Indonesia: Angry Islamists Smash Into Alleged Gay Sex Party

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Angry Islamists Smash Into Alleged Gay Sex Party
50 members of a hardline Islamist group smashed down the door to get into what they thought was a gay sex party in Jakarta.
Wed, November 30, 2016

Around 50 furious members of the hardline Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) kicked in the door to an LGBT event in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, this weekend, suspecting a gay sex party was taking place, according to NBC News.

Instead of arresting the FPI members for breaking into a private event, police detained 13 people from the LGBT event for questioning. They later released them saying they had done nothing wrong, according to South Jakarta police chief Iwan Setiawan.

Gay rights campaigners condemned the government for not acting against FPI. “For a government agency to allow such thing to happen, it is terrifying,” Hartoyo, director of the gay rights organization Our Voice, told media. “It is a warning for this nation.”

Being gay is not illegal in Indonesia.

The FPI demonstrates regularly against actions they perceive as immoral and violating Islamic codes. It was one of the groups behind the mass demonstrations against Ahok, the Christian governor of Jakarta, who was accused of blasphemy, and led calls for his dismissal and death.

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