BREAKING: Lawyer for ailing radical cleric who inspired Bali bombers says Indonesian gov't will release him from prison next week.
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Indonesia cleric to be freed despite holding to radicalismJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Islamic cleric who was the ideological leader of the Bali bombers and other Indonesian militants is being released early from a 15-year prison sentence after the country's president relented on a condition that he renounce radical beliefs, lawyers confirmed Saturday. Abu Bakar Bashir had previously been ineligible for parole because of his refusal to recognize the secular government's authority. He insists he is only answerable to God and that Indonesia should be governed by Islamic law.
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