Islamic Defenders Front

 https://www.trackingterrorism.org/group/front-pembela-islam-islamic-defenders-front-fpi

SUMMARY:

Front Pembela Islam is a domestic Indonesian terrorist organization whose goal is the implementation of Shari’ah in Indonesia. It presents itself as an ally of government security forces in their attempts to control sin and vice, and  uses hate speech to motivate and legitimize violent attacks on organizations and individuals it considers to be sinful or religiously deviant. It has targeted Christian minorities and members of the Ahmadiyah Muslim sect. It conducts hate speech campaigns against Muslim organizations and intellectuals supporting religious freedom, branding them as “enemies of the state” and “more satanic than Satan.”VideoVideo: 2012 A rally by the Islamic Defenders Front against the killing of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar turned violent in Makassar on Friday, as protesters attacked two Buddhist temples in the South Sulawesi capital.  The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) began the rally after finishing their Friday prayer at Al-Markaz Al-Islami Mosque,…

Front Pembela Islam (Islamic Defenders Front -- FPI), also known as Front for Defenders of Islam, Islamic Defenders Front is an active group formed c. 1998.

TRAC ANALYSIS: IDEOLOGY

Racist Terrorist Groups, Ideological Sources of Radical Islam - Religious (Islamic)

TRAC ANALYSIS: TACTICS

Propaganda and Terrorism, Attacks on Soft Targets, Bombings, Armed Assault

TRAC ANALYSIS: TARGETS

Propaganda and Terrorism, Attacks on Soft Targets