Runaway radicals in Indonesia

Runaway radicals in Indonesia: Perceptions of Indonesia's Islamic Defenders' Front as a much lesser evil than the Jemaah Islamiyah terror outfit have allowed the group to flourish as it pursues full sharia law and the stamping out of "immoral acts", persuading Lady Gaga to cancel a concert. Yet rising intolerance seen in its attacks this year on Ahmadiya and Christian communities is undermining President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's efforts to present Indonesia as a democratic model for Muslim countries. - Jacob Zenn (Jul 11, '12)