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        "msgid": "bible-in-local-language-draws-ire-1447893297",
        "date": "1999-07-17 00:00:00",
        "title": "Bible in local language draws ire",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Bible in local language draws ire PADANG, West Sumatra: Police said the provincial prosecutor's office would investigate the distribution of Bibles in the local Minang dialect which enraged some groups in the Muslim-dominated area. \"We have left this in the hands of the prosecutor's office,\" provincial police chief Col. Dasrul Lamsuddin announced on Friday. He also called on the public not to act rashly.",
        "content": "<p>Bible in local language draws ire<\/p>\n<p>PADANG, West Sumatra: Police said the provincial prosecutor&apos;s<br>\noffice would investigate the distribution of Bibles in the local<br>\nMinang dialect which enraged some groups in the Muslim-dominated<br>\narea.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We have left this in the hands of the prosecutor&apos;s office,&quot;<br>\nprovincial police chief Col. Dasrul Lamsuddin announced on<br>\nFriday. He also called on the public not to act rashly.<\/p>\n<p>According to 1996 statistics, 98.8 percent of West Sumatra&apos;s<br>\n4,390,000 population were Muslim.<\/p>\n<p>He said the case could cause a rift among people. &quot;The<br>\nauthorities are handling the matter earnestly and cautiously ...<br>\nwe will not take sides.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The spokesman for the prosecutor&apos;s office, Khaidir Ramli,<br>\nrefused to say how many of the Bibles were in circulation.<\/p>\n<p>The case became potentially explosive following the revelation<br>\nof the abduction and rape of a Muslim girl by a Christian family,<br>\nwho reportedly then forced her to convert to Christianity. The<br>\ncase of 17-year-old Wawah is now being tried at the Padang<br>\nDistrict Court.(swe)<\/p>",
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