Indonesian woman jailed for two years after eating pork in TikTok video

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>A court in Indonesia has convicted a woman of inciting religious hatred and sentenced her to two years in prison for saying a Muslim prayer and then eating pork — considered forbidden in Islam — on a TikTok video&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Judges at Palembang court in South Sumatra province also ordered Lina Lutfiawati to pay a fine of 250 million rupiah &lpar;£13&comma;000&rpar; in their blasphemy trial verdict&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Lutfiawati&comma; who is also known as Lina Mukherjee and who identifies as Muslim&comma; said a brief prayer phrase that translates to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;in the name of God” before eating a crispy pork skin in a video that was published in March and was widely viewed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Once she went on trial on blasphemy charges&comma; she expressed regret and apologised in a post on her social media last month&period; She apologised again after Tuesday’s verdict&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I am surprised&period; I have apologised many times&period; Actually&comma; I know that I was wrong&comma; but I did not expect the sentence to be two years&comma;” Lutfiawati said after the trial&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Indonesia is the largest Muslim-majority country in the world and consuming pork is considered &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;haram” or forbidden in Islam&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The charge of inciting hatred against a religious group is part of blasphemy laws that critics in Indonesia say have been used to curtail freedom of expression&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;What’s been happening to Lina is not surprising&comma; despite the government’s promises” to protect freedom of expression&comma; said Usman Hamid&comma; the executive director of Amnesty International Indonesia&period; He said the laws have also been used to target religious minorities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In 2017&comma; Jakarta governor Basuki &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama&comma; a Christian&comma; was imprisoned for two years after being found guilty of blasphemy for quoting a verse from the Koran during a re-election campaign speech&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In 2018&comma; an Indonesian court sentenced an ethnic Chinese woman&comma; Meiliana&comma; who complained about a noisy mosque&comma; to 18 months in prison for blasphemy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed11f347104">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed11f347104'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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