The Jakarta Post, Jakarta, Indonesia | Jakarta | Mon, September 17 2012, 6:09 PM
Hands off: A police officer scuffles with Muslim men during a protest against American-made film Innocence of Muslims that
ridicules Islam and depicts the Prophet Muhammad as a fraud, a
womanizer and a madman, outside the US Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, on
Monday. Indonesians angered over an anti-Islam film clashed with police
outside the embassy, hurling rocks and Molotov cocktails and burning
tires outside the mission. (AP/Tatan Syuflana)
A
rally protesting the movie, Innocence of Muslims, turned chaotic as
members of the Islamic Society Forum (FUI) clashed with police in front
of the US Embassy in Jakarta on Monday.
The clash was sparked
after the Central Jakarta Police officers blasted tear gas at hundreds
of FUI members. Protesters retaliated by throwing rocks at police
officers.
The group demanded that the US government punish the film director for insulting the Prophet Muhammad.
“According
to Islamic law, [the director] must face the death penalty,” said the
rally coordinator Bernad Abdul Jabbar to The Jakarta Post earlier on
Monday.
The FUI began the protest at 1 p.m. by marching from the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle to the embassy.
“It
is supposed to be a peaceful rally. However, several members brought
eggs with the intention of throwing them. The bottom line is we don’t
want the protest to be chaotic,” he added.
Central Jakarta Police
chief Sr. Comr. Angesta Romano Yoyol previously said that they had
deployed 2,000 personnel to guard the rally.
Jakarta Police chief Untung S. Rajab reportedly came to the scene, in an effort to calm down the protesters. (aml/yps/iwa)
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/09/17/chaos-fui-protest-over-anti-islam-movie.html
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