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Firebrand Indonesian cleric returns from 3-year Saudi exile

by Niniek Karmini
| November 10, 2020 3:30 AM

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Tens of thousands of followers of a firebrand cleric joyfully welcomed him at an Indonesian airport on Tuesday as he returned home from a 3-year exile in Saudi Arabia after criminal charges including a pornography case were dropped.

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