and to fire tear gas rubber bullets water cannon that the protesters the protesters forced back as well but it was all to no avail it seems that they were not dislodged and i was a protest site about an hour ago and there are still at least a thousand people there and they're they're vowing not to leave so a very resilient group of protesters who are from a relatively new and also hardline islamist party tell us more about this grouping how much support does it have. yes so the person who's leading the supporters is a man named cardinals and because we know what the risk really is a cleric who is well known in the northern and central java problems as a hardliner who's made his name campaigning and railing support around the issue of blasphemy he's very well known in that region but nationally he's not really a famous figure but blasphemy has always been a hot button issue in pakistan and more so in the last ten years i would say that's one on which is very easy to galvanize a widespread public support if there's ever a question of islam big a suspect or a perception that this might be the case now it seems clear the newsreels using