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Terrorism & Religious Extremism

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January 10, 2020

Jakarta Globe - January 10, 2020

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Indonesia and Japan have agreed to pave a way for cooperation in counter-terrorism and deradicalization, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Securit

Jakarta Post - January 10, 2020

Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD has said that over 6,000 Indonesian citizens have been identified as foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs).

January 3, 2020

Jakarta Globe - January 3, 2020

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Fourteen organizations grouping in the Islamic Organization Friendship Body, or LPOI, expressed their support on Friday for government's continued struggle to

December 26, 2019

December 19, 2019

Jakarta Globe - December 19, 2019

Beritasatu, Jakarta – Members of militant group Jemaah Ansharut Daulah have tried to go into hiding in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua, police said on Thursday following the

December 18, 2019

Associated Press - December 18, 2019

Niniek Karmini – Alleged members of an Islamic militant group shot a police officer to death in eastern Indonesia in the latest assault targeting security officials in the world's most

December 16, 2019

Nikkei Asian Review - December 16, 2019

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Just a week after he was named Indonesia's new religious affairs minister, retired army general Fachrul Razi sparked a controversy by suggesting a ban on the n

December 15, 2019

Jakarta Post - December 15, 2019

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – A member of the National Police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob), First Pvt.

Associated Press - December 15, 2019

Jakarta – Indonesian police said on Saturday they have arrested seven suspected Islamic militants in the country's easternmost Papua province as authorities beef up security ahead of C

December 4, 2019

Jakarta Post - December 4, 2019

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri has warned about the dangers of "radical" sermons in mosques at gove

November 29, 2019

Tempo - November 29, 2019

Halida Bunga, Jakarta – National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) opined that the challenge faced by Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim is on how to solve issues on r

November 28, 2019

Jakarta Globe - November 28, 2019

Beritasatu, Jakarta – Akhmad Taufiq, a lecturer and the head of the Institute for Learning Development and Quality Assurance at Jember State University in East Java was dismissed from

November 27, 2019

Jakarta Globe - November 27, 2019

Beritasatu, Jakarta – Indonesian police have uncovered a plot to carry out more attacks on police facilities and places of worship after examining a laptop belonging to a militant grou

November 25, 2019

Tempo - November 25, 2019

Jakarta (Antara) – Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states to jointly tackle the movement of terrorism.

Tempo - November 25, 2019

Jakarta (Antara) – The House of Representatives' (DPR) Commission II plans to question the government on its reasons for issuing the Government's Decree No.

November 24, 2019

Jakarta Globe - November 24, 2019

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Vice President Ma'ruf Amin said he has been assigned by the president to lead a comprehensive campaign against the spread of radical ideologies which he said

November 21, 2019

Jakarta Post - November 21, 2019

Fadli, Batam – The Batam Police in Riau Islands province are monitoring former members of the Katibah Gonggong Rebus (KGR) radical group following a suicide bombing at the Medan Police

November 20, 2019

Jakarta Post - November 20, 2019

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has begun a program to standardize and train Islamic preachers to ensure that they promote moderate Islam instead of far-right or far-left

November 19, 2019

Tempo - November 19, 2019

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) announced that it has commenced the standardization program for religious preachers as of Monday, November 18, which is also

Jakarta Post - November 19, 2019

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The group of suspected terrorists allegedly behind the recent suicide bombing in Medan, North Sumatra, planned on establishing their own country, according to

November 17, 2019

Jakarta Post - November 17, 2019

Apriadi Gunawan and Ruslan Sangadji, Medan and Palu – Two men who were shot dead on Saturday in Deli Serdang regency, North Sumatra, were allegedly the assemblers of a bomb that recent

November 16, 2019

Jakarta Post - November 16, 2019

Apriadi Gunawan, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra – Two suspected terrorists were shot dead while one member of the National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism squad was injured in an exch

November 15, 2019

Jakarta Globe - November 15, 2019

Gardi Gazarin & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Police anti-terrorism squad Detachment 88 has arrested several people with alleged links to a terror network, including an employee of sta

November 14, 2019

Jakarta Globe - November 14, 2019

Beritasatu, Jakarta – New details have emerged a day after a suicide bomb attack at the Medan Metropolitan Police headquarters, with police saying the wife of the lone bomber is even m

Jakarta Post - November 14, 2019

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – A suicide bomber who blew himself up at Medan police headquarters in Medan, North Sumatra, on Wednesday, had pledged allegiance to a new Islamic State (IS)

Jakarta Post - November 14, 2019

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The North Sumatra Police and the National Police's counterterrorism squad Densus 88 are hunting a cleric believed to have influenced the suicide bomber that at

