Indonesian Religious Affairs minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin seen between, Millions in rally to support Palestine

Reported by Jakarta Post almost two millions of protesters took to the street Sunday against the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the latest show of support for the Palestinians in Indonesia with the world's largest Muslim population.

The rally was organized by the top Islamic authority the Indonesian Ulema Council and supported by the government as well as several other Islamic organizations. 

Local police said around two million protesters gathered at the National Monument, a tower that looms over central Jakarta, waving the Palestine flag and banners reading "Free Palestine" as they chanted "Allahuakbar" meaning "God is greatest!"

"This is my solidarity as a Muslim to my fellow Muslim brothers and sisters in Palestine... the Al-Aqsa mosque, a historical mosque for Muslims, is there (in al-Qods)," said Hermawati, from Bogor, West Java.

Dressed mostly in white, the demonstrators urged the US to change its decision.

Religious affairs minister and Jakarta's governor were among those at the protest site just a few meters from the US embassy, which was cordoned off behind coils of razor wire.

"Isn't it the government's job to work on the aspiration of the majority of Indonesians? And the government has tried its best so Palestine can achieve its rights and independence," Religious Affairs minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin told the crowd. 

Indonesia has condemned Trump's decision, by President Joko "Widodo" Widodo joining other world Islamic leaders last Wednesday in an emergency summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Istanbul.

The leaders urged world powers to recognize occupied East Jerusalem as the capital of the "State of Palestine" and declared Trump's decision "null and void legally".