Riot police officers wearing protective masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) guard the main road during a protest over the detention of Rizieq Shihab, the leader of Indonesian Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), on suspicion of breaching coronavirus restrictions by staging several mass gatherings since his return from self-exile, in Jakarta, Indonesia, December 18, 2020. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Supporters of firebrand Indonesian cleric Rizieq Shihab clashed with police during a demonstration in Jakarta on Friday, after demanding their spiritual figurehead be released from police detention.
Several hundred protesters, some dressed in white Islamic garb, had gathered in the capital of the world's largest Muslim-majority nation, with scuffles breaking out after police told the group large gatherings were prohibited amid the pandemic.
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