Islamic Hardliners Break Up Peace Rally– Beat Protesters With Sticks

The hardliners broke up the religious tolerance rally and beat the protesters with bamboo sticks.

Members of Islam Defenders Front shout ‘God is great’ during a protest at the National Monument in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, June 1, 2008. The Islamic hard-liner group broke up a religious tolerance rally Sunday, beating demonstrators with bamboo sticks and calling for the deaths of members of a Muslim sect they consider heretical, witnesses said.
(AP/Dita Alangkara)


Members of Islam Defenders Front shout ‘God is great’ during a protest at the National Monument in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, June 1, 2008. (AP)

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