{"id":30786,"date":"2017-05-09T10:33:31","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T14:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=30786"},"modified":"2017-05-09T10:33:31","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T14:33:31","slug":"this-is-what-justice-in-a-muslim-country-looks-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=30786","title":{"rendered":"This Is What Justice In A Muslim Country Looks Like"},"content":{"rendered":"

CNN<\/a> is reporting today that Jakarta<\/a> Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama has been found guilty of blasphemy and has been sentenced to two years in prison.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Ahok was detained immediately after the verdict and taken to the Cipinang detention center in East Jakarta<\/a>, local media reported.<\/a> He said he would immediately appeal the court’s decision.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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The Jakarta governor sparked controversy in late 2016 after quoting a verse from the Quran<\/a> to prove to his supporters that there were no restrictions on Muslims voting for a non-Muslim<\/a> politician.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Almost no one who has been charged under the blasphemy law has ever escaped conviction, associate professor of Indonesian politics<\/a> at the Australian National University<\/a> Greg Fealy told CNN.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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“The blasphemy law has really been a blight on the rule of law and democracy in Indonesia<\/a> for decades,” he said, adding that “the fact that Ahok was charged at all was really a product of massive street demonstrations that frightened the government into acting.”<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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This is one way free speech can be limited in a Muslim-majority country. In America<\/a>, because blasphemy is not an everyday concept, the concept of ‘hate speech’ is being used to undermine our First Amendment rights<\/a>. We also have the concept of ‘hate crime’ being introduced into our justice system. Technically a hate crime judges the motive of a criminal, which the courts have neither the authority or the means to judge. However, the concept has become a part of our justice system. That also can be used as a tool to limit free speech.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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