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View all search resultsFPI seek to cross to Bali to disperse Miss World
Around 100 members of the hard-line group Islam Defenders Front (FPI) massed in Ketapang Port in Banyuwangi, East Java, on Saturday, seeking to cross to the island of Bali to disperse the 2013 Miss World pageant
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round 100 members of the hard-line group Islam Defenders Front (FPI) massed in Ketapang Port in Banyuwangi, East Java, on Saturday, seeking to cross to the island of Bali to disperse the 2013 Miss World pageant.
The group walked to Katapang from Banyuwangi Baru station, which is located 100 meters from the port. However, they were blocked by hundreds of Mobile Brigade (Brimob) officers who were on standby at the main gate of the port.
Currently, the FPI members are negotiating with the Brimob officers to try to make their way into the port, tempo.co reported on Saturday.
In the previous protest by the FPI in East Java, the Coordinator of the event, Sasmito, said that they were ready to wage jihad in Bali to disperse the beauty pageant.
'Are you ready for jihad? Are you ready to clean Bali of sin?' Sasmito asked the crowd during the previous protest.
The 63rd staging of the Miss World pageant opened last Sunday after protests by Muslim hard-liners confined the event to Indonesia's predominantly Hindu resort island of Bali. (hrl)
