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Islamic Defenders Front

Acronym
FPI
Original name
Front Pembela Islam
Type
Indonesian mass organisation
Country
Indonesia
Founded
1998
Dissolved
2020
Also written as
FPI; Front Pembela Islam

1954 – 2025

Often appears with

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani) 3

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GA-00695 1954-07-08 De Nieuwsgier rel B

Comité 17 Augustus (17 August committee)

17 August committee in Jakarta with Gerwani in secretariat

De Nieuwsgier, 8 July 1954: Jakarta forms a committee to celebrate 17 August for national unity, abolition of the Netherlands-Indonesia Union and the return of West Irian; its secretariat, at the Balai Kota, is run by Gerwani, SOBSI and FPI. No Soetanti Aidit; Gerwani appears only as a secretariat organiser.

GA-01573 2021-01-05 Ambon Ekspres rel B

Ambon Ekspres, 5 Januari 2021: 'Menelisik Sisi Hukum Pembubaran FPI'

Legal aspects of dissolving the FPI

Ambon Ekspres, 5 Jan 2021, p. 4: opinion on the FPI ban by a student; cites Gerwani as the 'concrete example' of a PKI 'underbow' dissolved for its members' crimes. Shows Gerwani as a legal precedent in contemporary debate.

GA-02313 2025-12-22 Tempo rel B licensed

Saskia Wieringa: Diskriminasi LGBT Warisan Kolonialisme

Tempo.co, 22 December 2025: Saskia Wieringa - LGBT discrimination a colonial legacy

Tempo.co interview (22 Dec 2025, Savero Aristia Wienanto and Reza Maulana) with Saskia Wieringa on her book on the Indonesian lesbian, bisexual and trans movement. She traces discrimination to colonialism and says the 1965 sexual slander of Gerwani, accused of cutting generals' genitals while dancing erotically, was In