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Lady Gaga Jakarta concert canceled following outcry

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May 30, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Lady Gaga has announced that she is canceling her planned concert for early June in Jakarta, Indonesia , due to security concerns raised by widespread protests against her sexualized performances and disrespectful use of religious imagery. “We had to cancel the concert in Indonesia ,” Gaga tweeted to her fans. “I’m so very sorry to the fans & just as devastated as you if not more,” she wrote. “You are everything to me.” “I will try to put together something special for you. My love for Indonesia has only grown,” Gaga added. In another tweet, she attributed her rejection to “hate” from the Indonesians opposing her presence. “It’s unfortunate,” said Minola Sebayang, a lawyer for the company promoting the show, “but with threats if the concert goes ahead, Lady Gaga’s side is calling it off. This is not only about Lady Gaga’s security, but extends to those who will be watching her.” The concert garnered broad opposition from Muslim g

Indonesians fight to stop ‘blasphemous’ Lady Gaga ‘Born this Way’ concert

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Hitmixes (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) As Indonesian Muslim groups fight to stop a “Lady Gaga” concert in their country, the singer claims she is in negotiation with authorities to permit the event under certain restrictions. Islamic organizations have been fighting against the singer’s scheduled appearance in Jakarta , which is slated for June 3, for several weeks, on the grounds that her risqué, religion-mocking performances are “blasphemous” and toxic to the morality of young people. “Lady Gaga is considered an icon for liberal culture and Indonesia ’s freedom is not without limits,” Asrorun Niam, an official of the Muslim National Ulema Council (MUI), told the French Press Agency. “There are restrictions related to norms, morals and religion.” “We reject the Lady Gaga concert on a number of considerations, including cultural liberalization, which degrades the morality of the younger generation,” said Muhammad Rahmad Kurnia, Chairman of the Muslim group Hizbut Tahrir

Barack Obama had a transgendered nanny in Indonesia

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Image via Wikipedia AKARTA, INDONESIA, March 7, 2012, ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – As a young child in Indonesia , Barack Obama ’s nanny was a transgender “woman” who walked around his home in female clothing and let the future president see him trying on lipstick.  In 1969, “Evie” – who was born a man with the name Turdi – worked as a cook when  he met Obama’s mother , Stanley Ann Dunham . (Turdi/Evie, like many Indonesians, goes only by one name.) Dunham had moved to the nation’s capital of Jakarta to live with her second husband, Lolo Soetoro . For two years, Turdi watched “Barry”, as Obama was called, and his younger half-sister,  Maya Soetoro , at their home in Jakarta’s Menteng neighborhood. Turdi was well-known in the area. The  New York Times   described  the nanny as “an openly gay man who, in keeping with Indonesia’s relaxed attitudes toward homosexuality, carried on an affair with a local butcher.” Turdi later danced in the streets as part of a group of transvestites called the “