Government Shows Videos of FPI Pledging Allegiance to ISIS Following Ban of Group
Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD has released a video showing a number of members of...
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Islamic Defenders Front Outlawed
The Indonesian government has banned the hardline Islamist organisation known as the Islamic Defenders Front, or Front Pembela Islam (FPI), and...
German Diplomat Suspected of Visiting Islamic Defenders Front
The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is requesting clarification from the German Embassy in Jakarta regarding a report that one...
6 People Killed in Clash Between Police and Rizieq Supporters
Police officers clashed with supporters of Rizieq Shihab in the Cikampek area, close to Jakarta, on Monday 7th December, resulting...
Rizieq Shihab Escapes from Ummi Bogor Hospital
The leader of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), Rizieq Shihab, is said to have escaped from Ummi Bogor Hospital where...
What Rizieq Shihab’s Return Means for Indonesian Politics
Before going to Saudi Arabia for three years in 2017, Rizieq Shihab played an important role in Indonesia’s politics and...
Mass Crowds as Habib Rizieq Returns to Indonesia
Habib Rizieq Shihab, the FPI leader, has arrived back in Indonesia from Saudi Arabia. A number of events have already...
Monas Closed Amidst Omnibus Law Demonstrations
The waves of rejection over the Job Creation or Omnibus Law didn’t stop on Thursday 8th October. The mass demonstrations...
FPI Protests Pro-Nightclub Awards
The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) has urged Jakarta’s governor Anies Baswedan to reconsider his decision to award one of the...
West Java Police Closer to Detaining FPI Leader Rizieq Shihab
The West Java Police gather more evidence to strengthen the case against Rizieq Shihab, leader of conservative hardline group Islamic...
Ahok Lashes Out at FPI Leader During Trial
At his blasphemy trial yesterday, January 3, Jakarta Governor Basuki ‘Ahok’ Tjahaja Purnama slammed at a leader of the activist...
National Police Chief Bans Referring to MUI’s Fatwa as Law
National Police Chief Tito Karnavian has spoken out against those enforcing the Indonesian Ulema Council’s (MUI) fatwa as a national...
FPI Leader Sues Ahok to Cover Private Investigation Costs
Ahok is embroiled in a legal battle, as his blasphemy trial takes centre stage. As if that wasn’t enough, he...
Opinion: Rent-a-Mobs & Religious Red Herrings
(Note: The views, anecdotes and opinions in this article belong to the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of...
Jakarta Braces for Islamic Hardline Protest Against Governor Ahok
Several businesses in Jakarta have encouraged their employees to stay inside during what many fear will become a violent protest...
How Indonesia’s FPI Is Essentially Game of Thrones’ High Sparrow
Is Indonesia ready to experience the world of Game of Thrones with the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) playing the radical...
Islamic Defenders Front Takes to Streets in Jakarta, Accuse Governor of Blasphemy
Thousands of activists from the hardline group Islamic Defenders Front protest in front of City Hall to indict Jakarta’s governor...