Ulma Haryanto & Nurfika Osman – The chief of the Jakarta branch of the Islamic Defenders Front said on Wednesday that he would urge members of the hard line group to watch "Menculik Miyabi" ("Kidnapping Miyabi") before declaring the local movie pornographic and raiding theaters.

The local comedy about Japanese porn star Maria "Miyabi" Ozawa will premiere today. Miyabi herself does not appear in the film because protests by Islamic groups forced the popular actress to cancel a planned trip to Indonesia last year to take a cameo role in the movie.

The producers have said the comedy about two college students who plan to kidnap the porn star to exploit her fame contains nothing pornographic.

"Miyabi is an international porn star. We still need to scrutinize the film," Habib Salim said. "They say it's a comedy. We have to see if this is true. It is not that we are being undermined, but if it's true then we will do nothing." He said he planned to watch the movie today or on Friday with his wife and 17-year-old son.

He also urged members of the group known by the acronym FPI to view it wearing civilian clothing. "If we show up in FPI garb, people might get a negative impression. Our intentions are good, but not everybody likes us."

Habib said he defined pornography as revealing the aurat, or parts of the body that should not be shown, "such as thighs, breasts, and other parts forbidden in Islam."

The movie's director, Ody Mulya Hidayat, told the Jakarta Globe he was not afraid if hard-liners from the FPI showed up at the screening. "Of course they can come, they can also watch the movie if they want to," Ody said, adding that students were also welcome to watch the movie.

Commenting on last week's FPI raid on a civil-rights training session for transsexuals in Depok, Habib said transsexuals "are all sick people and as Muslims, we have to bring them to the right path. FPI was correct to dissolve that training session."

FPI hard-liners on Friday burst into a room at the Bumi Wijaya Hotel in Depok, where the training session was being held, panicking about 25 transsexuals. The training session was held by the National Commission for Human Rights.

"We needed to dissolve the workshop, as they [transsexuals] are like a disease," Habib said. "There is no place for those who intentionally change their gender. They need to be treated."

Transsexual community leader Widodo Budidarmo said FPI had violated human rights.