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View all search resultsThe intensifying crackdown by the authorities on the Islam Defenders Front (FPI)—a once-fringe Islamist group that now poses a serious challenge to the administration of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo—has sparked concerns among prodemocracy activists.
The government has decided to ban controversial hardline group the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) and its activities, saying that it has no legal grounds to operate as a civil organization and that its activities often violated the law and caused public disorder.
Calls have been mounting for the Home Ministry not to extend the FPI’s permit, with an online petition having garnered more than 480,000 signatures as of Wednesday since being created on May 6. The petition refers to the FPI as a “radical group that supports violence”.
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