Jemaah Islamiyah ( ar, الجماعة الإسلامية, ''al-Jamāʿah al-Islāmiyyah'', meaning "Islamic Congregation", frequently abbreviated JI) is a Southeast Asian militant extremist Islamist terrorist group based in

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, which is dedicated to the establishment of an

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.JI is also believed to be linked to the insurgent violence in southern

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"Conspiracy of Silence: Who is Behind the Escalating Insurgency in Southern Thailand?"
/ref> On 25 October 2002, immediately following the JI-perpetrated Bali bombing, JI was added to the

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as a

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linked to

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or the

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. JI is a

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with cells in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines. In addition to al-Qaeda, the group is also thought to have alleged links to the

Moro Islamic Liberation Front The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF; ar, ''Jabhat Taḥrīr Moro al-ʾIslāmiyyah'') is a group based in Mindanao seeking an autonomous region of the Moro people from the central government. The group has a presence in the Bangsamoro r ...

and

Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid or Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid (literally ''Helpers of Tawhid Congregation'', abbreviated as JAT) is a splinter cell of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) designated as a terrorist organization by the United Nations and the United States ...

, a splinter cell of the JI which was formed by

Abu Bakar Baasyir Abu Bakar Ba'asyir ( ; ar, أبو بكر باعشير, ʾAbū Bakr Bāʿašīr; ; ; born 17 August 1938) also known as Abu Bakar Bashir, Abdus Somad, and Ustad Abu ("Teacher Abu") is an Indonesian Muslim cleric and leader of Jamaah Ansharut Tau ...

on 27 July 2008. The group has been designated as a

by the United Nations, Australia, Canada, China, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. It remained very active in Indonesia where it publicly maintained a website . In October 2021, Director of Identification and Socialization,

Detachment 88 Counterterrorism Special Detachment 88 ( id, Detasemen Khusus 88 Antiteror), or Densus 88, is a tier one Indonesian National Police counter-terrorism squad formed on 30 June 2003, after the 2002 Bali bombings. It is funded, equipped, and trained b ...

Muhammad Sodiq said that 876 members of Jamaah Islamiyah had been arrested and sentenced in Indonesia. On 16 November 2021,

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launched a

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operation, which revealed that the group operated in disguise as a political party, Indonesian People's Da'wah Party. The revelation shocked many people, as it was the first time in Indonesia that a terrorist organization disguised itself as a political party and attempted to intervene and participate in the Indonesian political system.

History

JI has its roots in Darul Islam (DI, meaning "House of Islam"), a radical Islamist/anti-colonialist movement in

in the 1940s. The JI was established as a loose confederation of several Islamic groups. Sometime around 1969, three men,

Abu Bakar Bashir Abu Bakar Ba'asyir ( ; ar, أبو بكر باعشير, ʾAbū Bakr Bāʿašīr; ; ; born 17 August 1938) also known as Abu Bakar Bashir, Abdus Somad, and Ustad Abu ("Teacher Abu") is an Indonesian Muslim cleric and leader of Jamaah Ansharut Tauh ...

Abdullah Sungkar Abdullah Sungkar (1937 – 20 October 1999) founded and led Jemaah Islamiyah, an Islamist terrorist and separatist organization. He was of Hadhramaut, Hadhrami Arab descent. See also * Abu Bakar Ba'asyir References

1937 births 1999 ...

and Shahrul Nizam 'PD' began an operation to propagate the Darul Islam movement, a conservative strain of

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. Bashir and Sungkar were both imprisoned by the New Order administration of Indonesian president

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as part of a crackdown on radical groups such as Komando Jihad, that were perceived to undermine the government's control over the Indonesian population. The two leaders spent several years in prison. After release, Bashir and his followers moved to

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in 1982. They recruited people from Indonesia,

, Singapore, and the

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. The group officially named itself Jemaah Islamiah around that time period. JI was formally founded on 1 January 1993, by JI leaders,

and

1937 births 1999 ...

while hiding in Malaysia from the persecution of the

government. After the fall of the

regime in 1998, both men returned to Indonesia where JI gained a terrorist edge when one of its founders, the late

1937 births 1999 ...

