Indonesia takes aim at radicals behind governor protests
Jakarta
INDONESIA is moving to rein in a notorious Islamic hardline group which spearheaded protests against Jakarta's Christian governor, but experts warned that it will be tough to bring to heel a network with close ties to the establishment.
The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) has in recent years become the face of hardline Islam in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, growing in influence despite being a fringe organisation whose extreme views are rejected by most.
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