Jakarta governor faces grilling over blasphemy allegations
Jakarta's Christian governor was questioned by police Tuesday for the first time since being named a suspect in a blasphemy investigation seen by critics as a test of religious tolerance in Indonesia. Police are pursuing allegations that Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, better known by his nickname Ahok, insulted the Koran, a criminal offence that carries a jail sentence in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country. The allegations have sparked much anger among Muslims -- both moderate and hardline -- with more than 100,000 taking to the streets of Jakarta earlier this month demanding Purnama be prosecuted.