Anti-FPI Movement Only Just Starting, Its Members Say
February 20, 2012
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499204Keep it up guys, you'll have our support, local & foreign
Reading on the JP that the FPI would be interested in renouncing violence...A little too late for that.
Gaining the trust from the civilized people would take years and not something that would happen overnight.
Wow, finally people are getting organised to speak out against the violent gangs that try to rule Indonesian people. Keep up the good work!
Please keep up the fight.
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The group calling for an end to the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front said on Sunday that it was preparing a series of programs to further its cause.
Shinte Galeshka, a member of the Movement for an FPI-Free Indonesia, said the programs would include a petition, online campaigns, setting up a complaint hotline and discussions.
“We’re also considering the possibility of taking to the streets again,” she said, referring to the group’s peaceful protest last week in Central Jakarta.
Bhagavad Sambadha, the movement coordinator, said it was also possible the cause could spread to other areas of the country. “I believe all Indonesians are sick of violence,” he said.
While the FPI has slammed the movement as a “Western-funded plot,” the fallout has seen the government issue the hard-liners a warning letter for their violent acts and prompted legislators to consider smoothing the process through which problematic groups can be disbanded.
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