Traffic in central Jakarta was brought to a stand-still on Wednesday afternoon as Islamist groups protested against the persecution of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims.
The crowd of a few thousand people rallied outside the Myanmar embassy and at the nearby Selamat Datang Monument, or welcome roundabout, and demanded the Indonesian Government kick Myanmar's diplomats out of the country.
There have been a number of rallies in the capital but police numbers significantly increased today with ultra-conservative groups like the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) joining the protest.
"We can't let them hurt and torture our brothers and sisters," one protestor told the ABC.
"Their rights as Muslims are being repressed," another woman said of the treatment of the Rohingya.
"Just burn down the place [embassy] down if necessary."
Muslim groups have been banned from holding a similar protest at the famous Borobudur Buddhist temple in central Java.
"This is not just part of the heritage of Indonesia, but that of the world," Indonesian Police Chief Tito Karnavian was quoted to have said.
Indonesia has the world's largest population of Muslims.
