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Alleged terrorist group leader denies all charges

AFP, Jakarta
Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir began his defence yesterday against accusations that he leads a deadly Islamic terror network, saying God would be his judge.
"I testify that there is no other absolute ruler, protector or judge except Allah," the white-robed Bashir, who allegedly heads the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) network, told the five judges. "There is no source of law except Allah."
A calm Bashir denied the accusations and urged the court not to be swayed by domestic or foreign pressure, saying that judges who passed fair verdicts would go to heaven while those who did not would go to hell.
He called for a trial "free from political intervention or the intervention of the powers of the government or the intervention of the
subjective interests of parties outside Indonesia."
Bashir is formally charged with treason -- waging a JI jihad, or holy war to topple the government and set up an Islamic state.
JI, which is thought linked to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network, is suspected of staging the bombing of two Bali nightspots which killed 202 people last October and a string of other bloody attacks in the region.
Bashir, who is not accused of involvement in the Bali blasts, described accusations against him as "inhumane", in a short statement before his lawyers began addressing the court.
About 70 white-clad supporters demonstrated outside but there were no clashes.
"The government should not bow to foreign pressure," one of
them shouted through a loudspeaker.
About 100 police imposed tight security and blocked off the court approach road.
The case is seen as a test of Indonesia's commitment to fighting extremism but Bashir has dismissed it as "slander made up by the United States."
Prosecutors say the 64-year-old cleric co-founded JI in 1993 in Malaysia.
In an indictment, they say he authorised the Christmas Eve bombings of churches and priests in 2000 which killed 19 people in Indonesia.
He is said to have approved a plot to bomb US interests in Singapore, which was foiled with the arrest of 13 JI suspects there.