Will Mega Drown Under th e Wave of Demos?

Anti-US demonstrations have become bigger. Do these hardline groups have another target in mind?

October 16, 2001

Take a look at Jalan Raya Menteng 58 in Central Jakarta. The office of the Islamic Youth Front is swamped daily by youths. Only a building and a plot of land away is the Muhammadiyah building, which is by contrast very quiet. It is as if the contrast between the noise and the silence reflects the contrasting stances of the two Muslim organizations in the light of the US attack on Afghanistan. Muhammadiyah has tended to be careful and moderate,

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