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View all search resultsThe organizers of the 212 Munajat prayer have denied that journalists covering the event were assaulted by event participants, claiming the incidents were incidental and that organizers not had directed people to act in a hostile manner toward journalists.
The leader of a conservative Muslim group that has organized two rallies demanding the prosecution of Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama has ignored a police summons scheduled for Wednesday to probe the rally’s funding.
Many probably do not realize that Tito has practically become the country’s second-most powerful man after Jokowi, and firebrand Muslim cleric Rizieq Shihab deserves the biggest credit for Tito’s political fortune.
National Police spokesperson Insp. Gen. Boy Rafli Amar said Thursday that the police would question the leader of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI), Rizieq Shihab, for the second time next week in Bandung, West Java.
The police have been detaining treason suspect Firza Husein at the Mobile Brigade Command headquarters detention center (Mako Brimob) in Kelapa Dua, Depok, since Wednesday after she attempted to escape investigation.
Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab has maintained his innocence over allegations that he had attempted to trigger public unrest with his claim that the new Indonesian rupiah banknotes were emblazoned with communist symbols.
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