KUALA LUMPUR -- Indonesian presidential hopeful Anies Baswedan has received backing from a firebrand cleric who was once the spiritual leader of an extremist group behind the 2002 Bali bombings, the country's deadliest terrorist attack.
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Radical Indonesian cleric gives backing to presidential hopeful Anies
Abu Bakar Bashir was once spiritual leader of extremist group behind Bali bombings
Indonesian presidential candidate Anies Baswedan, Left, has won the backing of radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir © Reuters
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