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Firebrand Indonesian cleric returns from 3-year Saudi exile
JAKARTA – Thousands of followers of a firebrand cleric joyfully welcomed him at an Indonesian airport early Tuesday as he returned home from a 3-year exile in Saudi Arabia after criminal charges including a pornography case were dropped.The supporters, waving welcoming banners and placards, burst into joy when they saw Rizieq Shihab, leader of the Islamic Defenders Front, and his family exit immigration at the airport heading to their residence in central Jakarta.Television footage showed thousands of men, women and children, many wearing white Islamic robes, chanted “God is Great” as they marched and filled a major road to the airport’s arrival gates.