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Indonesians hurl stones at Playboy offices
 A group of Muslims protesting Playboy's decision to launch an Indonesian edition of the magazine clashed with police Wednesday and stoned the company's editorial offices, witnesses said. No one was injured in the protest involving around 150 members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union Islamic Defenders' Front, a small group with a history of attacking bars and nightclubs, as well as Western embassies. The protesters smashed several windows and the door and gate at the magazine's offices in south Jakarta, witnesses said. Several were seen scuffling with police officers guarding the building. But many Islamic politicians and preachers have condemned the publication, with most saying that the name of the magazine itself was grounds for the government to ban it. The magazine is selling well, according to vendors, and threatened mass protests against it have failed to materialize.| Hef just celebrated his 80th birthday. The world will be a smaller place when the old goat's gone... |
Posted by: Seafarious 2006-04-12 |
