Imagine if it had been a Christian agitating other Christians to kill Muslims. How many minutes would the Christians lived after trying that stunt? The cleric, known only as Syihabudin was convicted of "provocation" rather than murder, and sentenced to a year in jail, with time served to be added. He will not serve the entire year and when released willnot have to do anything except return to his Islamic ways and continue to persecute Christians.
Remember that this is happening in moderate,modern Indonesia.
From The Straits Times June 14
SEMARANG - AN INDONESIAN court on Tuesday sentenced a cleric to a year in jail for inciting hundreds of people to burn churches and attack police.
In February, a 1,500-strong mob of Muslims set two churches alight and ransacked a third in the town of Temanggung, on Java island, as they demanded that a Christian man be sentenced to death for insulting Islam.
Syihabudin, 46, was convicted of whipping up the mob, which started the mayhem from inside a court, set a police vehicle ablaze and threw stones at officers.
'We sentence the defendant for a year in prison because he was found guilty of provocation,' Semarang district court judge Edy Tjahyono said.
The judge said the punishment would be reduced by several months to take account of time already served.
A few of his supporters chanted 'Allahu akbar (God is greater)' outside the court before the trial started. The cleric said in court he would appeal the sentence. -- AFP
Remember that this is happening in moderate,modern Indonesia.
From The Straits Times June 14
Indonesian cleric jailed over church attacks
SEMARANG - AN INDONESIAN court on Tuesday sentenced a cleric to a year in jail for inciting hundreds of people to burn churches and attack police.
In February, a 1,500-strong mob of Muslims set two churches alight and ransacked a third in the town of Temanggung, on Java island, as they demanded that a Christian man be sentenced to death for insulting Islam.
Syihabudin, 46, was convicted of whipping up the mob, which started the mayhem from inside a court, set a police vehicle ablaze and threw stones at officers.
'We sentence the defendant for a year in prison because he was found guilty of provocation,' Semarang district court judge Edy Tjahyono said.
The judge said the punishment would be reduced by several months to take account of time already served.
A few of his supporters chanted 'Allahu akbar (God is greater)' outside the court before the trial started. The cleric said in court he would appeal the sentence. -- AFP
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