Panicked Transvestite Beauty Queen Hopefuls Flee FPI Raid
Rahmat | December 02, 2010
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/panicked-transvestite-beauty-queen-hopefuls-flee-fpi-raid/409671Makassar. Dozens of panicked transvestites were sent fleeing for safety after Indonesia's militant Islamic Defenders Front raided a drag-queen contest to mark World AIDS Day on Wednesday.
Ten minutes before 50 transgender competitors were expected to begin the contest in a function hall owned by the Indonesian Military (TNI) in Makassar, South Sulawesi, dozens of members of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) and Majelis Darul Mustafa Makassar raided the premises and demanded the event be halted.
Habib Abu Bakar Hamid, the head of MDM, mounted the stage to address the crowd and say the contest contravened Shariah law.
