TikToker in Indonesia faces jail & fine for saying Jesus should get a haircut

A TikToker in Indonesia has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison and fined approximately S$8,300 for remarks made about Jesus Christ during a livestream.

According to CNN, Ratu Thalisa received her sentence on Monday (10 March) for comments that authorities deemed offensive and capable of inciting religious disharmony.

TikToker said Jesus should get a haircut

On 2 Oct last year, Ratu Thalisa, a Muslim transgender woman with over 442,000 TikTok followers, held up a picture of Jesus Christ during a livestream.

“You should not look like a woman,” she said to the picture. “You should cut your hair so that you will look like his father.”

The woman made the comment in response to one of her viewers telling her to cut her hair so she would look like a man.

Christian groups file complaints leading to arrest

Following the livestream, five Christian groups lodged police reports against her. Less than a week later, on 8 Oct, Ratu Thalisa was arrested.

According to the BBC, a court in Sumatra found her guilty of spreading hatred under an online hate-speech law. The court charged her with blasphemy, adding that her comments could disrupt “public orde...