, established contact with

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network. JI's violent operations began during the communal conflicts in Maluku and

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. It shifted its attention to targeting US and Western interests in Indonesia and the wider Southeast Asian region since the start of the US-led

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. JI's terror plans in Southeast Asia were exposed when its plot to set off several bombs in Singapore was foiled by the local authorities. In 2004, Abu Bakar Bashir created the

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to connect Islamist groups, including JI, in Indonesia. Recruiting, training, indoctrination, financial, and operational links between the JI and other militant groups, such as

, the

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Group (ASG), the Misuari Renegade/Breakaway Group (MRG/MBG) and the Philippine

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Designation as a terrorist group

Jemaah Islamiyah has been designated a

by the following countries and international organizations: * * * * *

State opponents

* * * *

2002 Bali bombing

Prior to the first Bali bombing on 12 October 2002, there was underestimation to the threat Jemaah Islamiah posed. After this attack, the U.S. State Department designated Jemaah Islamiah as a

Foreign Terrorist Organization Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) is a designation for non-United States-based organizations deemed by the United States Secretary of State, in accordance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (INA), to be involved ...

Other terrorist attacks

In 2003, Indonesian police confirmed the existence of "Mantiqe-IV" the JI regional cell which covered

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and Australia. Indonesian police said Muklas has identified Mantiqe IV's leader as Abdul Rahim—an Indonesian-born Australian. Jemaah Islamiah is also strongly suspected of carrying out the 2003 JW Marriott hotel bombing in Kuningan, Jakarta, the 2004 Australian embassy bombing in Jakarta, the 2005 Bali terrorist bombing and the 2009 JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotel bombings. The Bali and JW Marriott attacks showed that JI did not rule out attacking the same target more than once. The JI also has been directly and indirectly involved in dozens of bombings in the

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, usually in league with the ASG. However, most of Jemaah Islamiah prominent figures such as

Hambali Riduan Isamuddin also transliterated as Riduan Isamudin, Riduan Isomuddin, and Riduan Isomudin, better known by the ''nom de guerre'' Hambali, born as Encep Nurjaman (April 4, 1964) is the former military leader of the Indonesian terrorist orga ...

, Abu Dujana, Azahari Husin,

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and Dulmatin have either been captured or killed, mostly by Indonesian anti-terrorist squad, Detachment 88. While several of its former leaders, including Malaysian Islamic extremist and Afghanistan War veteran

Nasir Abbas Nasir ( ar, ناصر, translit=Nāṣir) is a masculine given name, commonly found in Arabic which can mean "helper" or "one who gives victory" (grammatically the Stem I masculine singular active participle of consonantal verb root ''n-ṣ-r''). ...

, have renounced violence and even assisted the Indonesian and Malaysian governments in the war on terrorism. Nasir Abbas was Noordin Top's former trainer. Indonesian investigators revealed the JI's establishment of a hit squad in April 2007, which was established to target top leaders who oppose the group's objectives, as well as other officials, including police officers, government prosecutors and judges handling terrorism-related cases. In April 2008, the South Jakarta District Court declared JI an illegal organisation when sentencing former leader Zarkasih and military commander Abu Dujana to 15 years on terrorism charges. In 2010, Indonesian authorities cracked down on the Jemaah Islamiah network in

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. Between February and May 2010, more than 60 militants were captured. This Aceh network was established by Dulmatin sometime after 2007 when he returned to Indonesia.

Naming

The name ''Jemaah Islamiyah'' roughly translates to "Islamic Community" in English and is abbreviated as "JI". To counter the recruitment efforts by the group, Islamic scholars in Indonesia and the Philippines who are critical of the group suggested it be called ''Jemaah Munafiq'' (JM) instead, translated as "Hypocrites' Community".

Timeline

* 12 March 2000, 3 JI members were arrested in

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carrying

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in their luggage. One of them is later jailed for 17 years. * 1 August 2000, Jemaah Islamiyah attempted to assassinate the

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ambassador to

, Leonides Caday. The bomb detonated as his car entered his official residence in central

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killing two people and injuring 21 others, including the ambassador. * 13 September 2000, a car bomb explosion tore through a packed parking deck beneath the

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building killing 15 people and injuring 20. * 24 December 2000, JI took part in a major coordinated terror strike, the Christmas Eve 2000 bombings. * 30 December 2000, a series of

