Angela Dewan – Tolerance of Islamic vigilantism is helping to breed a new generation of terrorists in Indonesia, the International Crisis Group warned in a report on Thursday.
Terrorism & Religious Extremism
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January 26, 2012
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January 19, 2012
Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) said that it would not be making quick decisions on whether to deploy its personnel to join the nation's fight against terrorism.
January 7, 2012
Zakir Hussain – Jemaah Islamiyah was set up in 1993 with the aim of establishing a region-wide Islamic state.
December 31, 2011
Nine terror suspects were sentenced to prison for between eight and nine years on Thursday for planning to murder foreigners and for running a terrorist training camp in Aceh.
December 26, 2011
A rundown of the key terror attacks, players and attack sites in Indonesia in 2011.
Major attacks:
Ulma Haryanto – In 2011, the nation got several wake-up calls that radicalism was still alive in Indonesia despite the arrests and convictions of key terrorists the year before.
December 9, 2011
Eddy Pratama – Six people accused of a series of bomb scares across Central Java a year ago were sentenced on Thursday to between five and six years in prison by the West Jakarta Distri
Farouk Arnaz – The Densus 88 Counterterrorism Unit ran into some luck on Friday when they knocked on a door and a terror fugitive suspect voluntarily opened the door.
November 29, 2011
Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) says the National Police Detachment 88 (Densus 88) antiterrorist unit has "borrowed" several terrorist convicts from prison but has not provided any informa
Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – The threat of terrorism in Indonesia remains high, with police and government bodies deemed to have transgressed against Islamic teaching now the main targets
November 22, 2011
Ulma Haryanto – The teachings of radical Islam do not appear to be taking root in Central Java despite it being home to many hard-line organizations, a survey has found.
November 14, 2011
Farouk Arnaz – Three more people with links to a high-profile terror suspect have been arrested by the police's Densus 88 counterterrorism unit, officials said on Monday.
November 3, 2011
Jakarta, Indonesia – Ten suspected militants have gone on trial for allegedly planning to bomb an Indonesian church before Easter mass and to film the inferno for broadcast.
October 28, 2011
Indonesia's legal system is the "weakest link" in the nation's fight against terrorism, analysts said after a court slashed the jail term of the country's slipperiest terror convict.
October 27, 2011
Jakarta – An Indonesian court says it slashed radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir's prison sentence in part because of his advanced age.
October 26, 2011
Jakarta – A radical Islamic cleric accused of setting up a terror training camp in western Indonesia had his prison sentence slashed from 15 years to 9 years, an appeals court said Wedn
October 15, 2011
Bandung – Siliwangi Military Commander Maj. Gen.
October 13, 2011
Jakarta – The Indonesian army's elite detachment 81 antiterrorist squad has organized a joint exercise with the National Police detachment 88 counterterrorism unit at the army special f
Jakarta – The Central Jakarta District Court sentenced on Thursday a former teacher at West Nusa Tenggara's Umar bin Khattab (UBK) Islamic boarding school to four years in jail for fund
Jakarta, Indonesia – An Indonesian militant was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison for helping set up a terrorist cell plotting attacks on Western hotels and embassies in the c
October 8, 2011
Indonesia's counter-terrorism police on Saturday arrested five people in connection with a suicide bombing of a mosque in April, a spokesman said.
Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Police played down the possibility of a terrorist link in the explosion of an automated teller machine (ATM) in Yogyakarta early on Friday.
October 5, 2011
Nani Afrida, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked the Indonesian military (TNI) to cooperate with the National Police in efforts to combat terrorism.
October 3, 2011
Tom Allard, Jakarta – In the aftermath of last week's suicide bombing by a rogue Islamist of a church in the Central Java city of Solo, messages flew around the social networking site T
Convicted terrorist Abu Bakar Baasyir has denied allegations linking him to the terrorist network behind the Cirebon and Solo suicide bombings.
