting Islam.

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