Indonesian comedian Aulia Rakhman sentenced to 7 months for joking about name Muhammad, raising blasphemy law concerns.

Indonesian court sentences comedian Aulia Rakhman to seven months in prison for joking about the name Muhammad, intensifying concerns over blasphemy laws in the Muslim-majority nation. Rakhman was found guilty of spreading hatred through stand-up jokes at an event in December. Muhammad is one of the most common men's names in Indonesia, where blasphemy laws can carry a maximum sentence of five years.