Obama Protest in Indonesia



(Jakarta, Indonesia) Yesterday, an estimated 2,000 Indonesian Muslims protested this week's visit by President Obama. They marched from the State Palace to the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta.

Protesters from the radical group Hizbut Tahrir shouted 'Obama Comes, We Crush' and 'Reject Obama' outside the state palace and the US embassy.

They brandished posters bearing his picture and banners with slogans such as 'Do not add to Indonesia's grief'.

'President Barack Obama until today has continued to colonise Muslim countries like Iraq and Afghanistan and kill our brothers there.

As such, we will not accept him as a guest,' Hizbut Tahrir spokesman Mohammed Ismail Yusanto told AFP.

Heh.

[Add.] While some Indonesians don't want Obama to arrive, residents of Mumbai have expressed happiness that he's no longer there.