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An
Indonesian civil servant who posted “God does not exist” on his Facebook page
has been taken into police custody for his own protection after he was badly
beaten.
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| Photo courtesy of Karl Karnadi |
The man,
identified as Alexander, 31, now faces the prospect of losing his job, or even
being jailed, if he fails to repent and accept one of six official state
religions.
Blasphemy
carries a maximum sentence of five years in jail.
Local media
reported that when Alexander arrived at work at the Dharmasraya Development
Planning Board (Bappeda) on Wednesday, a group of men, also understood to
comprise government officials, attacked and beat him before police arrived and
took him into protective custody.
Dharmasraya
Police Chief Sr. Comr. Chairul Aziz told the Jakarta Globe that Alexander
moderated a Facebook account titled “Ateis Minang” (Minang Atheists) and had
written an update that “God does not exist.”
Chairul
said he could not confirm the reports that Alexander was attacked but say that
he had taken into protective custody to “anticipate anarchy.”
“Besides,
he is also afraid of being intimidated or hurt.”
Alexander
was quoted by Padangekspres.co.id as saying that he did not believe in God
because of the amount of crime and disasters.
“If God
indeed exists, why do bad things happen,” he was quoted as saying. “There
should only be good things if God is merciful.”
Alexander
said he was born a Muslim but ceased religious activities in 2008.
“I have no
idea what the problem is. When I arrived at the office, a mob came and beat me,
and took me to the police.”
Aziz said
police would wait for a recommendation from the West Sumatra Coordinating
Agency to Supervise Religion and Beliefs (Bakorpakem) as well as the Ministry
of Religious Affairs before deciding on further action against Alexander.
“If they
consider what he did was blasphemy, we will charge him.”
Gusrizal
Gazahar, head of the West Sumatera chapter of the Council of Ulema (MUI), told
local media that if he refused to repent, Alexander should lose his job.
“I want him
to be fired,” he said.
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