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At least 200 members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) staged a demonstration in Bandung, West Java on Thursday, demanding that the administration immediately implement a total ban of Ahmadiyah activities in the province.

The FPI members, most of them wearing long-sleeved, white FPI T-shirts and caps, held their protest in front of the West Java Legislative Council and the West Java governor’s office. They urged the administration to firmly implement the 2011 Governor Regulation No. 12 on the banning of Ahmadiyah activities in West Java.

“One of our members has been arrested for damaging the Ahmadis’ mosque. We can accept it if he is found guilty for the assault,” said FPI West Java chairman Abdul Kohar. “But what about the Ahmadis who ignore the regulation and keep on conducting public activities? Should they not also be punished?”

Your comments:

I believe that most Muslims are peaceful. But unfortunately, there are those extremists and a growing number of them are not peaceful because they practice Islam fully to the core.

They manifest the unwanted side of the Koran that which is deemed intolerant or violent in today’s standards.

Nindya

Let’s not argue if a belief is right or wrong, let us work on a solution that sees us live side by side in
harmony, regardless of your faith. Promote tolerance rather than finger pointing.

Rio Rivai

I request that all decent Indonesians out there stand up for your country and defeat radicals or get ready to see another Pakistan or Afghanistan.

Bunbaasi

Pity Indonesia doesn’t have a President who believes in the Constitution and religious tolerance.

Sheldon Archer

The FPI is a lawmaker in this country. Even though they are troublemakers, they can do anything they want.

Richie