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Maaher At-Thuwailibi, a still very young Islamic preacher in Indonesia, died in police custody.
For Ponderable:
Maaher’s attorney, Djudju Purwantoro, said that Maaher passed away at around 7pm. He was arrested by the police in early December for hate speech under Indonesia’s controversial Information and Electronic Transactions Act (UU ITE) after mocking one of the country’s most influential clerics, Habib Luthfi bin Yahya, on Twitter.
Djudju said that Maaher died of an unspecified illness, explaining that his client only returned from the hospital a week ago after receiving medical treatment. Maaher reportedly suffered from gastric issues in mid-January.
The police have not disclosed Maaher’s cause of death either, but they have come under criticism for not suspending his detainment considering his health problems.
The cleric, who was a close associate of Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab, was known for his pugnacious preaching style and occasional tendency to use vulgar language. Maaher became a controversial figure recently by publicly calling celebrity Nikita Mirzani a lonte (slut) after she mocked Rizieq on social media.
~ from an Indonesian online newspaper
Edit: the FPI are something conceptually akin to a mixture of the U.S.'s "Proud Boys" and English football hooligans, and boggle-eyed religionists like SecondSon on the SF, and I have to say I have had one or two brushes with them.
@FMF
You may be more occupied with crying about Tom Cruise's death.
That is while you're "studying God figures" for yourself.
@sonship saidNo. I am not "crying" about any of the deaths commemorated on this thread. And, yes. I am quite interested in "studying god figures" and seeing how ~ for instance ~ your belief in your god figure makes you behave and what stuff it makes you say.
@FMF
You may be more occupied with crying about Tom Cruise's death.
That is while you're "studying God figures" for yourself.
@very-rusty saidI see sonship as being more like a Scientologist on a street corner hoping to lure people into a rented building to complete a questionnaire.
FAKE NEWS!
-VR