Tangerang Mayor Wahidin Halim said Friday he and his administration had never issued any policy banning dangdut singers from performing in the city.
"I just called on erotic dangdut singers like Dewi Persik and others to change their inappropriate style if they want to sing here because Tangerang is an akhlakul kharimah city that respects moral values," Wahidin said Friday.
Akhlakul kharimah is an Arabic phrasing for "good conduct".
Wahidin has been using the slogan in pursuing a moral society by issuing local ordinances that, among others, ban alcohol and call for raids to round up women on the streets after 7 p.m.
Recently, the mayor was reported to ban certain dangdut performers he called "erotic singers", naming Dewi Persik and Merry Geboy.
Wahidin's call for the performers to observe decorum was delivered in a series of visits related to the Prophet Mohammad's birthday ceremony in the city's 13 districts.
"Of course I will ban Dewi Persik and other erotic singers from singing in Tangerang if they do not change their style and erotic performance," Wahidin said.
Tangerang Ulemas Council (MUI) secretary K.H. Bajuri said MUI would stand behind Wahidin because Tangerang had been recognized as a city with the akhlakul kharimah vision.
"If erotic dangdut singers want to stage a show here, they have to abide by the moral values internalized by the society," he said.
The local media has run reports that Dewi Persik, Merry Geboy and other dangdut singers like Trio Macan have denied the mayor's allegation their performances corrupt morals
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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