Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The influence of the Islamic State (IS) in Indonesia has become more apparent along with the rapid increase of radicalization within society since IS d

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies – Indonesian authorities are on high alert for a terrorist attack over the Christmas and New Year period despite the arrest of nine terrorism suspects

Jakarta – The Indonesian State Intelligence Board (BIN) has conducted an intelligence exchange program with Australia as part of efforts to thwart terrorism in Indonesia, the boards cha

Jewel Topsfield, Amilia Rosa, Karuni Rompies – The Australian Federal Police and the FBI have assisted Indonesia's efforts to quell terror-related violence before it occurs.

Jakarta – Experts have urged the government to strengthen ties within communities to increase public participation in combating radicalism.

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The country's religious leaders have condemned a series of coordinated terrorist attacks that left more than 120 people dead in Paris on Friday.

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A note of caution has been sounded about Indonesian government plans to carve up another province out of Papua region.

Palu – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has deployed 100 personnel from two elite forces to support a police-run operation to hunt for members of a terrorist group in Poso regency, North Sulawesi.

Jakarta – Australia and Indonesia will co-host a meeting of regional law enforcement and national security agencies to discuss ways of blocking funding for extremists, it was announced Wednesday.

Tom Allard – Indonesian authorities have foiled an alleged plot by Islamic State supporters to bomb a police station and churches in Surakarta, Central Java on Monday, Indonesia's Independence Day.

Tom Allard, Jakarta – In the upmarket Jakarta suburb of Menteng, home to former presidents and diplomats and their enormous mansions, al-Fataa mosque is an incongruous building.

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Indonesians who join Islamic State or sympathise with the terrorist group will face criminal sanctions for the first time under draft laws that will significantly harden the c

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Indonesia's counter-terrorism unit Densus 88 arrested six terrorist suspects for their alleged involvement in a shootout in Poso's Gayatri village, Central Sulawesi, on Sund

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Farouk Arnaz, Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Natasia Christy Wahyuni & Novianti Setuningsih, Jakarta/Malang – Indonesia's counterterrorism agency has urged the government to revise laws governing freedom o

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – A bomb explosion in a Jakarta shopping mall last month has been linked to members of the so-called Islamic State who fought in Syria, highlighting the danger posed by for

Yogyakarta – The Communications and Information Ministry has blocked 70 websites with content linked to terrorism, including the Islamic State (IS) organization.

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Indonesia's security forces must prioritize the prevention of terrorism in the country, President Joko Widodo said on Tuesday during a meeting with leaders of the National P

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has said it is ready to launch a military operation to quell terrorism in Poso, Central Sulawesi, if required to do so.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Indonesian police shot dead a man linked to one of the country's most dangerous terrorist fugitives in a crackdown in which seven terror suspects have been arrested since

Jakarta – The National Intelligence Agency (BIN) and security authorities are keeping an eye on radical groups in anticipation of potential incidents following the recent bloody attack on satirical

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Indonesia's fight against terrorism has left dead a total of 97 suspects and 34 police officers since 2000, the National Police chief said on Sunday.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has made an overture to the country's two largest Muslim organizations, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah, asking them to join his administr

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – Residents and the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) have cast doubt on the existence of the Islamic State (IS), also known as ISIS or ISIL, in the

Surabaya – Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia should teach students to embrace diversity, and steer clear of radicalism and violence, Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddi

Yuliasri Perdani and Ruslan Sangaji, Jakarta/Palu – In the wake of the arrest of alleged Chinese Turkestan jihadists in Central Sulawesi, Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifudd

The Australian West Papua Association says Australia's proposed anti-terrorism laws could be applied to activist groups like itself in the future.

Jakarta – The incoming government has to pay more attention to citizenship education as well as carry out structural changes in the Religious Affairs Ministry to control radicalism and

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – A group of hard-line clerics have called on Muslims in Indonesia not to support the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), accusing the militant rebels

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Dyah Ayu Pitaloka & Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, Malang/Balikpapan – The hard-line group Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid, or JAT, appears to be crumbling after its jailed leader Abu Bakar Ba'as

Yuliasri Perdani and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The government on Monday announced a ban on support for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) movement and warned citizens not to j

Josua Gantan, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin appealed to Indonesian Muslims not to support the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – The establishment of representatives of the Iraqi militancy group, the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, in Indonesia has raised conce

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Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – A handful of local communities and officials across the country have expelled extremist preachers from their mosques despite the absence of support from the

Josua Gantan & Farouk Arnaz – For years the police had crowed about having Jemaah Islamiyah, a Southeast Asian terrorist network affiliated with Al Qaeda, in retreat, rooting out it

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – A string of arrests on terror suspects in Java has revealed a resurrection of the Southeast Asian militant organization Jemaah Islamiyah in the country, a police

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) questioned on Tuesday former National Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief AM Hendropriyono and National Land Agency (BPN)

Jakarta – The House of Representatives passed a draft bill on the ratification of the Nuclear Terrorism Convention into a law in a plenary meeting on Tuesday.

Jakarta – Indonesian extremists have turned their attentions to the Syrian war, a bloody two-year battle soaked in sectarian division and apocalyptic prophecy, as radical Islamist group

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Chris Brummitt and Niniek Karmini, Jakarta, Indonesia – The young Indonesian was raised in an extremist household and graduated from a boarding school notorious for teaching generations

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The recent killings of six suspected terrorists on the outskirts of Jakarta have triggered a wave of criticism of the police's Densus 88 counterterrorism uni

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – Indonesia's elite anti-terrorism squad shot and killed six suspected militants and arrested another amid New Year's Eve celebrations in an all-night standoff a

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The Indonesian prison system is a fertile recruiting ground for terrorist organizations to find new recruits, a former jihadist said on Wednesday.