Blasphemy trial against Christian Jakarta Governor Ahok begins in Indonesia
World Watch Monitor Indonesia’s only Christian governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (better known as “Ahok”), fought back tears during the first day of his blasphemy trial on Tuesday. The governor of the Indonesian capital city, Jakarta, of Chinese descent, is alleged to have “misused” a Quranic verse (which, some say, suggests Muslims should not be ruled […]