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The fear of man The writer is a lawyer. In April of 2017, Indonesian artist, Adrian Syaf was fired from his job at Marvel Comics for slipping the numbers 5:51 and 212 into issue #1 of ‘X-Men Gold’. The first was a reference to verse 51 of Surah Al-Maidah, the second a reference to the related Indonesian protests of 2.12.2016. The protests began when Jakarta’s governor, Basuki ‘Ahok’ Purnama, decided to run for re-election in late 2016. With a history of efficiency, expansion of public services, and a strident stance against corruption, public opinion seemed favourable. With months to go, Ahok – a ‘double minority’ Chinese-Christian in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country – was ahead in the polls. That is, before he was charged with blasphemy. ....