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Front Pembela Islam (FPI)
![Indonesia Jails Activist Lawyer Over Islamic Radicalism Indonesia Jails Activist Lawyer Over Islamic Radicalism](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-04-06-075348.jpg)
Indonesia Jails Activist Lawyer Over Islamic Radicalism
By Associated Press
Munarman, a former human rights lawyer, was the general secretary of the now-banned Islamic Defenders Front.
![Indonesia Imprisons Cleric for 8 Months Over COVID-19 Breaches Indonesia Imprisons Cleric for 8 Months Over COVID-19 Breaches](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-05-28.jpg)
Indonesia Imprisons Cleric for 8 Months Over COVID-19 Breaches
By Sebastian Strangio
Over the past six months, the Indonesian government has intensified its crackdown on hardline Islamic groups.
![Indonesia Bans Mandatory Religious Attire in Schools Indonesia Bans Mandatory Religious Attire in Schools](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-02-04-16.jpg)
Indonesia Bans Mandatory Religious Attire in Schools
By Sebastian Strangio
The move followed a social media outcry about high school students in West Sumatra being forced to wear the Muslim hijab.
![What the FPI Ban Does and Doesn’t Tell Us About Political Islam in Indonesia What the FPI Ban Does and Doesn’t Tell Us About Political Islam in Indonesia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-01-06-14.jpg)
What the FPI Ban Does and Doesn’t Tell Us About Political Islam in Indonesia
By Prashanth Parameswaran
A focus on episodic developments detracts from the wider trends at play in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country.
![Indonesian Minister Pledges to Safeguard Religious Minorities Indonesian Minister Pledges to Safeguard Religious Minorities](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-01-04-1.jpg)
Indonesian Minister Pledges to Safeguard Religious Minorities
By Sebastian Strangio
The promise follows the banning of the Islamic Defenders Front, which advances a strict, austere definition of Islam.
![What Does Rizieq Shihab’s Return Mean for Indonesian Politics? What Does Rizieq Shihab’s Return Mean for Indonesian Politics?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-12-04-2.jpg)
What Does Rizieq Shihab’s Return Mean for Indonesian Politics?
By Bilveer Singh
The firebrand's return comes at a time of Islamist political ascendancy in Indonesia.
![Islamic Firebrand’s Return Heralds Instability for Indonesia Islamic Firebrand’s Return Heralds Instability for Indonesia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-11-11-1.jpg)
Islamic Firebrand’s Return Heralds Instability for Indonesia
By Sebastian Strangio
Rizieq arrived in a COVID-wracked nation that will be increasingly receptive to his message of Islamic purification.
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