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

Jakarta – A human rights activist says that the water throwing incident that recently took place during a TV discussion was a blatant display of both personal and organizational arrogan

A spokesman for the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) threw a glass of tea over a fellow TV talkshow panelist on Friday morning and later said "I'm not afraid of going to jail; I'm afraid o

Jakarta – Islam Defenders Front (FPI) spokesman Munarman threw water over sociologist Thamrin Amal Tamagola during a morning talk show aired by private television station TV One on Frid

Jakarta – The Islam Defenders Front (FPI), notorious for its violent raids supposedly in support of sharia, is diversifying.

Jakarta – A clash between the Tangerang police and members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) over a land dispute in Tangerang resulted in two police officers being hospitalized.

Munawwaroh, Jakarta – Former Pancasila Youth (PP) chairperson Yorrys Raweyai objects to the bad image sometimes held by the public about the youth organisation PP, which is now more th

Bandung – Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) member Muhammad Asep Abdurahman, aka Utep, on Thursday began his trial at the Bandung District Court following his accusation on the destruction

Farouk Arnaz – A senior official from the hard-line Islamic group Islamic Defenders Front who became the target of an assault on Sunday afternoon said he was not the one who riled up fe

Ronna Nirmala – The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) distributed registration forms to volunteers willing to wage jihad against Israel at a protest in front of the US Embassy on Friday.

Ainur Rohmah, Semarang – The Semarang District Court in Central Java convicted two men for assaulting a member of the Surakarta Islam Defenders Front (FPI).

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Security officials on Wednesday destroyed 973 illegal firearms that had been collected over the past seven years from former pro-independence militiamen in Ac

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Arientha Primanita – Hundreds of hard-line Muslims continued their rhetoric against Jakarta's Christian deputy governor-elect on Tuesday, calling on the City

Jakarta – The Islam Defenders Front (FPI) staged a protest in front of Jakarta City Council on Tuesday, rejecting the current gubernatorial decree that mandates vice governor to lead se

Banjarmasin – The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) raided a South Kalimantan nightclub early Sunday morning, shouting "get out of this immoral place" as police officers watched from outsid

Pitan Daslani – Joko Widodo and deputy Basuki Tjahaja Purnama's victory in Jakarta gubernatorial election has prompted an open-ended question regarding the Muslim majority's degree of a

Bayu Marhaenjati – The Islamic Defenders Front says it will persist with a campaign to close down all convenience stores that sell alcoholic beverages, after a bid to shut down a 7-Elev

Jakarta – Some 20 members of hard-line group the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) sealed 7-Eleven convenience store in Pejaten, Pasar Minggu in South Jakarta on Saturday evening following ru

Bayu Marhaenjati – Police in South Jakarta broke up a hard-line Islamic mob on Saturday night after they forcibly closed a 7-Eleven outlet on Jalan Pejaten Raya in Pasar Minggu.

About 1,000 protestors hurled stones and Molotov cocktails in a clash with police outside the US Embassy in Central Jakarta Monday afternoon during a protest against an anti-Islam film.

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – A mob of Indonesian Islamists waving jihad flags attacked the US embassy in Jakarta, throwing rocks and bricks, but they were repelled by tear gas and riot

The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) is claiming that they were framed at Monday's protest against an anti-Islamic movie that turned violent in front of the US Embassy in Jakarta.

Dessy Sagita – The Indonesian Commission for Child Protection is urging the police to punish organizations that involve children and minors in their violent actions.

Iman Mahditama, Jakarta – The police say that they will investigate the possibility that teenagers alledgedly involved in the ransacking of a cafe in Pesanggrahan, South Jakarta, on the

Bayu Marhaenjati & Zaky Pawas – In a move that was considered surprising to some, the police arrested 62 members of a hard-line Muslim group after they were involved in the year's f

A planned raid on several "immoral" hotels by Islamist hard-liners in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, was shut down by local police Saturday night after the so-called "morality police" bega

The country's self-appointed morality police says they would rather be praying and worshiping during Ramadan, instead of raiding restaurants and nightclubs, if only the National Police

An Islamic organization and the Indonesian Police Watch (IPW) have both gone on record to say that fringe organizations should not conduct operations to "fight against vices" during Ram

Ismira Lutfia – Communication and Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring said on Wednesday that the government should not be defeated by groups that resort to violence.

Bayu Marhaenjati – The Betawi Brotherhood Forum on Tuesday attempted to launch an attack on the rival Pancasila Youth group – but unwittingly vandalized property belonging to a third gr

Vento Saudale, Bogor – A 17-year-old suspect who said he killed a member of a hard-line Islamic group known for its violent actions in self-defense was sentenced on Tuesday to three and

Bayu Marhaenjati – In a move few could have predicted, Indonesia's hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) threw their support on Wednesday behind calls to curb the excessive use of lou

Jakarta/Brussels – Almost ten years after the 2002 Bali bombing, Indonesian extremists are weak and divided but still finding partners for new operations.

Surabaya – The National and Jakarta Police have made contradicting statements regarding hard-line Islamist groups making punitive "sweeps" of business open during Ramadan.

Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, Samarinda, East Kalimantan – As the month of Ramadan approaches, hard-line Islamist groups are demanding that authorities close night spots and brothels.

Jakarta – The hard line group Islam Defenders Front (FPI) promised not to conduct any raids during the Ramadan fasting month and let police carry out the task, secretary general Sobri L

Hundreds of Islamic hard-liners protested outside the Myanmar embassy in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Friday to "stop the genocide" of Rohingya Muslims in the wake of deadly commun

Vento Saudale, Bogor – Hundreds of members of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front rallied in front of the Bogor District Court on Monday to protest what they said was a lenient prison

Anita Rachman & Vento Saudale – A human rights activist questioned on Sunday the police's ability or willingness to stop hard-line groups from raiding nightclubs and restaurants dur

Camelia Pasandaran & Farouk Arnaz – The National Police chief has responded to the president's call to crack down on vigilante hard-line groups by insisting that other institutions

Bayu Marhaenjati – A simmering turf war exploded again late on Sunday when a Pancasila Youth post in Cengkareng, West Jakarta, was attacked by suspected members of a rival group, leavin

Jakarta – Jakarta is home to hundreds of civil society organizations whose activities range from community empowerment to disturbance of the peace.

Farouk Arnaz – A police station and local office of a youth organization were allegedly vandalized by members of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) on Sunday after the hard-line Islamist

Rangga Prakoso & Gita Aqso – The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI)'s aggressive efforts to "defend" Islam have won it growing notoriety, but the hard-line group apparently doesn't consi

Tangerang Police arrested three members of Pemuda Pancasila on Thursday in connection with yesterday's deadly attack on the hard-line Betawi Brotherhood Forum's (FBR) headquarters.

Bayu Marhaenjati – "Pesbukers" host Olga Syahputra may be a comedian, but a recent joke that likened Muslims to beggars is no laughing matter, the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) said on

Vento Saudale – The Islamic Defenders Front, a hard-line Muslim group, stormed the Bogor District Court on Thursday after the court began hearing a case against a teenager accused of ki

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Hard line organization the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) Bandung chapter has rejected the dangdut group Trio Macan, who were planning to perform in Bandung, We