• AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldB
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    1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    An Indonesian court has sentenced a woman to two years in jail for posting a viral TikTok video where she said an Islamic phrase before eating pork.

    In March, she posted a video where she uttered “Bismillah” - an Arabic phrase that means “in the name of God” - before eating crispy pork skin.

    The video got millions of views and was widely criticised, prompting another Indonesian to report her to the police for “knowingly eating pork skin as a Muslim”.

    Police charged Ms Lutfiawati in May for disseminating hateful information, saying it was an act of hostility over ethnicity, religion, and race.

    Rights groups and activists in Indonesia have long criticised the blasphemy laws, which they say are frequently misused to target religious minorities.

    Indonesian police last year arrested six people after a bar promoted free alcohol - prohibited in Islam - for customers named Mohammed.


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    • hark@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Nice dog whistle. Ridiculous laws being applied based on religion is not a problem exclusive to Islam, it’s a problem with religion getting mixed with politics in general, which is why separation of church (or, I guess, mosque in this case) and state is so important.