Indonesian court upholds blasphemy law

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JAKARTA, Apr 19 (AFP): Indonesia's Constitutional Court Monday rejected a petition by moderate Muslims, minorities and rights groups against a 1965 blasphemy law, in a ruling seen as a test of the country's pluralism.
The court ruled that the law was imperfect but did not contravene the constitution of the world's most populous Muslim-majority country.
"The application has been rejected entirely as the reasons given by the applicants... have no legal basis and are completely unfounded," chief judge Mahfud MD told the court.
"It's not contrary to the basic articles in the constitution but it needs to be made clearer."