Pangkalpinang – Banning Lady Gaga's Jakarta concert did not go far enough to protect youth, according to a chairman of the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI), who demanded that the singer's video clips to be banned from television as well.

"We are grateful that the Lady Gaga concert in Jakarta was canceled, but why were the singer's video clips of her concerts in other countries still aired by national television stations?" Usman Fathan, chairman of the MUI chapter Bangka-Belitung, asked on Thursday.

Usman said that the government should censor national television, and force stations to stop airing Lady Gaga videos.

"This depends on the government, which should decide and has the authority to censor the television stations, as MUI has no power," he said. Usmand added that television programs have badly influenced the morality of youth by broadcasting violence, pornography and sadism.

"Many crimes and moral violations have resulted from profane shows," he said. "It is the right moment for the government to take strict action by applying tight censorship."

Usman said that while religious figures labored to change people's mindset, the TV programs had the opposite effect.

"We, the Ulema, are relentlessly preaching in the mosques, but the result is disappointing because the youths prefer television programs that show violence and porn," he said. "The most important thing to do now is to forbid television to freely air immoral and violence scenes."