NASRUDIN, a member of the Duren Sawit branch of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI), was on his way back to FPI headquarters in the Petamburan area, Central Jakarta, after participating in a Qur'an recitation meeting at the Al-Makmur Mosque in Tebet, South Jakarta. Just at whose instigation, it is hard to say, but he and 300 other FPI members chose to go via the Kemang area.

That Friday night, two weeks ago, Kemang was not like previous nights.