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| Indonesia cancels Lady Gaga show after Islamist pressure |
| 2012-05-16 |
| Lady Gaga has been refused a permit to perform in Indonesia after fundamentalist groups said her outfits and dance moves would undermine Islamic values and corrupt young people. Indonesia's national police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar said the permit for her June 3 "Born This Way Ball" concert - the biggest show on her Asian tour - had not been approved. The local promoter, Michael Rusli, said that every seat in Jakarta's 52,000-seat Gelora Bung Karno stadium had been sold - half in the first two hours. The chairman of Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), which planned to demonstrate against the performer's June 3 performance in Jakarta, said earlier, "We will stop her from setting foot on our land. She had better not dare spread her satanic faith in this country. Her style is vulgar, her sexual and indecent clothes will destroy our children's sense of morality. She's very dangerous." Mariska Renata, a fan who had tickets to the Jakarta show, said by bowing to the wishes of "troublemakers," authorities only give them more power. Renata said, "We are mature enough to be able to separate our own moral values from arts and culture." |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #2 MRichard, True. Furthermore, Allah is, apparently, too weak to inspire faith in Moslems so faith has to be forced on them. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2012-05-16 08:23 |
| #1 "We are mature enough to be able to separate our own moral values from arts and culture." Unfortunately 'free thought' and individualism is abhorrent to Allen. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2012-05-16 07:51 |