Uproar in Indonesia over burning of hardline Islamist group’s flag threatens to boil over

October 28, 2018 3:41 PM

JAKARTA (JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The uproar over the burning of the flag of a hardline Islamist group by members of Indonesia’s largest Muslim organisation threatened to boil over as thousands of conservative Muslims demanded that those responsible be taken to task.

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