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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

An Indonesian man blamed for the 2002 Bali bombings could escape with just a few years behind bars.

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

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,

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

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

Jakarta – Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) from Indonesia representative Siti Ruhaini Dzuhayatin said Islamic radicalis

Ulma Haryanto – Members of radical Muslim group Jemaah Ansharut Tauhid say they took offense at being labeled terrorists following a weekend incident in which residents of an East Java

Police found more than two dozen home-made bombs in eastern Indonesia following an explosion last week inside an Islamic boarding school suspected of being a bomb factory, a spokesman s

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Irawaty Wardani, Jakarta – An investigation into an explosion at an Islamic boarding school in Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, escalated into open conflict Tuesday between police and civilian

Ronna Nirmala – The National Police announced on Friday that they had arrested 11 suspected terrorists and seized several firearms during a three-day operation across Java Island earlie

The National Police's counterterrorism unit, Densus 88, raided the home of a terror suspect on Jalan Cendrawasih, Cengkarang, West Jakarta.

Farouk Arnaz – Indonesia's prisons remain ineffective in countering terrorist indoctrination, top law-enforcement officials acknowledged over the weekend.

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Growing aggressive with its antiterrorism measures, the government is devising a legal tool that would expand the scope of prosecution, targeting hate-inciti

Ulma Haryanto & Farouk Arnaz – The nation's antiterrorism czar has called on the state to toughen laws against hate speech and paramilitary training in the wake of rising security f

Jakarta, Indonesia – Three Indonesians radicalized by the teachings of a firebrand Muslim cleric were sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison for involvement in a terror plot.

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja – The 15-year jail term handed to convicted terrorist Abu Bakar Bashir this week is sparking debate, with analysts suggesting it was kept light to avoid angering t

Nivell Rayda – Under the scorching sun, members of Jamaah Anshorut Tauhid struggled to stay awake on Thursday as judges at the South Jakarta District Court read out the lengthy verdict

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Abu Bakar Bashir, sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison for inciting terrorism, sat slumped in his chair in a South Jakarta courtroom after a five-month trial,

Nivell Rayda & Ulma Haryanto – It is likely the only common ground they will ever have, but terrorism analysts and supporters of militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir do agree on one thi

Ulma Haryanto – For most of Abu Bakar Bashir's zealous supporters, his conviction on terrorism charges on Thursday were part of an ongoing conspiracy against the cleric.

The jailing of radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir on terrorism charges will not diminish his influence on militant extremists unless he is strictly controlled behind bars, analy

Abu Bakar Bashir is regarded as a spiritual leader of militant Islam in Indonesia and is a vocal supporter of Al Qaeda-style jihad, but the 72-year-old has always denied being a terrori

Farouk Arnaz – The death of a suspected militant while in the hands of police has added to concerns about torture and ill-treatment by the country's elite counterterrorism unit, which i

Farouk Arnaz – Counterterrorism police have arrested 16 suspects involved in different terror plots, including a plan to carry out a mass poisoning of police, the National Police spokes

Indonesia has arrested eight terror suspects who were plotting a mass poisoning of police personnel, an anti-terror officer said Saturday, as one report said they had planned to use cya

Jakarta, Indonesia – A radical Indonesian cleric facing life in prison on terrorism charges professed his innocence Monday and rejected the trial as outside Islamic law in a final court

Farouk Arnaz – The specter of an active Islamic terror campaign in Indonesia resurfaced on Thursday as police revealed that two suspects seized hours after a deadly attack on a police p

Olivia Rondonuwu – Islamist cleric Abu Bakar Bashir used his final defense against charges of funding a militant group on Wednesday to denounce the United States for trying to stop Isla

Farouk Arnaz – The National Police on Wednesday officially charged six Islamic Indonesian State (NII) members that were detained in Central Java on Monday evening.

Farouk Arnaz – The country is dealing with a new breed of terrorists, different not only in terms of tactics and targets but in terms of religious fervor, counterterrorism police say.

Ismira Lutfia & Nurfika Osman – News coverage and analysis of terrorism should not be allowed to become a platform for extremists to get their message across to the public, media ex

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja – Indonesia's largest Islamic organization is enlisting hundreds of religious teachers to fight the spread of radicalism in high schools and universities.

Dicky Christanto, Cirebon, West Java – Members of the recently discovered terrorist group in Cirebon planned to attack military and police targets, according to a counterterrorism opera

Jihadists in jail: Radicalisation and the Indonesian prison experience – Australian Strategic Policy Institute. May 19, 2011

Nani Afrida – Louis, not his real name, has no physical traits of the stereotypical hard-liner Muslim student: Bearded with a prayer cap and dressed in Muslim attire with trousers somet