Prosecutors allege she committed blasphemy against Islam by complaining the Muslim call to prayer was being played too loudly near her home.

An Indonesian court has sentenced a Buddhist woman to 18 months in prison for blasphemy after she was accused of insulting Islam.
Meiliana, a 44-year-old ethnic Chinese woman, had complained the Muslim call to prayer, which is repeated five times a day, was being played too loudly at the mosque near her house in North Sumatra.

She burst into tears as the presiding judge, Wahyu Prasetyo Wibowo announced her sentence on Tuesday and she was taken from the court in handcuffs.

Prosecutors alleged she had violated the country’s criminal code by committing blasphemy against Islam, the dominant faith in the world’s most populous Muslim nation.Recent years have seen a rise in conservative and hardline interpretations of Islam, prompting fears the secular nation’s long-standing reputation for tolerance and diversity was being eroded.

“She had said something that insulted religion, in this case Islam,” said Jamaluddin, a spokesman of the Medan district court, adding the defendant had “showed remorse and apologised”. Political activists have warned the country’s stringent blasphemy laws are being used to bully minorities and violate religious freedoms.

In July 2016, mobs burned and ransacked at least 14 Buddhist temples throughout Tanjung Balai, a port town on Sumatra, following reports of Meiliana’s complaint about a mosque’s noisy loudspeakers. Her lawyer, Ranto Sibarani, said they would appeal the verdict.

“We will appeal the verdict because the judges could not prove that our client has committed blasphemy,” he told The Jakarta Post.
Responding to the sentencing, Usman Hamid, Amnesty International Indonesia’s executive director, said: “Making a complaint about noise is not a criminal offence. This ludicrous decision is a flagrant violation of freedom of expression.

“Sentencing someone to 18 months in prison for something so trivial is a stark illustration of the increasingly arbitrary and repressive application of the blasphemy law in the country.

“The higher court in North Sumatra must reverse this injustice by quashing Meiliana’s sentence and ensuring her immediate and unconditional release.”

A conservative group, Islamic Community Forum, said Meilana’s sentence was too light. The maximum sentence for blasphemy is five years.

Religion of piss

Local man cannot can again
After reading this he lost the ability to Can

I wonder if their proponents have ear problem... bloody religion of piss

An Indonesian court has sentenced a Buddhist woman to 18 months in prison for blasphemy after she was accused of insulting Islam.
Meiliana, a 44-year-old ethnic Chinese woman, had complained the Muslim call to prayer, which is repeated five times a day, was being played too loudly at the mosque near her house in North Sumatra.


I laugh at the hypocrisy of these people, you beat people with rod and when they touch you with a stick you cry to the high heaven.

Hope their fellow bigots here in Nigeria are taking note of this.


Jailing a woman for complaining about noise pollution ? These people suck

See what some religions do when they dominate a country. But when they don’t, they know how to play the victim card very well.

A conservative group, Islamic Community Forum, said Meilana’s sentence was too light. The maximum sentence for blasphemy is five years.


Just take a look at this !!!


These people are very intolerant !


If care is not taking, this religion will destroy the world.

But I say God forbid !!!

Intolerance at its peak! A time will come when humanity will be totally, absolutely separated by religion. The time is drawing closer

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baby124:
See what some religions do when they dominate a country. But when they don’t, they know how to play the victim card very well.

My thought exactly.

This is the type of judgment our people will quickly copy.

You jailed her for doing nothing..she offended none,she committed no crime but he claimed she spoke against Islam..tell me the line of tolerant in your Islam religion..You can mimicking Christian from now till tomorrow no one care all they mostly care about you is your salvation...

Islamabad

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To where?