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Celeb News: Gaga concert might go on in Indonesia; fans showing support
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Gaga concert might go on in Indonesia; fans showing support
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The National Police revised its stance on the Lady Gaga concert on Monday, saying it might issue the permit the show needs to go on.
National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Saud Usman Nasution said that if the promoter could get recommendations from the concert venue and the Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry, as well as prove it was a legal entity, the National Police would issue the permit.
“As long as it meets those three requirements, [the concert] will be staged,” Saud said.
Last week, the National Police said it would not issue the permit, citing the Jakarta Police’s refusal to give its own recommendation for it. The Jakarta Police had cited public opposition to Lady Gaga and safety concerns after eight groups, including the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), announced their opposition to the singer.
But on Monday, Saud did not mention the Jakarta Police’s recommendation as one of the requirements needed for the permit.
“If they fulfill the requirements, National Police will handle the recommendation from the Home Affairs Ministry, Religious Affairs Ministry and MUI (Indonesian Council of Ulema),” he said.
The Jakarta Police said on Monday that while it still wasn’t giving its recommendation, if the National Police decided the issue the permit, it would comply with that decision and secure the concert.
“We have to be ready to do our duty, including securing the concert if it is allowed,” Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Rikwanto said.
Rikwanto added that the only reason the Jakarta Police hadn't given its recommendation was because the promoter, Big Daddy, had failed to include all the necessary paperwork when it applied for the permit. That was a departure from comments he made last week about the FPI and safety concerns.
The police’s about-face follows Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyantoko’s announcement on Friday that all parties involved should try to reach some kind of compromise, which could involve certain requirements about Lady Gaga’s lyrics, choreography and appearance.
On Monday, Saud said that if Lady Gaga was polite and guaranteed she would not do anything vulgar, there would be no problem having her perform in Indonesia.
The promoter has until three days before the concert, scheduled for June 3, to get the permit, Saud said.
Home Affairs Ministry Gamawan Fauzi took the utilitarian view, saying on Monday that the concert should be allowed as long as it did more good than harm.
“If the benefit is more than the negative impact,” the concert should be allowed to go on, Gamawan said. “If the damage is more, it better not, as it would bring losses to our people.”
Lady Gaga is set to perform tonight in the Philippines amid planned street protests by conservative Christians there, and with censors in the house on orders to report any hint of blasphemy, devil worship, nudity or lewd conduct.
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Lady Gaga's Concert Equipment Arrives in Jakarta
Jakarta - Despite the pros and cons of the concert to be held June 3, it seems that supplies had reached Lady Gaga concert in Jakarta. It was raised by one of the representatives of the Big Daddy, Edi Purnomo. "Tools such as benches and everything is ready and has come," he said when met at the Nusantara Building III, House of Representatives in Senayan, South Jakarta, Monday (21/5 / 2012). For the sound problem, Edi explained everything is prepared from long ago and are imported directly from the Gaga. However, some also have come to Jakarta. "Is not it a little more time so everyone was prepared," he said. Edi reluctant to explain where all the preparations were stored. According to the most important thing today is the license agreement regarding the concert. (wes / RTC)
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http://hot.detik.com/music/read/2012...iba-di-jakarta
(Thanks to Gagasm)
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Nice to see some counter protests 
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Fans are wonderful. Am hoping it still goes on!
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Cute
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“If the benefit is more than the negative impact,” the concert should be allowed to go on, Gamawan said.
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Too much negative impact. Keep the concert cancelled.
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Originally posted by Vin
Too much negative impact. Keep the concert cancelled.
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Oh, Vin. 
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i just want her to be safe. but shes so badass ! i love her 
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Originally posted by Vin
Too much negative impact. Keep the concert cancelled.
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I fear for everyone's well-being.
The concert will remain cancelled.
...Vin
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I fear for everyone's well-being.
The concert will remain cancelled.
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*bookmarked*
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This bitch cursed in front of the President. 
Give em a show GaGa 
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Vin....your anger is so apparent! Reported twice already!
Anywho Jessssss! Please slay the deserving fans ! !
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At least Gaga has concerts to perform at.
It won't get cancelled.
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OP updated : Gaga tour equipments arrived in Jakarta
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Her prayers to Lucifer are being answered.
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OP updated : Gaga tour equipments arrived in Jakarta
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And that's how creatures get clocked 
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Too much negative impact. Keep the concert cancelled.