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that occurred around

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in the

, 22 died and over a hundred were injured. In the following years, several members of the Jemaah Islamiyah for their suspected involvement in the bombings. * 5 June 2002, Indonesian authorities arrest Kuwaiti

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. Handed over to the US authorities, he subsequently confesses he is a senior al-Qaeda operative sent to Southeast Asia to orchestrate attacks against U.S. interests. He reveals to investigators detailed plans of a new terror spree in Southeast Asia. * After many warnings by U.S. authorities of a credible terrorist threat in Jakarta, on 23 September 2002, a

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explodes in a car near the residence of a

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official in Jakarta, killing one of the attackers. * 26 September 2002, the

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issued a

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urging

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and other

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in Indonesia to avoid locations such as bars, restaurants and tourist areas. * 2 October 2002, a US Soldier and two Filipinos are killed in a JI nail-bomb attack outside a bar in the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga. * 10 October 2002, a bomb rips through a bus terminal in the southern Philippine city of

Kidapawan Kidapawan, officially the City of Kidapawan ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Kidapawan; hil, Dakbanwa sang Kidapawan; Maguindanaon: ''Kuta nu Kidapawan'', Jawi: كوتا نو كيدڤاوان; Obo Monuvu: ''Ingod to Kidapawan''), is a 3rd class component c ...

, killing six people and injuring twenty-four. On the same day The U.S. ambassador in Jakarta, Ralph Boyce, personally delivers to the Indonesian President a message of growing concern that Americans could become targets of terrorist actions in her country. * 12 October 2002, on the second anniversary of the USS ''Cole'' bombing in Yemen, a huge car bomb kills more than 202 and injures 300 on the Indonesian resort island of

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. Most are foreigners, mainly Australian tourists. It is preceded by a blast at the US consulate in nearby

Denpasar Denpasar (; Balinese script, Balinese: ᬤᬾᬦ᭄ᬧᬲᬃ) is the capital of Bali and the main gateway to the island. The city is also a hub for other cities in the Lesser Sunda Islands. With the rapid growth of the tourism industry in Bali ...

. The attack known as the

is the most deadly attack executed by JI to date. * Bashir was arrested by the Indonesian police and was given a light sentence for

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. * Hambali was arrested in

on 11 August 2003, and is currently detained and awaiting trial by Military Commissions, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. * A bomb manual published by the Jemaah Islamiyah was used in the

2002 Bali terrorist bombing The 2002 Bali bombings occurred on 12 October 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. The attack killed 202 people (including 88 Australians, 38 Indonesians, 23 Britons, and people of more than 20 other national ...

, the 2003 JW Marriott hotel bombing, the Philippine consulate bombing in Jakarta, the

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and the Christmas Eve bombings. * A British-born Australian named Jack Roche confessed to being part of a JI plot to blow up the Israeli embassy in

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, Australia on 28 May 2004. He was sentenced to 9 years in prison on 31 May. The man admitted to meeting figures like

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in Afghanistan. * JI are widely suspected of being responsible for the bombing outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta on 9 September 2004, which killed 11 Indonesians and wounded over 100 more. * They are also suspected of committing 1 October, 2005 Bali bombings. * 9 November 2005, bomb-making expert and influential figure in Indonesian terrorist organization, Azahari Husin was killed in a raid at

Batu, East Java Batu, officially the City of Batu ( id, Kota Batu, jv, ꦏꦸꦛꦧꦠꦸ), is a landlocked Cities of Indonesia, city in the East Java Province of Indonesia. It is about 20 km to the northwest of Malang. Formerly, it was a part of Malang Rege ...

. * 5 August 2006, Al-Qaeda's Al Zawahiri appeared on a recorded video announcing that JI and Al-Qaeda had joined forces and that the two groups will form "one line, facing its enemies". * 13 June 2007, Abu Dujana, the head of JI's military operations, is captured by Indonesian police. * 15 June 2007, Indonesian police announced the capture of Zarkasih, who was leading Jemaah Islamiyah since the capture of Hambali. Zarkasih is believed to be the emir of JI. * 27 February 2008, the leader of JI in Singapore,

Mas Selamat bin Kastari Mas Selamat Kastari (born 23 January 1961), an Indonesian-born Singaporean, was for more than a year Singapore's most-wanted fugitive after escaping from detention on 27 February 2008. The search for him has been described as the largest manhunt ...

