USINDO: Indonesia’s War on Terror
http://www.usindo.org/publications/r...arOnTerror.pdf
Indonesia’s War on Terror, by William Wise describes the threat from international terrorism and Jakarta’s response. The desirability of law reform and
improving Indonesia’s intelligence capabilities are highlighted.
Conflict, Community, and Criminality in Southeast Asia and Australia
CSIS, 30 Jun 09: Conflict, Community, and Criminality in Southeast Asia and Australia: Assessments From the Field
A collection of essays with a foreword by Marc Sageman.
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....In Southeast Asia, as in the rest of the world, it would be naïve to believe that terrorism can be defeated. It is and will remain a tactic of the weak against their government, and Southeast Asia has seen its share throughout modern history. However, the appeal of Islam is fading in some theaters but gaining strength in a few others due to local reasons. In the future, terrorism in Southeast Asia may still be waged in the name of new concepts. The key to holding it in check is to not overreact, punish only the criminals directly involved in violence, and encourage young people that might be attracted to violent ideology to pursue their political activism in a more effective and lawful way.
Essays include:
- Radical Islam in the Middle East and Southeast Asia: A Comparison
- The Middle East, Islamism, and Indonesia: Pull versus Push Factors
- Jemaah Islamiyah and New Splinter Groups
- Can Indonesian Democracy Tame Radical Islamism?
- The Role of Radical Madrasahs in Terrorism: The Indonesian Case
- Communal Violence in Indonesia and the Role of Foreign and Domestic Networks
- Radical Islam in Malaysia
- Governmental Responses to Extremism in Southeast Asia: “Hard” versus “Soft” Approaches
- The Malayu Insurgency in Thailand’s Southern Border Provinces
- “A Carnival of Crime”: The Enigma of the Abu Sayyaf
- Will the Conflict in Mindanao Look Like the Insurgency in Southern Thailand?
- Little-known Muslim Communities and Concerns in Cambodia, Burma, and Northern Thailand
- Assessment of Criminal Threats Emanating from Burma
- The Extremist Threat in Australia
- Muslim Alienation in Australia: Europe Down Under?
- Jihadi Ideology: An Overview
Decoding Indonesia’s radical Islamists: What to de-radicalize?
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Due to a host of factors, Indonesia continues to witness an upsurge of religious radicalism. Some salient characteristics, the DNA of radicalism so to speak, stand out when one analyses the attitudes and behavior of jihadists.
The jihadist embodies the following characteristics:
Link:http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2...adicalize.html
it's bieber's world (2.0), we just live in it
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Originally Posted by
Bill Moore
I don't what concerns me more, thousands of Justin Bieber fans in Indonesia, or Islamists in Indonesia? :D
I know, tough call. If it was thousands of Islamist Justin Bieber fans, then there might be real trouble...or something.
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Actually I think one feeds the other, and there are at least two movements that appear to be gaining traction in Indonesia. One is a movement towards the West. They want to incorporate some western business models and culture. Another movement is back towards fundamentalist Islam, and they'll employ extreme tactics in hopes of stopping the progression towards the West. I think the fact that there are thousands of Bieber fans simply makes the situation both more dangerous in the short run and perhaps more hopeful in the long run.
I agree with this. Thousands of Metallica fans can't be wrong...er, can they?
no rest for the wicked problem
More very naughty behaviour averted in Indonesia.
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JAKARTA - INDONESIAN police said on Thursday they had found six unexploded bombs similar to one detonated by a suicide bomber inside a police mosque last month.
National police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar said the improvised devices appeared to have been prepared for a wave of suicide attacks in the mainly Muslim archipelago of 240 million people.
'They planned to use the six pipe bombs for another terror attack like the one which was carried out by Syarif,' he told reporters, referring to the mosque bomber's name. Thirty people were wounded in that incident.
Indonesian Police Find Six Unexploded Bombs - Straits Times - May 5, 2011
(hat tip to The Interloper, ah, I mean The Interpreter :))
Prisons, radicalisation, vigilantes and bombs
A report released last week by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute found that Indonesian jails are an "incubator" of terrorist operations and recruitment, where extremists can preach, mingle freely with others (radicalisation), and have easy access to cell phones and other forms of communication:http://www.aspi.org.au/publications/...293&pubtype=10
The BB's summary:
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A new report has concluded that Indonesian prisons are incubators of terrorism where jailed jihadis form new links and even plan attacks.
The New York Times last week looked at the rise of Islamic "vigilante groups" in Indonesia, whose violence against minority sects and religions is often ignored by police:http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/20/wo...html?ref=world.
And Indonesian police alleged last week that the group said to be responsible for a deadly suicide attack on a police mosque last month was linked to the hardline cleric Abu Bakir Bashir and the group Jemaah Ansharut Tauhid:http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/...-bashir/441851
More sectarian violence in Indonesia
Got this from ICG...
http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/region...-in-ambon.aspx
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Indonesia: Trouble Again in Ambon
Clashes on 11 September between Muslims and Christians in Ambon, capital of Maluku province, and sporadic incidents thereafter raised fears of a return to the communal fighting that wracked the region from 1999 to 2002. This time, an extraordinary effort by grassroots “peace provocateurs” and local officials largely kept the violence from spreading further in Maluku. But the unrest triggered efforts by extremists elsewhere to manipulate communal tensions, apparently motivating the bombing of a church in Solo, Central Java on 25 September...
Small incidents, but with potential to flare up further. Relevant to regional terror issues as well. The decline in Islamist influence in Indonesia has been closely linked to the decline in outbreaks of sectarian violence. JI and similar groups there (as elsewhere in SE Asia) have had very little success with the global jihad message, or in rallying support behind issues in Afghanistan or the Middle East: the concern is overwhelmingly with local issues. They have, however, very successfully portrayed these sectarian outbreaks as oppression of Indonesian Muslims.
Hard to say whether this outbreak was orchestrated for this purpose (the date could be coincidence) or was simply a recurring flare-up, but it bears watching, as this sort of violence has a direct bearing on local support for and recruitment by extremist groups.