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Ulema Interference in Broadcasting Content

Monday, April 5, 2021

The ban to broadcast LGBT content is considered to be discriminative. The big hand of the Indonesia Ulema Council (MUI) is involved.

Man watching a television in Jakarta, August 2015. Tempo/Eko Siswono Toyudho . tempo : 173484510677.

THE circular letter from the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) issued on March 17 put JTV Chief Editor Abdul Rokhim in a quandary. One of the items cited in the three-page circular prohibits broadcasting institutions to broadcast shows with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) content throughout the fasting month of Ramadan. Rokhim decided to cut out their ludruk show, a popular East Javanese traditional dance-drama theate

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