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)