Jakarta – Some 500 activists of the Surakarta-based Islam Defenders Front (FPIS) staged a rally in front of the US Embassy on Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan in Central Jakarta on Tuesday morning, protesting the US policy on fighting terrorism.

Arriving in six buses, the protesters demonstrated in front of the embassy compound. El-Shinta reported. They accused the US government of having singled out the Islamic world in its campaign against terrorism.

The US government has repeatedly denied the accusation, saying that it was not fighting Islam, but terrorists who happened to be Muslims. The embassy was tightly guarded and a police line was in force along the front of the embassy.

After staging the protest for 25 minutes, the protesters then left the embassy.

As of going to press, the protesters were staging a similar protest at the House of Representatives/People's Consultative Assembly compound, which is also in Central Jakarta.