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10335
Thu, 06/19/2008 - 12:38
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FUI RALLY DEMANDING POLICE TO RELEASE FPI LEADER
Jakarta, June 18 (ANTARA) - Thousands of members of the Muslim Forum (FUI) rallied outside the Jakarta Police Headquarters here on Wednesday to demand the release of Islam Defenders' Front (FPI) leader Habib Rizieq Shihab and Islamic Legion chief Munarman who are currently in police custody.
The rally caused a severe congestion in Jalan Jenderal Sudirman, one of Jakarta's main avenues.
The protesters earlier staged a rally in front of the Merdeka Palace in Central Jakarta to demand the disbandment of the Ahmadiyah sect.
"We ask President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to issue a decree to disband Ahmadiyah," one of the protesters said.
He said his organization demanded more than the freezing of Ahmadiyah through a joint decree signed by the religious affairs minister, the home affairs minister, and the attorney general recently.
The protesters also brought banners demanding the banning of Ahmadiyah which the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) had declared to be a deviant sect.
The banners' texts read among other things "Disbandment of Ahmadiyah is final", "Ahmadiyah is lackey of colonizers", "Dissolve Ahmadiyah by presidential decree".
The rally caused a severe congestion in Jalan Jenderal Sudirman, one of Jakarta's main avenues.
The protesters earlier staged a rally in front of the Merdeka Palace in Central Jakarta to demand the disbandment of the Ahmadiyah sect.
"We ask President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to issue a decree to disband Ahmadiyah," one of the protesters said.
He said his organization demanded more than the freezing of Ahmadiyah through a joint decree signed by the religious affairs minister, the home affairs minister, and the attorney general recently.
The protesters also brought banners demanding the banning of Ahmadiyah which the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) had declared to be a deviant sect.
The banners' texts read among other things "Disbandment of Ahmadiyah is final", "Ahmadiyah is lackey of colonizers", "Dissolve Ahmadiyah by presidential decree".
