Indonesia, Sept. 14 -- Lampung Police Chief Inspector General Purwadi Arianto has vowed to facilitate an escort service to ascertain the safety of Indonesia's charismatic ulema Sheikh Ali Jaber during his preaching program in the province.

"Sheikh Ali Jaber's preaching program will go on because the government has guaranteed his freedom to preach as long as the program is implemented in accordance with the government's set health protocols," he was quoted by ANTARA here, Monday.

Alfin Andrian, 24, attacked Sheikh Ali Jaber with knife at around 5:20 p.m. local time on Sunday during an Islamic mass gathering to support the one million Quran memorizers (hafiz) program at the Falahudin Mosque in Bandar Lampung.

However, the sudden knife as...