The decision of the Indonesian court on the trial of a hardline Muslim cleric indicted for coronavirus curbs violation as well as for instigating his followers to attend mass gatherings after his return will be delivered today. The court hearing held on a livestream presented the spiritual leader of an outlawed Islamist vigilante group ― the Islamic Defender’s Front (FPI) …

The return of well-respected chief of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) Habib Rizieq Shihab is a privilege worthy of defense because he has legal privileges and duties akin to other people as an Indonesian. Speaking of Shihab’s return for good from Saudi Arabia after more than three years of self-imposed exile, Mahfud MD, the Minister for Diplomatic, Legal and Security …