(2 Dec 2016) At least 200,000 conservative Muslims rallied in the Indonesian capital on Friday.
It is the second major protest in a month against the country's minority Christian governor, Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, who is being prosecuted for blasphemy
Organisers had agreed to concentrate the protest around the national monument in central Jakarta to reduce disruptions but the area quickly overflowed.
The blasphemy controversy erupted in September when a video circulated online in which Ahok criticised detractors who argued the Quran prohibits Muslims from having a non-Muslim leader.
It has challenged the image of Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, as practicing a moderate form of Islam and has shaken the government of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.
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