Indonesia’s Rising Fundamentalism Gets Uglier in Election Year
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On Dec. 12, hundreds of Islamists protested outside Facebook's headquarters in Jakarta, accusing the social media giant of discrimination for blocking pages operated by hardline groups that allegedly inflame religious tensions. The protesters, many dressed in white and including members of the extremist Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), marched to Facebook's offices demanding that they remove the blockage, accusing Facebook of Islamophobia in posters they carried and waved.
Indonesia’s Rising Fundamentalism Gets Uglier in Election Year
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Indonesia’s Rising Fundamentalism Gets Uglier in Election Year
On Dec. 12, hundreds of Islamists protested outside Facebook's headquarters in Jakarta, accusing the social media giant of discrimination for blocking pages operated by hardline groups that allegedly inflame religious tensions. The protesters, many dressed in white and including members of the extremist Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), marched to Facebook's offices demanding that they remove the blockage, accusing Facebook of Islamophobia in posters they carried and waved.
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