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Islamic Hard-Liners Protest Indonesia’s Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Jessica Harkins | September 28, 2010

A member of the Islamic Defenders Front protesting outside the United States Embassy in Jakarta in this file photo. More than a hundred members of the hard-line group have staged demonstrations outside three cultural centers affiliated to foreign governments against Indonesia A member of the Islamic Defenders Front protesting outside the United States Embassy in Jakarta in this file photo. More than a hundred members of the hard-line group have staged demonstrations outside three cultural centers affiliated to foreign governments against Indonesia's gay and lesbian film festival. (AFP Photo)
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themod
10:59am Sep 30, 2010

The FPI certainly need a lesson in humanity. It's sad to see the values of a society gone astray.

peterR
8:24am Sep 30, 2010

Methinks the ladies doth protest too much.

TGIF
7:56am Sep 30, 2010

Just reading the local headline is already an embarrassment regarding a country who pretend to be in line with democracy.

When there are numerous cases of Indonesian maid abuses in the Middle East, one keeps wonder why haven't the FPI speaking out against their Muslim brothers or better yet demonstrate in front of their Embassies...Cowards!!!


Massones
11:56pm Sep 29, 2010

Well said, Uchen & hypocrat. The FPI should drop what they're doing and think about protesting against some REAL issues. What does Islam and the FPI have to say about all the blatant corruption within the gov't, and the abuse of nationals working overseas in Malaysia or the Middle East?

Nope, they'd rather organize these sensationalist demonstrations concerning the most trivial of issues, when there are more serious problems facing this country.. Who are we kidding, it's probably the nation's corruptors themselves that are funding the FPI to distract the masses and divert attention from themselves anyway (conspiracy theory much?).

DR00
10:47am Sep 29, 2010

@Marko1, love your idea man!!!

Jakarta. More than 100 members of the Islamic Defenders Front launched protests against foreign-run venues participating in Indonesia’s gay and lesbian film festival on Tuesday.

A spokesman for the Centre Culturel Francais in Salemba Raya, Central Jakarta, told the Jakarta Globe that the protesters — wearing white robes and turbans and shouting antigay messages — had gathered outside the center to protest against the two-week Q! Film Festival, which kicked off on Friday.

The representative said the hard-line group, also known as the FPI, were demanding the center abandon its participation in the film festival.

The center was awaiting a directive from the festival organizers before a final decision was made, he said.

Q! Film Festival director John Badalu confirmed the demonstrators had moved from the CCF to the GoetheHaus and then on to the Erasmus Huis, where films and other events were also expected to be screened.

He said he was not concerned about safety, as security precautions had been taken. “We anticipated this,” he said, adding that the FPI had sent each venue a warning letter.

Badalu is currently meeting with the venues and festival partners to discuss the developments.

A representative from the Dutch government-affiliated Erasmus Huis said they were informed about the expected protests on Tuesday morning.

“The FPI just arrived at 12:10 p.m. We expected them at 9 a.m. this morning. We have contacted police and now the management are currently holding a meeting.”

The FPI, on its Web site, said it was fighting to stop the campaign of "adultery, homosexuality and lesbianism in Indonesia" disguised as the gay and lesbian film festival.

They said the film festival was a tool to convert Indonesian youth to become gay and lesbian.

"So join us in fighting the endorsers of adultery and sinful acts who have castrated the Indonesian government by using foreign powers and the false pretext of human rights."