Jakarta – Hundreds of protesters from Indonesia's most notorious hard-line Islamic group assaulted police with rocks and weapons including a sword on Friday and demanded that Basuki Tja

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Jakarta – Hundreds of Islamic hardliners on Wednesday protested against the incoming governor of the Indonesian capital, labeling the Christian, ethnic Chinese politician an "infidel" a

Jakarta – Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama of Jakarta has played down a threat by the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) to protest and reject his appointment as leader of th

Jakarta – The Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) has received numerous reports of illegal banners put up by the hard-line Islam Defenders Front (FPI), opposing the appointment of Basuki "A

Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – The hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) will not accept the "arrogant non-Muslim" Basuki Tjahaja Purnama as the new governor of Jakarta and its members

Abdul Qowi Bastian, Jakarta – Some 15 Islamic hardliners from Indonesia have left for war-torn Gaza where they hope to provide aid to the Palestinian people, the Islamic Defenders Front

Rendi A Witular, Jakarta – Presidential frontrunner Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has reportedly secured most votes during the July 9 election in an area that is home to the headquarters of hard

Ian Wilson – On 8 May 2014 Hercules Rosario Marcal was sentenced to three years imprisonment by a North Jakarta court for extortion and money laundering.

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – Twelve members of Pancasila Youth were arrested by the Jakarta police for the attack on rival group Betawi Brotherhood Forum that left at least one person se

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Semarang – Restraint is being urged after members of Barisan Ansor Serbaguna (Banser), the youth wing of Nahdlatul Ulama, the country's largest Islamic organization, attacked an Islam D

The Semarang District Court handed down a two-year prison term on Thursday to an Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) member who killed a woman with his car during a violent confrontation in C

The Semarang District Court has handed down four-month prison terms on Thursday to two members of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) over a violent raid in in Central Java that left one

Ezra Sihite – The Home Affairs Minister attempted on Tuesday to clarify statements on the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) for which he was widely criticized last week.

Wahyu Aji, Jakarta – It seems that not everybody has a negative assessment of Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi's appeal to regional governments to foster closer ties with the Islamic

National – The Islam Defenders Front (FPI) have attacked Golkar Party politician Nurul Arifin for making a statement saying that the hardline organization lacked credibility.

Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama says the city administration is amenable to working with all community groups, including hard-line ones, provided that they don't break th

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi has urged local administrations to work with the hard-line Islam Defenders Front (FPI) in solving urban problems.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Indonesian lawmakers criticized Gamawan Fauzi on Friday after the Home Affairs Minister sought to paint the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) as a potential "nati

Bayu Marhaenjati – Hundreds of members of an organization notorious for its thuggery attacked the Depok District Court in West Java on Tuesday morning, threatening the chairman of the c

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Farouk Arnaz & Shesar Andriawan – Thousands of members of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front paraded through the streets of Jakarta on Sunday to commemorate the group's 15th anni

Farouk Arnaz & Shesar Andriawan – Thousands of members of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) paraded through the streets of Jakarta on Sunday in commemoration of the group'

Bekasi – The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) held its 3rd National Conference (Munas) at the Wisma Haji building in Bekasi, West Java, between Thursday and Saturday, August 22-24.

The country's far-right religious authority, Indonesian Ulema Council, is voicing their support for Rizieq Syihab, chief of the Islamic Defenders Front as a possible candidate in the up

Farouk Arnaz & Camelia Pasandaran – A hard-line Islamic group notorious for its violent raids and vigilantism has filed a complaint with the Press Council against a slew of national

Farouk Arnaz – A ranking member of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) was charged on Tuesday with leading an early morning attack on local residents in Lamongan, East Java, in

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Farouk Arnaz – The government's reluctance to act against a hard-line Islamic group following its third violent skirmish in the space of two months has ex

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – The police in Lamongan, East Java, arrested 42 Islam Defenders Front (FPI) members and confiscated weapons after they clashed with a group of people in Deng

Jakarta – A clash erupted between Lamongan Islam Defenders Front (FPI) members and local residents in Lamongan regency, East Java, injuring one resident and damaging two motorcycles and

Forty-two members of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) were arrested early Monday morning following a clash with local residents in Lamongan, East Java.

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho – As pressures mounts for the government to disband a notorious hard-line Muslim group, one activist expressed concerns about how it should be done.

Nadya Natahadibrata and Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The government cannot disband the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) using the controversial Mass Organization (Ormas) Law following the dea

The national police confirmed on Thursday that it set up a special task force to investigate the leader of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) for comments made earlier in the week in whi

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Novianti Setuningsih & Ezra Sihite – A hard-line Islamic organization has apologized for causing the death of a motorist arising from its attempt to raid a suspected brothel in East

Carlos Paath & Ezra Sihite – Any mass organization that engages in violence and vandalism should be brought to justice, a senior government minister has said days after a deadly rai

Farouk Arnaz – A man wearing a black mask and a white vest emblazoned with the logo of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) stormed through the door of a small shop serving beer

Yuliasri Perdani and Suherdjoko, Jakarta/Semarang – A day after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono pledged zero tolerance against vigilante groups, calls are again mounting for the gove

Jakarta – Dozens of people grouped under a group known as Kendal Community Solidarity for the victims of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) violence, staged a mass rally on Tuesday deman

Ezra Sihite & Carlos Paath – The government should use a recently-passed law on mass organizations to disband the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front, known as the FPI, if it continue

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The hardline Islamic Defenders Front (FPI)has been reported to police for raiding a hotel in Mojokerto, East Java, on Saturday last week.

Nadya Natahadibrata and Suherdjoko, Jakarta/Semarang – The hard-line Islam Defenders Front (FPI) could be subject to sanctions stipulated in the 2013 Mass Organization Law (Ormas), foll

Suherdjoko, Kendal – A riot broke out in Ngrancah village in Sukorejo, Kendal, Central Java, when residents tried to block members of hard-line group the Islam Defenders Front's (FPI) T

A woman was killed in Central Java on Thursday after a raid by the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) escalated into a violent confrontation with hundreds of local residents, despite the pre

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Supreme Court has accepted a judicial review filed by hard-line group the Islam Defenders Front (FPI), abolishing a presidential decree that prevented local a