Traces of Terrorism in the 'Paris of Java'

KURNIA Widodo remembers the events of six years ago when Frederic C. Jean Salvi had to be dragged offstage at a wedding ceremony.

At the time, a singer was in the midst of belting out a dangdut (a genre of Indonesian folk and traditional popular music) song at a wedding party. A number of men and women were in front of the stage dancing.

December 1, 2015

KURNIA Widodo remembers the events of six years ago when Frederic C. Jean Salvi had to be dragged offstage at a wedding ceremony.

At the time, a singer was in the midst of belting out a dangdut (a genre of Indonesian folk and traditional popular music) song at a wedding party. A number of men and women were in front of the stage dancing.

Suddenly, Salvi grabbed the microphone and began lambasting the audience in Arabic, sucking all the joy out

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