Ahok Blasphemy Comment

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About

Ahok (or Basuki Cahaya Purnama, Chinese: 鍾萬學; Tjung Ban Hok; pinyin: Zhōng Wànxué ; born June 29, 1966) is an Indonesian politician serving 17th Governor of Jakarta. He's been surrounded with controversy due his religion (Protestantism) in a majorly a muslim population, however since his political campaign visit in pulau seribu he's been the center of political debate in Indonesia due to his religiously sensitive statement and several different muslim conservative movement.

History

In a September speech, Ahok said Islamic groups who were using a Koranic verse to discourage support for him were deceiving voters. The verse is interpreted by some as prohibiting Muslims from living under the leadership of a non-Muslim. Islamic groups said he had criticized the Koran and lodged complaints with the police. Ahok later apologized^[1].

This prompted several thousand muslim took part in large scale protest to arrest Ahok ^[2], where around 100,000 muslim attended the protest. The movement was accompanied with a green background poster (that said "Aksi 4 November Bela Islam" or the english translation "4 November Movement Defending Islam") that's been circulating in twitter.

The poster also parodied by Ahok supporter with various picture that mock (criticize?) the movement

The night after the protest turn violent, The President Jokowi Widodo took a statement at the President Capital while wearing a "trendy" jacket, it cause a sudden influx of sale of the same product ^[3] and search history.

^[1] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37996350

^[2] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37856476

^[3] http://www.bintang.com/lifestyle/read/2647311/jaket-bomber-jokowi-laku-keras