October 2, 2011
Padang – Indonesia's anti-terrorism squad has arrested one of the country's most wanted Muslim militants for allegedly plotting suicide attacks.
September 28, 2011
Ezra Sihite, Camelia Pasandaran, Dessy Sagita & Arientha Primanita – Police acknowledged on Wednesday that they had received advance warning of an attack against the Central Java ch
Ezra Sihite & Camelia Pasandaran – Indonesia police have revealed that they had installed additional security in anticipation of a terrorist attack on the Bethel Injil Sepenuh (GBIS
Gary LaMoshi, Bali – Indonesia was shocked and shamed on Sunday when a suicide bomber struck a Christian church in Solo, killing at least one congregant and injuring at least 27 others.
September 27, 2011
There was nothing sophisticated about the suicide bombing at an Indonesian church Sunday – using homemade explosives packed with nails, nuts and bolts, the bomber killed only himself.
Hangga Brata – The head of the country's largest Islamic organization paid a visit on Tuesday to the Solo church targeted by a suicide bomber, in a show of solidarity with the injured.
Farouk Arnaz – Achmad Yosepa Hayat and Muhammad Syarif were truly friends in life or death.
The government has blocked access to about 300 Web sites that could inspire acts of terrorism, the minister of communication and information technology said on Monday.
September 26, 2011
Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman – Facing heavy criticism for failing to anticipate Sunday's suicide bombing in Solo, State Intelligence Agency chief Sutanto has asked the p
Ezra Sihite, Farouk Arnaz, Hangga Brata, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman – A politician has criticized Indonesia's intelligence agency's for failing to prevent a suicide bo
Farouk Arnaz – Police believe that Achmad Yosepa Hayat, a possible suspect in Sunday's suicide bombing at a church in Solo, is a member of the hard-line group Jemaah Ansharut Tauhid fou
September 25, 2011
A suicide bomber attacked a packed Indonesian church on Sunday killing at least one person, wounding several others and sending terrified worshippers rushing out into the streets.
Two days before a suicide attack struck a church in Solo, a priest and a human rights activist warned of a shadowy campaign to exacerbate interreligious tension between Christians and M
Dessy Sagita, Farouk Arnaz & Ronna Nirmala – Sunday's suicide bombing at a Protestant church, the first major terror attack in Solo, has exposed the city to scrutiny for its role as
Farouk Arnaz – The suicide bombing that killed at least one person and injured 20 at a church in Solo on Sunday may be linked to the recent sectarian violence that broke out in Ambon on
The local leader of prominent Muslim youth group says he will send members to protect houses of worship following the suicide bombing that killed one and injured eight in a church in Su
September 11, 2011
Nivell Rayda – In many ways, Jakarta was a bit of a culture shock for Afghan Fatimah (not her real name) when she arrived in 2004.
September 5, 2011
Tom Allard, Indonesia – Ulil Abshar Abdalla is one of Indonesia's most perceptive intellectuals, a Harvard-educated Islamic reformer and an adviser to the President, Susilo Bambang Yudh
September 4, 2011
An Indonesian man blamed for the 2002 Bali bombings could escape with just a few years behind bars.
September 2, 2011
Stephen Coates – Indonesia has killed or captured most of the militants responsible for the 2002 Bali bombings, but it now faces new threats from second-generation jihadists inspired by
August 5, 2011
Since its inception on July 16, 2010, the much-hyped National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) remains wedged within a protracted bureaucracy that slows down its efforts to go full steam,
July 25, 2011
Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The repressive methods applied in Indonesia' fight against terrorism, particularly those reportedly being applied by the police's anti-terror special deta
July 23, 2011
Nivell Rayda – Its controversial leader, Abu Bakar Bashir, has been locked up inside a heavily fortified detention facility in Jakarta, but hard-line group Jemaah Ansharut Tauhid seems
July 22, 2011
Jakarta – Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) from Indonesia representative Siti Ruhaini Dzuhayatin said Islamic radicalis