3-month jail term given for halting Christian worship in Indonesia
A Christian would have received harsh punishment for same crime, rights advocate says.
Source: christiantoday.com
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A Christian would have received harsh punishment for same crime, rights advocate says.
Authorities have reduced a blasphemy charge to one of mere “intrusion” for an official on western Indonesia’s Sumatra Island who broke up a worship service. Church leaders in Indonesia said such leniency would never be granted to a Christian who broke up mosque prayers and appealed for equal treatment under Indonesian law.