Alpantuni is the name of an Instagram account that depicts the life of the titular main character, who is a gay Muslim man in Southeast Asia. There is speculation over whether the creator is Malaysian or Indonesian; when interviewed, the creator of the comic stated that they didn't wish to elaborate whether they were from Indonesia or Malaysia.[1]

The account was created in November 2018, but rapidly gained attention in February 2019 by online Indonesians decrying it for its portrayal of homosexuality.[2] The Indonesian Ministry of Communications declared the comics to be pornographic and violating Article 27 paragraph 1 of the 2008 Electronic Information and Transactions Law on the distribution of pornographic content.[2] The account was no long accessible on February 13, 2019;[3][2] the Indonesian government claimed that Instagram had removed the account after mass outcry from Indonesian internet users.[2] Instagram denies this, and put forth a number of alternative reasons why the account was no longer accessible.[2] The creator of the account claims that though Instagram didn't obey the Ministry's request, it did remove a number of posts for hate speech; however, the creator states that they made the choice to delete the account of fear of putting their loved ones in harm.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Exclusive: 'Gay Muslim comic' artist @alPantuni talks to us about leaving Instagram and his recent return | Coconuts". coconuts.co/. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Where did Alpantuni go? Instagram accused of removing gay Muslim comic strip". The Jakarta Post. 2019-02-13. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  3. ↑ "Instagram kills account depicting abuse of gay Muslims in Indonesia". CBS News. 2019-02-13. Retrieved 2019-02-14.


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