Indonesia jails (ethnic Chinese Buddhist) woman for 'insulting Islam' over mosque 'noise'

By artappraiser on Tue, 08/21/2018 - 9:27pm |

An Indonesian court sentenced a woman to 18 months in jail under a blasphemy law for complaining that a mosque near to her home was creating too much noise during its call to prayer.

Meiliana, 44, an ethnic Chinese Buddhist, was found guilty on Tuesday of "insulting Islam" and jailed for 18 months, a spokesperson for a district court in North Sumatra told reporters.

The court in the city of Medan said her comments, made in 2016, triggered riots that saw Muslims attack Buddhist temples, AFP news agency reported [....]

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/08/indonesia-jails-woman-insulting-islam-mosque-noise-180821140210975.html