Camelia Pasandaran – The Indonesian government signaled that it may finally act against the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) after a mob stoned the Home Affairs Ministry in a shocking attack in Central Jakarta on Thursday.

Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi told the Jakarta Globe that the ministry would "evaluate" both the FPI and fringe Islamic People's Forum (FUI) – which has been vocal in the campaign against the GKI Yasmin church in Bogor – on Friday.

He said the evaluation could result in a freeze on the activities of the FUI and FPI, which continues to wage what it claims is a moral crusade, often in direct contravention of Indonesian law.

"We have decided to take two courses of action," Gamawan told the Globe. "First, we have already asked law enforcement to investigate the case and charge those responsible for the attack. Secondly, we're going to evaluate the organizations, which might lead to freezing the organization concerning the act of anarchy."

Few members of the group, often condemned as a group of thugs, ever face charges for their often violent stand-over tactics. The few that have only receive light sentences.