INDONESIA: Muslim groups criticise scholar's ostracism
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Indonesia's two main Islamic organisations have criticised the Religious Affairs Ministry for pressuring a liberal Egyptian scholar to cancel a planned address. Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd was controversially declared a heretic by the Egyptian government in the 1990s for his research into Islam. He was due to speak at an Islamic seminar in east Java this week, but has since cancelled those plans.
Presenter: Joanna McCarthy
Speakers: Din Syamsuddin, chair of Indonesia's largest Islamic organisation, Muhammadiyah
