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Atheist faces jail after Facebook remarkNews.com.auJan. 20, 2012 |
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 AN Indonesian civil servant who declared himself an atheist on Facebook was arrested and is now facing jail for blasphemy after being attacked by an angry mob, police said today. Alexander An, 30, who wrote "God doesn't exist" on his Facebook page, was beaten by a mob of dozens on Wednesday in his hometown in Pulau Punjung, West Sumatra province. "He is suspected of having blasphemed against Islam," local police chief Chairul Aziz told AFP. "The man told police investigators that if God really exists and has absolute power, why didn't he prevent bad things from happening in this world." Read More 
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