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The wRap Indonesia: #IStandWithAhmed, Bali gay marriage
A Muslim teen is handcuffed in Texas for bringing a clock mistaken as a bomb to school, Indonesians react to gay marriage in Bali, and other top news in Indonesia and around the world.

JAKARTA, Indonesia – From the arrest of a teenage Muslim student to gay marriage in Bali, here’s your top news to start your day.

1. #IStandWithAhmed

A Muslim teen was led out of a Texas school in handcuffs after a teacher mistook his homemade digital clock for a bomb, prompting accusations of Islamophobia and an online backlash.

A photo of Ahmed Mohamed, 14, standing in handcuffs while wearing a T-shirt with the US space agency NASA’s logo was retweeted thousands of times. Mohamed, who had loved robotics club in middle school and was hoping to find something similar in high school, said he didn’t get the reaction he was looking for when he showed the clock to his engineering teacher. Read more

2. Bali gay marriage

LOVE WINS. Joe Tully and Tiko Mulya pictured in New York, on June 26, 2015. Photo from Facebook/Bailly Photography

Indonesia was awash with mixed reactions after photos of a same-sex wedding in Bali spread online.

Indonesians reacted strongly after a friend of the couple, American Joe Tully and Indonesian Tiko Mulya, uploaded their photos on social media. Bali governor Made Pastika said the wedding was a “stain” on Bali, while Bali Grand Council of Customary Villages also reacted negatively to the news. Read more. 

3. Terrorists kill civilians

TERRORISTS. Police check the location of a bomb blast in Poso, Central Sulawesi, June 4, 2013. Photo by Olagondronk / EPA

Indonesian Police Chief General Badrodin Haiti said the Santoso network of terrorist groups have killed civilians in Parigi Moutong Poso, Central Sulawesi. Their motive was terror.

Haiti said victims were decapitated. The terrorist group apparently carried out the murder in the forest where residents gathered. Read more. 

4. China gets train deal

Who will create the fast train in Jakarta?

Indonesia finally follows up on plans to build a fast train. picking China to develop the project. The Japanese had previously been competing with China for the deal with Indonesia. Read more

5. No Disneyland in Bogor

NO DISNEYLAND. Walt Disney clarifies it has no plans to build Disneyland in Indonesia for now. Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA

Disneyland corrected rumors that it would be building a theme park in Bogor.

In a letter, Disneyland said it does not have any plans to build Disneyland in Indonesia right now. It added, “the theme park being planned in Bogor has been misconstrued as Disneyland. Disney has no association with this project.” Read more. – Rappler.com

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