Farouk Arnaz & Anita Rachman – In an ironic twist, the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) is reporting five men in Central Kalimantan, including the governor and police chief,

Anita Rachman – The anti-Islamic Defenders Front rally may have broken up early, but organizers say they have no intention of staying silent.

Anita Rachman – Police said they have detained "several" people who were being attacked by members of the crowd after trying to rip posters and signs out of protesters' hands at a chaot

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Jakarta – People's Consultative Assembly chairman Taufiq Kiemas said that hard-line group the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) must respect the Dayak community's local wisdom in Palangkaraya

Jakarta – Human rights watchdog Setara Institute defended Central Kalimantan residents' rejection of the presence of four leaders of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) in Palangkaraya on S

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi said the outdated 1985 Law on Mass Organization had prevented his ministry from creating decisive measures against the notorious

Farouk Arnaz – After being blocked from landing at an airport in Central Kalimantan by an angry crowd of indigenous Dayaks, the chairman of the Islamic Defenders Front on Monday filed a

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Dessy Sagita – For many, the rejection by indigenous Dayak tribesmen in Central Kalimantan of the presence of the Islamic Defenders Front is understandabl

Dessy Sagita – The bravery displayed by the indigenous Dayak group from Central Kalimantan in standing up to the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) in its province should be appreciated and

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Hundreds of protesters from the local community in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, staged a protest on Saturday at the Tjilik Riwut airport to block the arrival

The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) stayed away from Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, on Saturday after hearing that locals had rejected their visit and were searching planes that landed

Hundreds of religious hard-liners from the Islamic Defenders Front attempted to raid a store in Garut, West Java, on Thursday with some help from the police because they believed it was

Jakarta – Members of the Betawi Brotherhood Forum (FBR) reportedly clashed again with rivals from Pemuda Pancasila (PP) on Friday, this time purportedly over the protection of a durian

Bayu Marhaenjati – Three people who were questioned by police for stoning the Home Affairs Ministry building last week are not Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) members, police said on Frid

Rahmat – The head of a provincial branch of the Islamic Defenders Front and two other members of the hard-line group were sentenced to jail on Tuesday for smashing up restaurants that o

Ronna Nirmala – The Jakarta Police said on Friday that they had questioned three witnesses about an attack on the Home Affairs Ministry by hard-line Islamic groups.

Arientha Primanita & Camelia Pasandaran – The government signaled on Thursday that it may finally act against the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front after a mob of its members stoned

Arientha Primanita, Camelia Pasandaran & Carla Isati Octama – Members of Indonesia's hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) stoned the Ministry of Home Affairs in Central Jakarta o

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 sho

Dessy Sagita & Ezra Sihite – Indonesia's Home Affairs Ministry on Tuesday denied reports that it has canceled nine bylaws regulating the trade of alcohol after questions from politi

Camelia Pasandaran & Carla Isati – Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi has hit out at the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) for "spreading lies" in the wake of the government's deci

Rahmat, Makassar – Prosecutors are seeking a 10-month jail term for the leader of a hard-line Islamic group that smashed up restaurants in the South Sulawesi capital during the fasting

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – The leader of one of Jakarta's most notorious organizations says that over the past several years the increasing size and influence of mass Betawi organizati

Camelia Pasandaran& Zaky Pawas – More than 100 members of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front have been hospitalized with food poisoning after eating rice packages distributed dur

The Indonesian Broadcasting Commission criticized a major television station Friday for giving into Islamists' demands that a film on religious tolerance be pulled.

Harsh criticisms, including from moderate Muslims, of both the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) and SCTV's decision to cancel broadcasting the controversial film "?" were not in short supp

Jakarta – Three youngsters, who were hanging out on Jl.

Elisabeth Oktofani – A hard-line Islamic group has threatened to demonstrate outside the headquarters of a TV station on Saturday over its plans to air a controversial film.

Rahmat, Makassar – Police in the South Sulawesi capital have named the head of the armed wing of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front a suspect in an attack on Sunday against the belea

Arientha Primanita & Rahmat – The Islamic Defenders Front's vow to observe a peaceful Ramadan lasted less than two weeks, as members shut down Restaurants in Makassar on Friday and

Makassar – Dozens of members of the Islamic Defenders Front attacked and ransacked a food stall in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on Monday.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Despite warnings by authorities' condemning vigilantism, members of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) took to the streets in Bandung to demonstrate against c

Indonesia's notorious Islamic Defenders Front have a new target – international nongovernmental organization Greenpeace, which has been waging a high-profile battle against the country'

Members of two of Indonesia's most notorious organizations marked the beginning of Ramadan with a brawl on the outskirts of Jakarta on Tuesday.

Jakarta – Regional authorities have warned people against carrying out vigilante street raids as the Islamic fasting month approaches.

Jakarta – Thousands of members from the hard-line Muslim group, the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), staged a rally in front of the State Palace on Saturday, calling on the President to i

Amir Tedjo, Surabaya – Despite pledges not to conduct Ramadan-related raids, hard-line groups on Thursday descended on Surabaya's infamous red-light district to demand its closure durin

Hangga Brata, Karanganyar, Central Java – The second of two Islamic schools mired in controversy for refusing to carry out mandatory flag-raising ceremonies that they deemed idolatrous

Dessy Sagita – Almost 100 members of a Jakarta-based vigilante organization staged a noisy rally outside the Indonesian headquarters of Greenpeace, labeling the international environmen

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Dessy Sagita – Human rights group Setara Institute for Democracy and Peace on Monday lambasted Islamic vigilante's plans to raid entertainment establishments in the lead-up to the holy

Makassar – The hard-line vigilante group Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) visited nightclubs in the South Sulawesi capital of Makassar Friday night, warning owners to shutter their clubs a

Jakarta – Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), says it will not use violence to counter a rising number of attacks and intimidation attempts directed at its me

Garut – About 500 members of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front attempted to force their way into a shop selling alcohol in Garut district, West Java, over the weekend.

Anita Rachman & Antara – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali on Wednesday vouched for an Islamic school accused of grooming hard-liners, insisting it taught tolerance and hen

Fadli, Bintan – A group of Muslim organizations are protesting a planned beach party organized by a five-star hotel in Bintan and have asked the local authorities to put a stop to the e

Camelia Pasandaran – As part of efforts to halt the spread of radical Islam, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has promised to write guidelines for religious leaders to convert Muslims

Nivell Rayda, Cianjur, West Java – After failing to kick-start a revolution through massive protests echoing those in the Middle East this year, hard-line Muslim groups are now plotting

Nurfika Osman – A newly established organization of scholars has declared war against the extremism that has penetrated the academic world.