Violence
The police have recorded that the FPI engaged in 29 cases of violence and destructive behaviour in 2010 and 5 cases in 2011 in the following provinces: West Java, Banten Province, Central Java, North Sumatra and South Sumatra.
They also often threaten the safety and well beings of their targets, as in with Lady Gaga's case, which actually violates the Indonesian law of Kitab Undang-Undang Pidana, pasal 336.
Some of targets of their violence are:
- on 1 June 2008, it staged an attack against members of the National Alliance for the Freedom of Faith and Religion, who were holding a rally near the Monas monument in the city center. This caused outrage, and led to the arrest of FPI leader Rizieq Syihab.
- In June 2010, along with other organizations, the FPI attacked a meeting on free healthcare in East Java, under the mistaken impression it was a meeting of the banned Communist Party of Indonesia.
- Ahmadiyya muslims. Three members of the Ahmadiyya community were beaten to death on 6 February at 2011 when a 1,000 strong mob wielding rocks, machetes, swords and spears stormed the house of an Ahmadi leader in Cikeusik, Banten. Hard-line Islamic groups attacked the Ahmadiyah headquarters near Bogor and assaulted its members in many areas such as in East Lombok, Manislor, Tasikmalaya, Parung, Garut, Cikeusik, and other regions as well.
- Shia muslims. Numbering around 6 million, Shia Muslims form under 3% of Indonesia's population. They argue the Shia Muslims are not practicing real Islam. They gather support from conservative muslim politicians. Early 2012 there was looting the Shia property in Sampang, East Java, after an attack on a nearby Shia Muslim boarding school. The Shia were forced to migrate.
- Church goers at a dozen of churches. Notable cases includes GKI Yasmin Bogor, and HKBP Church Bekasi. Using violence to force them to close their church. FPI also endorsed Singkil administration on closing around 20 churches at Singkil, Aceh. The Singkil case is problematic, because the local administration law being used is not accordance to the Indonesian constitution which guarantees freedom of religious practices.
- LBGT activists, such as Lady Gaga and Irshad Manji accused by them as devils.
- Alcohol selling shops at Garut.
- Playboy Indonesia
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