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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/cleric-faces-terrorism-charges.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Abu Bakar Bashir faces a potential death sentence if convicted of helping fund a new terrorist cell" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-cleric-faces-terrorism-charges.jpg" alt="Abu Bakar Bashir faces a potential death sentence if convicted of helping fund a new terrorist cell"/></a></p>
<p>Indonesia&#8217;s best-known radical cleric has gone on trial facing fresh terrorism charges as the predominantly Muslim nation grapples with heightened religious tensions and violence.</p>
<p>Abu Bakar Bashir, a spiritual leader of the al Qaida-linked network Jemaah Islamiyah, faces a maximum penalty of death if found guilty of helping fund a new terror cell in Aceh province and mobilising foot soldiers.</p>
<p>The 72-year-old has denied all links to extremist activity, saying as he arrived at the tightly guarded South Jakarta District Court that charges filed against him were &#8220;fabricated&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;All I ever wanted to do was defend Islam,&#8221; he said, as more than 100 supporters shouted Allah Akbar.</p>
<p>Jemaah Islamiyah was blamed for a string of suicide bombings, including the 2002 attacks on Bali island that killed 202 people, most of them Western tourists.</p>
<p>Authorities discovered the new cell in Aceh province a year ago.</p>
<p>Bashir, who has been arrested twice before in the past decade and spent 26 months in prison on terrorism charges, is known for his fiery sermons.</p>
<p>He is seen by many experts as a driving force behind the country&#8217;s small but increasingly vocal hardline fringe.</p>
<p>In the last week, Islamic militants have carried out bloody attack on Christians and members of a minority Islamic sect, raising concerns about escalating religious intolerance.</p>
<p>The trial is expected to last one month.</p>
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