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Cleric arrested for blasphemy after allowing women to preach in world's largest Muslim-majority country | CNN (www.cnn.com)

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A Muslim cleric has been arrested on charges of blasphemy and hate speech in Indonesia after his decision to allow women to preach and pray beside men sparked a backlash in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation.

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[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Well the Middle East has one of the highest concentrations of Muslims in the world (Saudi Arabia is 90% Muslim) but most Muslims are outside the Middle East, in Asia and Africa. (China has twice as many Muslims as Saudi.) The religion grew mainly through trade and missionaries.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's really interesting. I guess I just didn't realize until now that the population of Indonesia was almost 8 times the size of Saudi Arabia. The more you know.