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Radical Indonesian Cleric Sparks Tensions in Return from Exile

Powerful military, sensing trouble, warns Rizieq to slow down

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Dec 01, 2020
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Islamic firebrand Mohamad Rizieq Shihab, who returned to massive crowds in early November from Saudi Arabia where he had been hiding for three and a half years from charges of distributing pornography, appears inevitably on a path toward confrontation with the government.

Rizieq has already earned a threat for fomenting tensions from Jakarta Military Co…

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