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| Indonesian police arrest alleged propagandist amid crackdown on pro-caliphate group |
| 2022-06-14 |
| [BenarNews] Indonesian police in the past several days have arrested five members of a little-known group espousing an Islamic caliphate — a concept that goes against the Moslem-majority country’s state ideology — including its leader and the main propagandist, who was arrested Monday. The suspected members of the Khilafatul Moslemin group were taken into custody following a public outcry over a large rally that it staged in Jakarta last month. It was not immediately known what criminal charges the alleged propagandist was facing after his arrest. On June 7, the group’s leader and founder was arrested on charges of violating a 2017 law banning organizations that oppose Pancasila, Indonesia’s five-pillared ideology. |
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