<img title="An Indonesian policeman fires a tear gas canister to disperse Muslim protesters in Jakarta on Friday. Pic/AFP" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/nov/Indonesian-policeman.jpg" alt="An Indonesian policeman fires a tear gas canister to disperse Muslim protesters in Jakarta on Friday. Pic/AFP" /> An Indonesian policeman fires a tear gas canister to disperse Muslim protesters in Jakarta on Friday. Pic/AFP
Jakarta: Indonesian President Joko &ldquo;Jokowi&rdquo; Widodo on Saturday cancelled a visit to Australia after a massive rally in the capital by Muslim hard-liners descended into violence, leaving one dead and 12 injured.
The Foreign Affairs Ministry said that Jokowi&rsquo;s trip scheduled from Sunday to Tuesday will be rescheduled because &ldquo;current development has required the president to stay in Indonesia.&rdquo; Jokowi addressed the nation after clashes broke out between police and hard-liners who refused to disperse and demanded the arrest of Jakarta&rsquo;s minority-Christian governor for blasphemy.
The accusation of blasphemy against Jakarta Governor Basuki &ldquo;Ahok&rdquo; Tjahaja Purnama, an ethnic Chinese, has galvanised Jokowi&rsquo;s political opponents and given a notorious group of hard-liners a national stage.
The Islamic Defenders Front, a vigilante group that wants to impose Shariah law, is demanding Ahok&rsquo;s arrest after a video circulated online in which he joked about a passage in the Quran.

Indonesian President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo on Saturday cancelled a visit to Australia after a massive rally in the capital by Muslim hard-liners descended into violence, leaving one dead and 12 injured

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Indonesian President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo on Saturday cancelled a visit to Australia after a massive rally in the capital by Muslim hard-liners descended into violence, leaving one dead and 12 injured

Indonesian president cancels trip after deadly protest

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