Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Margareth S.
Terrorism & Religious Extremism
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March 1, 2017
February 27, 2017
Jakarta – Police said no casualties had been reported from a suspected terrorist attack near Pandawa Park in Cicendo, Bandung, West Java, on Monday morning (27/02).
February 13, 2017
Haeril Halim, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has instructed Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly to meet with House of Representatives leaders to speed up deliberation of amendment
February 4, 2017
Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Indonesia is being urged to tackle an increasing threat of would-be female terrorists who are being spurred on via social media to engage in extremist Islamist networks.
February 3, 2017
Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia and Australia have pledged to work together to "choke off" funding for terrorist activities, after senior security officials from both countries met in Ja
January 24, 2017
Margareth S.
January 22, 2017
Rowan Scarborough – The Islamic State is seeking a foothold in the prisons of Indonesia, a country with the world's largest Muslim population and significant poverty.
January 2, 2017
Ruslan Sangadji, Palu, Central Sulawesi – Operation Tinombala in fighting the East Indonesia Mujahidin (MIT) terror group will extend its operation by three months from the original ending date of
Palu – An alleged terrorist, identified as Irwanto, or Abu Muhammad, was nabbed for reportedly planning an attack on a church in Palu in Central Sulawesi on New Year's Eve, police said on Monday (0
December 29, 2016
Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Indonesia's police chief has attributed a sharp rise in the number of alleged terrorists handled by his force to the influence of Islamic State and the defeats it is expe
Safrin La Batu and Marguarite Afra, Jakarta – Terrorism, which is thought to have been one of the biggest threats confronting national security in 2016, will continue to threaten the country next y
December 28, 2016
Jakarta – The government's plan to establish the Terrorism Risk Index, which aims to detect potential terrorism acts in regions across the country, should underline intra-religious conflict amid gr
December 27, 2016
Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa – Police have detonated a bomb found near a food stall in a street in Magelang in Central Java as Indonesia continues to be on tenterhooks over a possible terror att
December 26, 2016
Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Indonesian police say that suspected terrorists who were arrested and killed on Christmas Day had been plotting to attack a police post in West Java on Ne
December 23, 2016
Margareth S.
December 21, 2016
Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – The Australian government has issued an updated travel warning to Indonesia as three suspected terrorists were killed after a bomb was thrown at police officers during a
Indonesian anti-terrorism police have shot and killed three suspects after a gun battle at a house near the capital Jakarta, police said.
December 17, 2016
Moses Ompusunggu and Fadli, Jakarta/Batam, Riau Islands – The National Police have hit back against allegations that their arrest of a number of terror suspects was a ploy to divert the attention o
December 16, 2016
Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – National Police Chief Gen. Tito Karnavian said Friday that terrorist groups have developed a new trend of recruiting women to launch attacks in the country.
Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – National Police Chief Gen.
December 12, 2016
Jakarta – Indonesian police said they safely detonated a bomb on the outskirts of the capital after arresting a female would-be suicide bomber and other suspected Islamic militants who were alleged
Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – National Police spokesperson Insp. Gen.
December 11, 2016
Adam Harvey, Indonesia – Police in Jakarta say they have foiled a plot by extremists to detonate a bomb today at the presidential palace.
December 8, 2016
Jakarta – Activists in Jakarta issued a joint communique on Thursday, Dec.
November 27, 2016
Jakarta – Police claim nine of the people they arrested during a massive Nov. 4 rally in Jakarta have links to the militant Islamic State (IS) group.
November 26, 2016
Indonesian police have said a suspected Islamic militant arrested earlier this week was making explosives more powerful than those used in the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people.
November 19, 2016
Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – Three terrorism suspects linked to the bombing and gun attacks in Jakarta on Jan. 14 have been convicted at the West Jakarta District Court after a lengthy trial.
November 18, 2016
Jakarta – The National Police have named five suspects in a Molotov cocktail attack on the Oikumene Church in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, on Sunday.
November 15, 2016
Haeril Halim and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The effectiveness of the country's deradicalization program has been put under scrutiny in the wake of the attack at a church in Samarinda, East Ka
Haeril Halim and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta/Medan – When his 2-year-old daughter Intan Olivia asked to be allowed to join her cousin playing on the front porch of the Oikumene Church, Anggiat Marbun
November 13, 2016
Jakarta – Four people were injured when a Molotov cocktail exploded in front of a church in Samarinda district, East Kalimantan, on Sunday morning (13/11).
November 8, 2016
Haeril Halim, Nusa Dua, Bali – Despite last week's anti-Ahok rally, which turned violent in the capital, Vice President Jusuf Kalla maintained that the country's religious tolerance was the most ef
November 1, 2016
Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – The Terrorism Law is on the brink of an overhaul as lawmakers continue to revise all aspects of counterterrorism.
October 21, 2016
Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – After months of debate over a plan to strengthen military involvement in counterterrorism measures, the House of Representatives on Thursday approved six conditions
October 13, 2016
Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Supreme Court has requested the House of Representatives Commission III overseeing legal affairs to scrap the so-called Guantanamo article from the draft revis
September 19, 2016
Jakarta – Two people have been killed in a blast believed to stem from a grenade detonating inside a car owned by a member of the Bener Meriah Legislative Council in Aceh on Saturday.
September 16, 2016
Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – It is estimated some 50 convicted terrorists continue to resist the government's prison deradicalization efforts, a top counterterrorism official has said.
September 13, 2016
Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Margareth S.
August 29, 2016
Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A man who attacked St.
August 28, 2016
Medan – The young failed suicide bomber in Sunday's (28/08) Medan terror attack is believed to have met an identified man on the street prior to the event, preliminary investigations have found.
August 23, 2016
Jakarta – Chief Security Minister Wiranto said the government is currently discussing ways to to improve the country's current anti-terrorism law to make it more expansive and allow better "maneuve
August 18, 2016
Jakarta – Convicted terrorist leader Abu Bakar Ba'asyir was given a three-month sentence reduction on Independence Day, an official said on Wednesday.
August 13, 2016
Ni Komang Erviani, Bali – The government is preparing a legal instrument that will allow closer monitoring of the funding of non-profit organizations after authorities detected that many of them we
August 10, 2016
Ni Komang Erviani, Nusa Dua, Bali – A large portion of the money used by terror groups in Indonesia comes from overseas, the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) revealed on Tu
Jakarta – The national human rights body has called on security forces to consider temporarily halting their prolonged Operation Tinombala against militants of slain terrorism suspect Santoso in Po
July 31, 2016
Erika Anindita Dewi, Jakarta – The House of Representatives insisted on Friday that it would continue to discuss the revision of the 2003 Terrorism Law despite a heated debate on the inclusion in t
July 26, 2016
Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Rights watchdog Imparsial has urged the House of Representatives to pass specific regulations on the Indonesian Military's role in counterterrorism operations, but
July 23, 2016
Jakarta – National Police chief Tito Karnavian said on Friday that the involvement of the Indonesian Military (TNI) in counterterrorism needed to be carefully examined due to public concern over po
July 21, 2016
Ruslan Sangadji, Palu, Central Sulawesi – National Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian expressed his thanks to Indonesian Military commander Gen.
July 20, 2016
Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The government is insisting on including the role of the Indonesian Military (TNI) in the revision of the Terrorism Law in its efforts to safeguard the country aga
