Radical Indonesian Cleric Sparks Tensions in Return from Exile
Powerful military, sensing trouble, warns Rizieq to slow down
Our Correspondent | Dec 1, 2020 |
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…