November 13, 2019

Jakarta Post - November 13, 2019

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan and Jakarta – A 24-year-old man who was formerly an online-delivery motorcycle driver has been identified by police as the suicide bomber in the attack on the Me

Sydney Morning Herald - November 13, 2019

James Massola, Karuni Rompies and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – A suicide bomber launched an attack on the Medan City police headquarters in North Sumatra, Indonesia, killing himself and inju

Jakarta Post - November 13, 2019

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – State-owned airport operator Angkasa Pura II is tightening security in its 19 airports following a suicide bombing that injured six people at the Medan Po

November 6, 2019

Jakarta Globe - November 6, 2019

Antara, Jakarta – Twelve terror convicts have been transferred from the Nusakambangan prison island in Central Java to a deradicalization center in Bogor, West Java, under a reintegrat

October 23, 2019

Straits Times - October 23, 2019

Singapore – Three Indonesian maids were charged in court on Wednesday (Oct 23) with financing terrorism, after being detained under the Internal Security Act last month.

October 18, 2019

New York Times - October 18, 2019

Hannah Beech and Muktita Suhartono, Medan, Indonesia – Ais likes to dance. She knows the words to "I'm a Little Teapot." Her dimples are disarming.

Tempo - October 18, 2019

Semarang (Antara) – Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo proposed a new model to patrol the neighborhood to anticipate various threats of terrorism in the surrounding environment.

October 16, 2019

Jakarta Post - October 16, 2019

Jakarta – The National Police claim to have foiled terror plots, including suicide bombings, in several cities across Java, which were allegedly planned by Islamic State-linked homegro

October 15, 2019

Jakarta Globe - October 15, 2019

Farouk Arnaz & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Jamaah Ansharut Daulah, or JAD, an Islamic State-affiliated terror group based in Indonesia, has been making bombs using not only high-expl

Sydney Morning Herald - October 15, 2019

James Massola, Jakarta – Indonesian police have arrested 22 suspected Islamist militants planning attacks across the country, just days after the country's security minister was wounde

Jakarta Post - October 15, 2019

Jakarta – Police have arrested 22 terrorist suspects following the stabbing of Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto last week.

October 12, 2019

Tempo - October 12, 2019

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The National Police's anti-terror special detachment Densus 88 have nabbed suspected terrorists from September 23 until October 11.

Jakarta Globe - October 12, 2019

Heru Andriyanto & Beritasatu, Jakarta – The shocking attack on Chief Security Minister Wiranto earlier this week is likely only a forerunner of more serious acts of terror ahead of

October 11, 2019

Tempo - October 11, 2019

Nindya Astuti, Jakarta – Terrorism, and intelligence expert Harits Abu Ulya called for Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law, and Security Affairs Wiranto to do self-introspection on

October 10, 2019

Sydney Morning Herald - October 10, 2019

James Massola and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – A senior member of the Indonesian cabinet has been rushed to hospital after being stabbed twice with a knife by suspected Islamic State symp

Jakarta Post - October 10, 2019

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has instructed security authorities to take stern action and hunt down the "terrorist network" behind Thursday's attack on

The Guardian - October 10, 2019

Kate Lamb in Jakarta and agencies – Indonesia's chief security minister has been stabbed by a man who authorities suspect may have been radicalised by Islamic State ideology.

October 8, 2019

Jakarta Post - October 8, 2019

Jakarta – The National Police have foiled an attempt to explode bombs in business districts across Jakarta, which was allegedly planned and organized by a university lecturer and a ret

October 6, 2019

South China Morning Post - October 6, 2019

Amy Chew – A series of bombs that two Indonesian men were assembling to "burn Chinese shops" in Jakarta were not filled with petrol as previously thought, but were instead explosive de

October 4, 2019

Jakarta Globe - October 4, 2019

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Police anti-terror unit Detachment 88 arrested a policewoman in Yogyakarta who they say has been radicalized by Islamic State supporters in Yogyakarta.

October 3, 2019

Jakarta Globe - October 3, 2019

Jakarta (Berita Satu) – A lecturer of Bogor Agricultural University, or IPB, in West Java who is currently detained for illegal possession of explosives, had allegedly recruited and pa

September 24, 2019

Jakarta Globe - September 24, 2019

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – Members of Detachment 88, the National Police's elite counterterrorism squad, have found an Islamic State flag and weapons at a rented house occupied by a t

September 23, 2019

Jakarta Globe - September 23, 2019

Carlos Roy Fajarta & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Detachment 88, the National Police's elite counterterrorism squad, arrested at least eight suspects and seized half a kilogram of high

Jakarta Globe - September 23, 2019

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Police anti-terror unit Detachment 88 raided several hideouts in Bekasi in West Java and Jakarta on Monday morning, arresting eight people linked to the Islam