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The hard-line Islamic Defenders Front have waded into the Peterporn sex tape scandal, labeling the videos as “terrorism” and threatening to take the law into their own hands if police fail to prevent the distribution of the movies.

“If the police cannot arrest Ariel, Luna, and Cut Tari within three days, we are going to raid places that sell porn videos in Jakarta,” Habib Salim, head of the controversial organization, known as the FPI, told the Jakarta Globe on Monday. “We are still waiting for the police’s investigation ... but if they fail, we were going to take action.”

Habib, speaking during a peaceful rally involving 40 FPI members outside the Jakarta Police headquarters, said the three videos featuring Peterpan frontman Ariel, current girlfriend Luna Maya and television personality Cut Tari had a negative impact on the morality of the nation’s citizens.

“Porn actors and actresses are another form of terrorism. This is moral terrorism. We have to save the citizens from any harm that will degrade our morality,” he said.

He also demanded the trio disappear from the public limelight for good.

“They should stop their activities as entertainers as they are bad examples and have a bad influence on people,” he said. “I urge Muslims to stop admiring them.”

Cut Tari, meanwhile, arrived at National Police headquarters, which is handling the investigation, with her husband, Johanes Jusuf Subrata, with whom she was married when the video was recorded.

She has previously denied that the woman featured in the graphic film clip is her.

She made no statement to the sea of waiting journalists.

National Police maintain that the three celebrities are indeed Ariel, Luna and Cut Tari.

Police say that the trio are likely to be charged under the country’s Anti-Pornography Law, even though the videos were filmed privately.