The court ruled Monday that the 1965 law, which allows for criminal penalties and bans on people or groups that "distort" the central tenets of six officially recognized religions, was in line with the constitution and was vital to religious harmony. The law was challenged by a coalition of rights groups and civil society organizations who consider it discriminatory. But it is supported by religious conservatives, including the radical Islamic Defenders Front, which had gathered...
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