celeb news Coldplay’s Jakarta concert causes protests

[Nefertiti0]

An upcoming Coldplay concert in Indonesia was protested by roughly 100 conservative muslims Friday morning as the group took issue with the band’s long standing support of the LGBTQ+ community and its frontman’s public admission that he’s largely moved away from his religious upbringing.
 

Dozens of people marched outside the British embassy in Jakarta and called for the cancellation of a show at Gelora Bung Karno stadium scheduled for Wednesday, for which 70,000 tickets have been sold.
 

Protests called the band's support for the LGBTQ+ community a threat to "Indonesia's moral fiber," AP reported, said the show is suggestive and spoke against lead singer Chris Martin being an “atheist.”
 

The protesters — organized by Islamist group the 212 Brotherhood Alumni chanted “God is Great” and “We reject Coldplay” as they marched to the heavily guarded British Embassy in Jakarta.
 

“We are here for the sake of guarding our young generation in this country from efforts that could corrupt youth,” said Hery Susanto, a protester from West Java’s city of Bandung. “As Indonesian Muslims, we have to reject the Coldplay concert.”

Novel Bamukmin, a protest coordinator, gave a speech criticizing the government for allowing the band to hold a concert in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country. He said if the concert was not canceled, thousands of protesters would confront the band on its way from the airport.
 

“Coldplay has long been a strong supporter of LGBT and its lead singer is an atheist,” Bamukmin said, standing on the top of a truck, “We must reject their campaign, their concert here.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2023/11/10/coldplays-jakarta-concert-causes-protests-over-lgbtq-support-religious-views/?sh=f6c40c83c794

https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-conservative-muslims-protest-coldplay-concert-94ee2d7eef02581ec51822c5c60715aa

[truthteller]

they went from "go to hell lady gaga" to "coldplay no way"  

the decline in tolerance level

these braindead angry people

the random drag at atheism

 

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Edited November 11, 2023 by truthteller

[popmusicisdead]

are we surprised?

 

[Shelter]

 

They can try but no one cares 

 

 

[The Man Who]

[Embustera]

Only 100 people in a country with 229 million Muslims.

[ichabe]

Just ignore them, we don't care about those minorities. They don't represent the majority of Indonesian.

[rzal]

100 people vs 70k sold tickets... who cares 

[sunbathinganimal]

Quote

Dozens of people marched

ok? do you realise how few people that is

[LatinFreak]

Yawn. 

[Bloodflowers.]

Indonesian version of Westboro baptist Chruch teas

[blown away]

Out of all musical acts, they protest against... Coldplay? I mean, they are one of the least offensive acts out there.

[Alexz]

Religion

[RIKI232]

Imagine how tired we are.gif

[pxxxtrick]

Losers. Literal LOSERS. 

[C-Amber]

If they protesting peacefully without physically attacking or ruining anything then let them do it.

[ForgottenSoul]

2 hours ago, The Man Who said:

where is this from

[Abracadabra]

"If you dare to come, don't expect to go home safely", wtf

[gustavothehuman]

The protesters know what they are 

 

Edited November 12, 2023 by gustavothehuman

[alexrex]

Ugh, these stupid protesters again...Why do artists keep going there if this is going to happen?

 

Pay them dust, dont give 'em any coins, ghost them to oblivion until they are broke. Hateful bigots dont deserve cool LGBTQ+ supporting artists 

[Miley Cyrus]

Those signs are kinda unhinged but I like ‘Coldplay no way’ I’m gonna be using that in the future  thank you indo muslims

Edited November 11, 2023 by Miley Cyrus

[The Man Who]

40 minutes ago, ForgottenSoul said:

where is this from

The Last of Us and the reason I used it is because in that scene she’s talking about bombing Jakarta! 

[50thStateofMind]

Religion continues to be the worst thing humans ever invented 

[Cain]

1 hour ago, alexrex said:

Ugh, these stupid protesters again...Why do artists keep going there if this is going to happen?

 

This also happens in the US?

[panochita]

Ugly inside and out, no wonder they're pressed about a concert meanwhile everyone else is minding their own business