Thousands of people who were going to take part in the 212 Action, from various areas, were detained in front of the courtyard of the Istiqlal mosque in Central Jakarta.
Our monitoring Tuesday at 04.00. Wib (21/2/2017) saw dozens of inter-city buses parked on the side of the bull field in front of the Istiqlal mosque fence which dropped thousands of participants from the 212 Action. They felt strange because they were not allowed to enter the mosque even though they were going to perform the Fajr prayer.
One of the participants of Action 212 from Madura named Solihin, we had an interview "We all here as Muslims feel intimidated, it is forbidden to worship in the mosque gently with the lock on the gate of the mosque, the mosque is the house of Allah so we as devout Muslims must carry out worship , try to think that the mosque inside is empty, we have to pray in front of the gate, it doesn't make sense," said Solihin to us in a high tone.
The 212 Defend Islam Action Volume 2 will be held at the dawn prayer, the participants of the action began to arrive who are planning to walk to the DPR building, it is estimated that around 50,000 people or even more.
Polda Metro Jaya has given permission for the 212 Action today starting at 07.00 until 18.00.Wib, thousands of Police and TNI personnel were deployed to secure this action.