(Jakarta, Indonesia) Islamists rallied today in front of the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta to protest President Obama's upcoming visit to Bali.
Around 2,500 protesters from the radical Muslim group Hizbut Tahrir shouted “Reject Obama” and “America is Terrorist” outside the US embassy as they brandished banners with slogans such as “Reject Obama, Reject Capitalism, Reject Imperialism”.
“We strongly oppose America and Obama coming to Indonesia,” the group’s spokesman Mujiyanto told AFP.
“Obama is a murderer of our Muslim brothers in Palestine and Afghanistan, a thief of Indonesia’s natural resources, and an imperialist who seeks to take over the world and will do anything for US interests,” he added.
Similar protests were also held Sunday in other cities, including Surabaya in East Java and Makassar in South Sulawesi.
Obama will attend the East Asia Summit in Bali at the end of the week.
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