Lady Gaga's show in Jakarta next month looks certain to be cancelled. The Indonesian authorities have refused to grant a permit for the concert on 3 June, citing security concerns following protests by conservative Muslim groups. "She's a vulgar singer," said Salim Alatas, from the Islam Defenders Front. "[She] wears only panties and a bra when she sings and she stated she is the envoy of the devil's child and that she will spread Satanic teaching." 
 
 Local and national police were unable to guarantee Lady Gaga's safety, according to Reuters and the Associated Press. The degree of concern is unprecedented: although Indonesian religious groups have protested against western artists in the past, this is the first time police have denied an event permit. "We haven't done a similar thing before," a spokesman told the Jakarta Post. 
 
 While Indonesia is technically a secular state, it is also home to the world's largest Muslim population; since 2008, hardliners have successfully campaigned against concerts by Mötley Crüe, N*E*R*D, Rihanna, Akon, 50 Cent and Avenged Sevenfold. At the time of writing, Lady Gaga had yet to issue a statement on the Indonesian government's decision. ||||| Lady Gaga will have to cancel her sold-out show in Indonesia following protests by Islamic hard-liners and conservative lawmakers, who said her sexy clothes and dance moves will corrupt young people. 
 
 Motorists ride past a promotional banner for US singer Lady Gaga's Born This Way Ball Asia Tour in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Lady Gaga might have to cancel her sold-out show in Indonesia... (Associated Press) 
 
 Lady Gaga smiles as she visits the Tokyo Sky Tree, the world's tallest freestanding broadcast structure that stands 634-meter (2,080 feet), in Tokyo Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Lady Gaga might have to cancel... (Associated Press) 
 
 Lady Gaga poses as she visits the Tokyo Sky Tree, the world's tallest freestanding broadcast structure that stands 634-meter (2,080 feet), in Tokyo Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Lady Gaga might have to cancel... (Associated Press) 
 
 Motorists ride past a promotional banner for US singer Lady Gaga's Born This Way Ball Asia Tour in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Lady Gaga might have to cancel her sold-out show in Indonesia... (Associated Press) 
 
 National police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar, responding to the pressure, said Tuesday that the permit for her June 3 "Born This Way Ball" concert had been denied. 
 
 Indonesia, a nation of 240 million people, has more Muslims than any other. Although it is secular and has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe has become more vocal in recent years. 
 
 Hard-liners have loudly criticized Lady Gaga, saying the suggestive nature of her show threatened to undermine the country's moral fiber. Some threatened to use physical force to prevent her from stepping off the plane. 
 
 Lawmakers and religious leaders, too, have spoken out against her. 
 
 Worried they could not guarantee security, local police recommended the permit for the show be denied, said Amar, adding that national police decided Tuesday to comply. 
 
 It was supposed to be the biggest show on Lady Gaga's Asian tour, with fans snapping up every seat in Jakarta's 52,000-seat Gelora Bung Karno stadium _ half of them in the first two hours of sales. 
 
 Permits usually are issued about three weeks before a concert in Jakarta, so it is common to sell tickets well ahead of receiving a permit. It was not immediately clear if the ticket sales would be refunded. The local promoter, Michael Rusli, could not be reached for comment. 
 
 "I'm very disappointed," said Mariska Renata, who had tickets to the Jakarta show. 
 
 She said by bowing to the wishes of "troublemakers," authorities only give them more power. "We are mature enough to be able to separate our own moral values from arts and culture," Renata said. 
 
 Lady Gaga's Asian tour started late last month and many of the stops have sold out. The South Korean concerts were limited to fans 18 or older because conservatives there raised objections.
– Religious fanatics appear to have made the world's biggest Muslim country a no-go for Gaga. Police in Indonesia have refused Lady Gaga a permit for her sold-out Jakarta concert, saying they would be unable to guarantee her safety following threats from an extremist group, reports the Guardian. The chief of the Islamic Defender Front has labeled her a "vulgar singer" spreading "Satanic teaching," and warned that his group was ready to "be thrown to jail and be killed" to prevent her from corrupting Islamic youth. Other Western artists have faced opposition from Muslim extremists in Indonesia, but this is the first time protests have caused police to deny a permit. The show at Jakarta's 52,000-seat Gelora Bung Karno stadium would have been the biggest on Gaga's Asian tour. "I'm very disappointed," one ticket holder tells AP, saying that authorities only give "troublemakers" more power by bowing to their demands. "We are mature enough to be able to separate our own moral values from arts and culture," she says.