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Southeast Asia
Angry Indonesian Islamists: 'We will stop Gaga'
2012-05-10
A group of hardline Islamists has warned it will not let Lady Gaga set foot in Indonesia, challenging an army of fans awaiting a concert in the nation with the world's largest Muslim population.

The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) has vowed to mobilise 30,000 demonstrators to protest her scheduled performance in Jakarta on June 3 and to intercept her at the airport.

FPI Jakarta chairman Salim Alatas said, "We will stop her from setting foot on our land. She had better not dare spread her satanic faith in this country. Her style is vulgar, her sexual and indecent clothes will destroy our children's sense of morality. She's very dangerous."

But the FPI, infamous for making threats and then often failing to follow through, will face opposition from 40,000 fans planning to attend the sold-out show in Indonesia. Little Monsters - as Gaga's fans call themselves - tweeted their determination to see the pop idol perform in Indonesia.

"Little Monsters Indonesia vs FPI. I'm ready to fight," Bentaniokevin tweeted to the LadyGagaIndo Twitter account.
Lady Gaga may not be isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, even by pop star standards, but it's refreshing to some of her fans understand that free speech is worth fighting for. And who the real enemies of liberty are.
A page on Facebook, which is wildly popular in Indonesia, sought dancers for a Lady Gaga flashmob. The Lady Gaga Indonesia FB page has more than 42,000 "likes".

Hartoyo, a leader of gay rights group OurVoice said, "Lady Gaga is not an ordinary human being. She uses her popularity to defend minority groups, especially gays and lesbians. I would die for her."
Brave to say in a country where a number of people would like to make that a reality.
Posted by:ryuge

#3  rjs, it's neither strength nor weakness it is the normal insanity of Islam.
Posted by: AlanC   2012-05-10 14:59  

#2  Is it strength or weakness that the indonesian muslims pick a pop star as their target. I can see both sides but mostly it seems like a test. and if they fail such a visual test they'd look rather impotent. I suspect something bad will come out of this as a result.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2012-05-10 09:56  

#1  Her style is vulgar, her sexual and indecent clothes will destroy our children's sense of morality.

I wonder which internet sites they've been visiting to figure that out.
Posted by: gorb   2012-05-10 02:06  

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