![]() "Like they have nothing else to do but to protest against a statue," said Paring Waluyo, under the handle they should be protesting about Tuban being among the poor regencies of East Java. I hope it will soon be taken down," Muhammad Syahrir, using the handle said on social network Twitter.Īnother Twitter user ridiculed the protesters. "Praise be to God, the noisy fighting in social media succeeded in ensuring the idolatrous statue has been covered. ![]() The fate of the statue, reported to have cost 2.5 billion rupiah ($190,000) to build, has sparked sparring on social media. Chinese officials are shelling out a staggering 24 million to move a 190-foot-tall bronze statue of ancient war god Guan Yu following complaints from residents that it was an eyesore. "What they were protesting about is that the statue did not represent their general or commander," he said, adding that a permit for the statue had also not yet been approved. The protests against the statue were primarily about nationalism, said Suli Da'im, a lawmaker in East Java. ![]() Religious tension has soared this year after Islamist-led rallies saw Jakarta's incumbent governor, a member of a so-called double minority who is ethnic Chinese and Christian, put on trial during city elections over Koran insult allegations.īasuki Tjahaja Purnama was later jailed for two years for blasphemy, a sentence rights groups and international bodies condemned as unfair and politicised. Muslims form about 85 percent of the population, but there are also substantial Buddhist, Christian, Hindu and other minorities. ![]() Indonesia is a secular state whose constitution enshrines religious freedom and diversity, but there are concerns that rising intolerance threatens its reputation for moderate Islam. ![]()
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