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RSS Feeds`Blasphemy´, rebellion and dissent: the artists bringing modern Indonesia to Australia
(The Guardian Indonesia)

 
 

25 june 2019 08:46:45

 
`Blasphemy´, rebellion and dissent: the artists bringing modern Indonesia to Australia
(The Guardian Indonesia)
 


Contemporary Worlds: Indonesia reveals the tensions and fraught history of the world´s third-largest democracyIn 2018, Meiliana, a Chinese Indonesian living in Sumatra, was jailed. Her crime? A complaint to a neighbour about the volume of the call to prayer at her local mosque.Meiliana, who is Buddhist, was released last month on parole. Yet the fallout over the case remains. Not only did her objections lead to an anti-Chinese riot and the burning of several Buddhist temples in a country still riven by ethnic tensions; it reveals the damaging reach of Indonesia´s controversial blasphemy law. Related: `We`re afraid`: the queer Brazilian sex artists targeted by Bolsonaro Related: Chinese wedding photos - a picture essay Continue reading...


 
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