Indonesia Jails Woman for Saying Muslim Prayer Before Eating Pork on TikTok
Lina Lutfiawati, who is also known as Lina Mukherjee, at court in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, on Sept 19.
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PALEMBANG, Indonesia (AP) — A court in Indonesia has convicted a woman of inciting religious hatred and sentenced her to two years in prison for saying a Muslim prayer and then eating pork — considered forbidden in Islam — on a TikTok video.
Judges at Palembang court in South Sumatra province in Sumatra island also ordered Lina Lutfiawati to pay a fine of 250 million rupiah ($16,262) in their blasphemy trial verdict on Tuesday