Cases of radicalism, conservatism in 2005
April 10, 2005:A Muslim preacher, Wahfiudin, calls Trans TV to tell it that popular rock group Dewa, which is performing live on the private TV station, is standing on a calligraphic symbol that resembles the character "A" for Allah. The symbol also adorns Dewa's album cover for Laskar Cinta (Love Army).
April 14, 2005:The hard-line Anti-Apostasy Alliance (AGAP) demands the Pasundan Christian Church halt Christian services and proselytizing in Muslim areas and calls for the closure of all "unlicensed" churches in West Java.
April 25, 2005: The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) reports Dewa to police for the Arabic-looking script on Laskar Cinta, accusing it of blasphemy and demanding a public apology from the group.
July 5, 2005: The FPI asks Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso to clarify his stance on gambling and transsexuals, accusing him of ignoring the regulations that outlaw beauty pageants for transsexuals and gambling.
July 15, 2005: Thousands of people from the Indonesian Muslim Solidarity group attack the buildings of the Islamic sect Jamaah Ahmadiyah (JAI) in Parung, Bogor, vandalizing and setting the buildings on fire and driving out 500 JAI members.
July 29, 2005: The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) issues 11 controversial fatwa, including those that ban Ahmadiyah and liberalism, secularism and pluralism.
Aug. 5, 2005: The Islamic Defenders Institute (LPI) and the FPI plan a protest in front of Radio 68H at Utan Kayu, East Jakarta, after the station broadcast a radio talk show that criticized them and MUI. Liberal Islamic Network (JIL) co-founder Ulil Absar Abdalla had slammed MUI's edicts as "foolish".
Sept. 5, 2005: Islamic conservatives encourage Utan Kayu residents to evict JIL from their area. They accuse the group of disseminating heresy and warn it to close its office.
Sept. 7, 2005: The government decides to revise a controversial joint ministerial decree on the establishment of houses of worship.
Sept. 22, 2005: FPI reports actor Anjasmara, model Isabella and photographer Davy Linggar to the Jakarta Police for allegedly posing nude in a photographic artwork of Adam and Eve displayed in the Bank Indonesia Museum, Central Jakarta.
Oct. 17, 2005:A Muslim militant group, led by Cholid Syaifullah, attacks restaurants in the Central Java city of Surakarta for selling alcoholic drinks during Ramadhan.
Oct. 16, 2005: FPI members clash with residents of Kalijodo, a red-light district in West Jakarta, during a Ramadhan protest.
Oct. 28, 2005: Tension is high at the Jati Mulya housing complex in Bekasi after Muslims insist Christians stop Sunday services held in houses.
Nov. 4, 2005: The FPI forces restaurants and cafes in Kemang, South Jakarta, to close on the first day of Idul Fitri.
Dec. 1, 2005: The Bali-based World Hindu Youth Organization (WHYO) accuses noted filmmaker Garin Nugroho of a blasphemous portrayal of the gods in his art film Opera Jawa (Requiem From Java), scheduled for release in August 2006.
Source: The Jakarta Post