“These laws should be repealed,” Greenwalt said in the podcast, “and they could be with very little, if any effect at all, on their legal system (in Singapore and the Philippines). That’s something the U.S. could point out in its engagement with these countries.”
While Brunei upholds Sharia law, Greenwalt described Brunei as a “special case” because blasphemy laws are not enforced there.
In Indonesia, Kace was first arrested in August, 2021, while in hiding amid backlash over his videos that called the Prophet Muhammad a demonic disciple, the Jubilee Foundation reported. While he faced six years in prison on charges of blasphemy and disinformation under the Criminal Code and the ITE Law, Jubilee said, he was sentenced to 10 years on the recommendation of prosecutors.
Kace converted to Christianity in 2014.
USCIRF’s blasphemy update is available here.
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