Jakarta, Indonesia - Islamic hardliners have reported an actor, model and photographer to Indonesian authorities for allegedly posing in the nude for a depiction of Adam and Eve, local news reports said on Friday.
The hardline group, Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) alleged that actor Anjasmara, model Isabella and photographer Davy Linggar had insulted Islam by portraying Adam and Eve in the nude in a photograph displayed at the Bank Indonesia Museum in Central Jakarta.
"The pictures display the classical story of Adam and Eve in Eden," FPI member Jafar Sidik was quoted as saying by the Jakarta Post. "How could they depict a prophet in the nude like that?"
Jafar said that the three violated criminal laws against insulting a religion in Indonesia and publicly displaying pornography, crimes punishable by up to five years and 18 months in prison respectively.
Anjasmara has said that he was not completely nude during the photo shoot of Adam, who is considered a prophet by Muslims, but was wearing underwear. He also apologised to anyone whom the photograph offended, and explained that he was only trying to create art.
Some 85 per cent of Indonesia's 220 million people are Muslim, but the vast majority practice a tolerant form of the religion.
FPI, which is known for its violent attacks against nightclubs and other establishments seen as "un-Islamic", recently reported the music band Dewa for insulting Islam by using Allah's name on the cover of its album. The group also filed complaints against Miss Indonesia and Miss Transvestite for insulting Muslims in the country.