Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The government can go to court if it wants to disband vigilante mass organizations such as the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) for its members' violent actions

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) says it has supported the decision from the hard line group Islam Defenders Front (FPI) to report publishing company PT Gramedia Pustaka Uta

Jakarta – An activist has described the actions by hard-liner group, the Islam Defenders Front (FPI), in reporting publishing company PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama (Gramedia) to police for

Amid rising public criticism that the police are being weak against hard-liners such as the Islamic Defenders Front, the force took action and prevented the radical group from destroyin

Ulin Yusron & Ardi Mandiri – A high-level member of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) said on Saturday that the organization was having a difficult time controlling some o

Jakarta – Muslim activists are warning that people might form vigilante groups if the government takes no action against the violent campaigns carried out by a number of hard-line organ

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The involvement of the hard-line group, the Islam Defenders Front (FPI), in multiple violent vigilante actions shows how the government cannot run the countr

Vento Saudale, Bogor – The alleged murder suspect in the killing of an Islamic Defenders Force (LPI), a unit of the FPI, member said on Monday his group was only defending themselves af

Bogor – In a quick move, Bogor police arrested a man believed to have killed a member of the Islamic Defenders Force, a unit of the FPI.

Ezra Sihite – A member of House Commission III that oversees legal and human rights affairs, demanded on Monday that the National Police chief admit being powerless when dealing with in

Ezra Sihite, Bayu Marhaenjati, Dessy Sagita & Farouk Arnaz – Tantowi Anwari never thought the T-shirt he wore, reading "Fight the tyranny of majority," would get him into trouble, l

Bambang Muryanto and Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – A blast from a possible bomb and a clash between rival Muslim groups marked the sentencing of the Islamic Defender Front's (FPI) Yogyak

Vento Saudale, Bogor – In a role reversal, the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front was on the receiving end of a vigilante raid.

Jakarta – The country's largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), says it has thrown its weight behind a new outfit set up to counter the onslaught of firebrand organizations l

Severianus Endi, Pontianak – Situation in Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan province, has returned to normal the weekend after the city was hit by a brief but serious bout of te

The National Police has sent four companies, or about 560 security officers, to reinforce security in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, where tension over the presence of the hard-line Islami

Jakarta – Dozens of supporters of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) almost came to blows with a group of students in Pontianak, West Kalimantan over a banner rejecting the establishment o

Hundreds of indigenous Dayak youths rallied in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, on Thursday to protest the police's removal of their banners calling for the disbanding of a hard-line Islamic

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Dozens of people under the Forum Nusantara banner protested in front of the Kompas Gramedia building in Palmerah, West Jakarta, on Tuesday, claiming the newsp

Jakarta – Two hardline groups, the Islamic Jihad Front (FJI) and the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) threw stones at each other in Yogyakarta after attending a hearing process at the Yogyak

Megawati Wijaya, Jakarta – Since its founding in 1998, hardline vigilante group the Islamic Defenders Front (known by its Indonesian acronym FPI) has perpetuated violence in the name of

Imam Shamsi Ali of the New York Islamic Center has asked the Islamic Defenders Front to reconsider the methods it employs to achieve its goals.

Dicky Christanto, Kediri – United Development Party (PPP) chairman Suryadharma Ali has asked the media to be more balanced in covering news about hard-liner group Islam Defenders Front

Central Kalimantan – The Central Kalimantan administration announced Wednesday that it issued a letter, rejecting the presence of hard-liner group the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) in the

Tunggadewa Mattangkilang – Anti-Islamic Defenders Front sentiment in Indonesia continued on Monday as residents in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, made it clear the hard-line group wasn't

Indonesian mainstream society has begun to push back against radical groups that have sought to force their agenda on the country.

Jakarta – Civil rights activists grouped under the banner "Indonesia-without-the-FPI" said on Sunday that they would attempt to deter further acceleration of the FPI movement.

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Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – When asked for comments on rampant violence by the hard-line Islam Defenders Front (FPI), the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) secretary general Ekm

The group calling for an end to the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front said on Sunday that it was preparing a series of programs to further its cause.

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Jakarta – Muhammadiyah Youth chairman Saleh Daulay said that in its actions the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) had acted beyond law enforcers, especially the police.

Bayu Marhaenjati – Jakarta Police named three members of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) as suspects on Friday for vandalizing the Home Affairs Ministry during a demonstration last mo

Jakarta – The East Java chapter of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU)'s youth wings GP Ansor and Banser urged the government to suspend or even disband all mass organizations that often use violence.

Ezra Sihite & Hangga Brata – Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi asked the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front not to rush to open branches in Central Kalimantan following protests fr

Jakarta – The Islam Defenders Front (FPI), a hardliner group that has been under the spotlight recently as its violent image has begun to receive pushback from other community groups, h

Jakarta – Islam Defenders Front (FPI) spokesman Munarman has pointed the finger at the Democratic Party as being behind the recent anti-FPI rally in Jakarta, saying that it tried to div

Kusumasari Ayuningtyas, Surakarta – While protests demanding the disbandment of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) have been flaring in other cities, about 200 other people claiming to be

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Artist Bramantyo Prijosusilo's planned street performance that criticizes rampant violence was forcefully aborted after he himself experienced it for real

Arientha Primanita – Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi said on Wednesday that the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front is one violation away from having its license suspended.

Jakarta – In the face of many calls to freeze the activities of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), the hard-line group remained firm that they were here to stay.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police said on Wednesday that they had detained four men involved in Tuesday afternoon's protest at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle, where pro

Surakarta – Responding to a wave of anti-FPI (Islam Defenders Front) rallies, including in Central Kalimantan and Jakarta, the FPI said it would hold a counter-rally in Surakarta, Centr

Sara Schonhardt, Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation, is often held up as a shining example of how democracy can gel with moderate Islam.

Ezra Sihite – Pressure is mounting on the government to disband mass organizations known to have used violent tactics to achieve their goals, following a series of attacks by those grou

Jakarta – A rainbow group of protesters carrying the same tagline of "Indonesia-without-the-FPI," rallied at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle on Tuesday afternoon, demanding the gover

Ezra Sihite & Arientha Primanita – In the wake of calls to disband the Islamic Defenders Front, a lawmaker on Tuesday called for a review of all mass organizations that disrupt the

Vento Saudale – There was very little love in the air on Valentine's Day as residents and officials in various parts of Indonesia held rallies and raids protesting what they called the

Anita Rachman – A peaceful rally at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Jakarta meant to protest violent tactics used by some religious groups was marred by scuffles and uncertain pol

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A group uniting under the banner of "Indonesia-without-the-FPI" staged a rally around the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle on Tuesday afternoon, demanding the