Indonesian who took dog into mosque faces blasphemy case

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An Indonesian woman who doctors say should receive psychiatric treatment has been named a suspect in a blasphemy case after taking a dog into a mosque, sparking calls for the frequently abused law to be repealed.

A video circulating online in Muslim-majority Indonesia shows the dog running around a mosque in the West Java district of Bogor on the weekend while the woman argues with shocked worshippers. Many Muslims consider dogs to be impure.

Bogor police chief Andi Mochammad Dicky Pastika said the woman is a blasphemy suspect and an investigation is continuing. He said evidence includes a video recording, testimony from five witnesses and her shoes, which she wore inside the mosque. The woman's identity hasn't been disclosed. The hospital has said sending her to a specialized facility would let her be closer to her family and make it easier to communicate with her.

"That makes absolutely no sense if it is done by a sane person in a Muslim-majority nation," Ilyas told reporters. "Don't be provoked," he said.

 

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I guess they don't believe that their God Loves All Creatures

We're in the 21st century, right? Just checking.

...in a moderate Islamic country.

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