2016–17 Jakarta Protests
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The 2016–17 Jakarta protests, branded Aksi Bela Islam (''Defend Islam Action'') by the protesters, are series of Islamist protests against
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of
Jakarta Jakarta (; , Betawi language, Betawi: ''Jakartè''), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (; ''DKI Jakarta'') and formerly known as Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia and ...
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (, Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Chûng Van-ho̍k''; born 29 June 1966) is an Indonesian businessman, politician, and former governor of Jakarta. He is colloquially known by his Hakka Chinese name, Ahok (). He was the first ethnic C ...
, who was accused of committing blasphemy of the
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. The protests were carried out by the
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alongside its Islamist collaborators which make up a single coalition called the 212 Movement, named after their third protest, held on 2 December 2016. The event marks the rising trend of Islamism and
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within the Indonesian
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society, with many Islamist groups, social media communities, and political parties having emerged following the protests. A total of five protests were held, all close to the
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: * October 2016 Jakarta protests on 14 October *
November 2016 Jakarta protests November 2016 Jakarta protests (also called Protests defending the Quran or 4 November protests) refer to an Islamist mass protest which took place on 4 November 2016 in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was attended by an estimated 50,000–200,000 proteste ...
on 4 November * December 2016 Jakarta protests on 2 December * February 2017 Jakarta protests on 11 and 21 February * March 2017 Jakarta protests on 31 March


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