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Shinta Nuriyah Wahid says Islam teaches monogamy.

A movement has been founded to oppose "premanism" or gangterism and street thuggery by radical political and religious groups.

The government appears willing to better deal with extremist thuggery.

Sinta Nuriyah Wahid, the wife of former president Abdurrahman Wahid, is suing the Betawi Brotherhood Forum (FBR) for slandering women.

About 300 people, mostly women, took to the streets on Saturday in a loud protest against the antipornography bill, which they said degraded women, insulted many local cultures and threatened tourism.

The religious leader and former president Gus Dur, and his wife Sinta, have come out against the proposed new law on pornography and indecency.