Comedian Aulia Rakhman
A comedian in Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim country, has been sentenced to 7 months in prison for blasphemy. On Tuesday, a regional judge sentenced a comedian named Aulia Rakhman to prison after finding him guilty of blasphemy. Aulia had made fun of Prophet Mohammad in one of his programs. now Aulia, a resident of Lampung province in this Muslim country, was sentenced to seven months in prison.
Lampung Prosecutor Office spokesman Ricky Ramdhan said that comedian Aulia Rakhman had participated in a stand-up comedy show in December on the island of Sumatra. Aulia had made fun of the word Mohammad in the program held in a cafe.
Auliya apologized and the sentence was reduced by one month.
for this comment on the name of Mohammed, Aulia was found guilty of spreading hatred in the name of jokes. after this program, a case was registered against Aulia and he was put in jail. the lawyers had demanded a sentence of 8 months for this crime, but when he apologized for the crime, the sentence was reduced by one month.
The sections under which cases have been registered against Aulia have a provision for a maximum punishment of five years. these laws prohibit any kind of rhetoric against the six official religions of Indonesia.
This is the first case of blasphemy
This is the first time a comedian has been convicted of blasphemy in Indonesia. Before this, many arrests have been made in blasphemy cases. But no comedian was ever caught under the purview of this law. Former governor of Indonesia’s capital Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, has also been caught under this law, who was sentenced to 2 years in prison. In Indonesia, this law is also misused to target minorities.