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View all search resultsDespite being one of the main backers of the 212 rally last year, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has not given its endorsement for this year’s reunion rally taking place at the National Monument (Monas) in Central Jakarta on Saturday.
Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has once again said he has not given permission for the 212 reunion rally, which will be held on Saturday this week, despite an official claiming that he had received a letter from the governor notifying him that the event could go ahead.
The Jakarta Police plan to install a temporary security detail at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, to anticipate the return of Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab, a suspect in a pornography case.
Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan and his deputy Sandiaga Uno have been invited to the first anniversary of the 212 rally, a huge gathering of Muslims last year that pushed the prosecution of then governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama.
Thousands of protesters who took to the streets on Dec. 12, 2016 plan to stage a major gathering at the National Monument (Monas) to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the street protest that called for the prosecution of then Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama for blasphemy.
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