Rights Activists Lash Out at MUI’s Anti-LGBT Fatwa

... , the country’s highest Islamic clerical body. On March ... in fines. Meanwhile, in staunchly Islamic Aceh province, the only region ... makes sodomy and the uniquely Islamic offense of zina, or ... Radical groups such as the Islamic Defenders Front, or FPI, have been ...

Johannes Nugroho: Indonesia Just Scratching the Surface of Democracy

... was broken up by the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), who alleged the seminar ... idolatry and a violation of Islamic tenets. Yet another civic culture ... around the time of the Islamic Idul Adha festivities. The distribution ...

FPI Disrupts Seminar for Victims of Indonesia's 1965 Communist Purge

... . Members of the Islamic Defenders Front, or FPI, rallied in front of the Central ...

Police Out in Force to Secure Trial of FPI Members Over Anti-Ahok Riot

... case of members of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), who stand trial for ... members rallied against Basuki in front of the Jakarta City Council ... 30 members of the militant Islamic group had gathered at the ...

Charlie Hebdo Tragedy Proves There Are Limits to Freedom of Speech

... in Indonesia, such as the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI). As an example, if ... the FPI, Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia, Islamic Community Forum (FUI), and Indonesian ...

GlobeAsia’s Man of the Year: Ahok, Indonesia’s Shooting Star

... of their role on the front line of public services. His ... protests from the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI). While they say they ...