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Not really relevant, but still
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Indonesia's Rising Religious Intolerance
JAKARTA — Just a few days after Lady Gaga’s concert in Indonesia was canceled after protests by Islamic groups, I flew 1,370 kilometers from Jakarta to Padang, West Sumatra, and drove a further 130 kilometers, a four-hour journey along rough, winding roads, to Sijunjung, to visit an Indonesian atheist jailed for his beliefs.
In April, Muslim activists in Jakarta protested a Lady Gaga concert that was scheduled for June in Indonesia. The show was canceled because of the outcry by Islamic groups.
Alex Aan, a 30-year-old civil servant, is a gentle, soft-spoken, highly intelligent young man who simply gave up his belief in God when he saw poverty, war, famine and disaster around the world.
He faces the possibility of up to six years in prison, charged with blasphemy, disseminating hatred and spreading atheism. Radical Muslims came to his office, beat him up, and called the police after reading about his views on Facebook.
Alex is the first atheist in Indonesia to be jailed for his belief, but his case is symptomatic of a wider increase in religious intolerance in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation. The previous Sunday, I joined a small church in Bekasi, a suburb of Jakarta, for a service, but found the street blocked by a noisy, angry mob and a few police.
The church, known as HKBP Filadelfia, was forced to close a few years ago, even though the local courts had given permission to open. The local mayor, under pressure from Islamists, has declared a “zero church” policy in his area. For the past two months, the congregation has been blocked from worshiping in the street outside their building, and the atmosphere has grown increasingly tense.
When I was there, I felt it could have erupted into violence at any moment. The radicals in control of the loudspeaker shouted “Christians, get out,” and “anyone not wearing a jilbab (headscarf), catch them, hunt them down.”
World leaders and commentators like to point to Indonesia as a model of tolerance and pluralism and an example of how Islam and democracy are not incompatible. To a certain extent they are right — Indonesia does have a great tradition of pluralism, a generally tolerant brand of Islam, and has made a remarkable transition from authoritarianism to democracy.
The majority of Indonesian Muslims remain moderate, and are appalled by rising intolerance. But three factors are undermining religious freedom: the silence and passivity of the majority, growing radicalization, and the weakness of the government at every level.
It is not only religious tolerance and freedom that is under threat, but also the rule of law. Another church, GKI Yasmin in Bogor, an hour from Jakarta, has approval from the Supreme Court to open, but the local mayor, again under pressure from Islamists, refuses to allow it. A district mayor is in defiance of the Supreme Court, and no one says a word.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim community is perhaps the most persecuted. Violent attacks against this group, whose beliefs are considered heretical by many conservative Muslims, have increased significantly. Last year I met victims of one of the worst outbreaks of violence, an attack on Ahmadis in Cikeusik on Feb. 6, 2011, which left three people dead.
One man described how he was stripped naked and beaten severely and a machete was held at his throat. He was dragged through the village and dumped in a truck like a corpse. Another man fled into a fast-flowing river, pursued by attackers throwing rocks and shouting “kill, kill, kill.”
He hid in a bush, dripping wet and extremely cold, for four hours. A third suffered a broken jaw, while a fourth, pursued by men armed with sickles, machetes and spears, was detained by the police for three days, treated as a suspect not a victim.
Of the 1,500-strong mob that attacked 21 Ahmadis, only 12 people were arrested and prosecuted, according to The New York Times. Their sentences were between three and six months.
These are by no means the only cases. Earlier this month, radicals attacked a lecture by the liberal Canadian Muslim Irshad Manji. In Aceh, 17 churches were forced to close.
I met other church pastors who talked about their churches being closed, and a woman, the Rev. Luspida, who was beaten while one of her congregation was knifed. “We have no religious freedom here anymore,” she told me. “We need to give a message to the president. He cannot say the situation is good here. We need to remind him our situation is very critical, and he should do something for the future of Indonesia. Support from outside is very important to pressure the president.”
As Indonesia faces its Universal Periodic Review by the United Nations Human Rights Council — a process applied periodically to every member state — serious questions should be asked about the country’s future. If action is not taken, Indonesia’s accomplishments over the past decade could be jeopardized.
It is not too late. There are some excellent Indonesian Muslim organizations such as the Wahid Institute, founded by former President Abdurrahman Wahid, and the Maarif Institute, whose work should be supported.
If President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono acted, he would have the silent majority behind him. His government made progress in tackling terrorism, but it should not shirk its responsibility to fight the ideology that underpins terror. His government should stop giving in to the radicals and start protecting the rights of all Indonesians to choose, change and practice their religion, as provided in Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
I went to meet Alex Aan because as a Christian, I believe in the freedom of religion, which includes the right not to believe.
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Also, if the tour promoter gets permission, this will be the biggest concert ever in Indonesia. 
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