JAKARTA: The head of an Indonesian Muslim hardline group insisted Tuesday that Jakarta's Christian governor had committed blasphemy as he gave evidence at the city leader's trial.

Rizieq Shihab, leader of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), helped organize mass protests in the Indonesian capital last year over claims that governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama had insulted the Koran.

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