The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Sun, 06/05/2012
The Islamic Defender Front (FPI) insist that the group has been protesting the presence of all foreign artists who they deemed as promoting “revealing clothes” in Jakarta, not just American singer Lady Gaga.
FPI spokesman Munarman said on Saturday his organization demanded the promoter cancel the controversial singers’ upcoming concert in June. “Who said that we were just protesting her [Lady Gaga’s] concert? That was the journalists’ fault for not asking us about the matter in the first place,” he said.
Munarman was responding to a question on why did not his group reject other performers such as Japanese band L'Arc en Ciel and South Korean group Super Junior who recently held a concert in Jakarta.
One of the members of the all-male group Super Junior reportedly took off his shirt before the audience in the group’s concert on April 27, while L’Arc en Ciel’s vocalist, Hyde, is famous for his seductive attitude while performing.
Commenting on this, Munarman said that the FPI would raise their voice to reject all artists they deemed as “indulging porn”.
"People already have this so-called negative sentiment against the Muslim community. I believe that other religions will reject them as well. The rejection is not about Islam, but for the good of the society,” he said.
Lady Gaga, who will perform in the capital on June 3, is well-known for her unconventional style of clothing.
The singer is also famous for her advocacy towards homosexuality in her music.
Conservative Christian groups in South Korea, for example, staged a series of protests against Lady Gaga during her recent concert in Seoul, accusing her of advocating homosexuality and pornography, The Korea Herald has reported.
South Korean artists and critics, however, called for cultural tolerance among the conservative churches
( It is not often that I agree with the FPI , but this time they have hit the nail on the head. There is absolutely no reason to perform on stage in her under-wear, this has nothing to do with culture-art or whatever and neither for that matter has homosexuality, Kesas's musings)
zo 6 mei 2012 - 21:34