, escaped from the Whitley Road Detention Centre. * 1 April 2009, Mas Selamat bin Kastari was recaptured in a raid by

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and Special Branch in

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, Malaysia. * 17 July 2009, Jemaah Islamiyah blamed for attacks on the Ritz Carlton Jakarta and the J.W. Marriott hotels in Jakarta. * 17 September 2009,

was killed in a raid by Indonesian police in

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. Top was a recruiter, bomb maker, and explosions expert for Jemaah Islamiyah. However, later on his colleagues in Jemaah Islamiyah claimed that Noordin had formed his own splinter cell which was even more violent and militant. He was for a while dubbed the "most wanted Islamic militant in South East Asia". * 9 March 2010, Dulmatin was killed in a raid by Detasemen khusus 88 in

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* 13 December 2010, Indonesian police charged

, spiritual head of Jemaah Islamiyah, with involvement in plans of terror and military training in Aceh province. The charge against him of inciting others to commit terrorism carries the death penalty. * January 2012, the Philippine military announced that it had killed two key leaders of Jemaah Islamiyah, a Malaysian called Zulkifli bin Hir (aka Marwan) and Mohammad Ali (aka Muawiyah). Senior intelligence sources later stated that Hir and Ali survived the air strike. Reports of Bin Hir's death were again retracted in 2014. *14 December 2012, the Philippine police tries to kill a suspected

n terrorist after he was trying to detonate a bomb in

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, and including one of a wife from

Bicol Region Bicol, known formally as the Bicol Region or colloquially as Bicolandia ( bcl, Rehiyon kan Bikol; Rinconada Bikol: ''Rehiyon ka Bikol''; Waray Sorsogon, Masbateño: ''Rehiyon san Bikol''; tl, Rehiyon ng Bikol), is an administrative region of ...

after being arrested by the police. *26 February 2014, Sheikh Kahar Mundos, a bomb maker, left a bomb in a motorcycle hidden at the city hall in

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. *27 June 2014,

Abdul Basit Usman Ahmad Akmad Usman y Batabol (19743 May 2015), more commonly known as Abdul Basit Usman, was a Filipino terrorist and a bomb-making expert who led the Special Operations Group of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and had links to the Abu Say ...

, a bomb maker who was falsely reported killed in a US airstrike in

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in 2010, is revealed to be alive and a potential terror threat. *16 September 2014, Jemaah Islamiyah claimed responsibility for the bombing of the

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Monument in front of the

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General Santos City General Santos, officially the City of General Santos,; hil, Dakbanwa sang Heneral Santos; Maguindanao: ''Ingud nu Heneral Santos''; Blaan: ''Banwe Dadiangas''; Tboli: ''Benwu Dadiangas''; Filipino: ''Lungsod ng Heneral Santos'' and abbre ...

, killing one person and injuring 7. *25 January 2015, JI member

Zulkifli Abdhir Zulkifli Abdhir (5 January 1966 or 5 October 1966 – 25 January 2015) was a Malaysian who was one of the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists. The American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agency offered a reward for information leading to his cap ...

was killed in the Philippines, an operation that also resulted in the death of 44 police officers. *1 July 2019, Indonesian police arrested Para Wijayanto, who was said to have been the leader of Jemaah Islamiyah since 2007. *2 July 2019, after the arrest of leader Para Wijayanto, Densus 88 counterterrorism unit of Indonesia traced palm oil plantations as a source of funding for the group, according to National Police spokesperson Brig. Gen. Dedi Prasetyo. *23 November 2020, Indonesian Police arrested Upik Lawanga, who has been involved in the

. His role involves constructing bombs to be used in several terror attacks. *10 December 2020, Indonesian Police arrested Zulkarnaen, a high-ranking Jemaah Islamiyah official and leader. He is said to have been the mastermind of several terror attacks, including the

, 2000 Christmas bombings, and 2003 JW Marriott bombing.

Notes and references

Notes

References

External links

Jemaah Islamiah in South East Asia: Damaged but Still Dangerous
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report dated 26 August 2003
Jemaah Islamiyah’s Publishing Industry
– International Crisis Group report dated 28 February 2008
Constructing" the Jemaah Islamiyah Terrorist: A Preliminary Inquiry
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) – Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Singapore, report dated October 2004
Funding Terrorism in Southeast Asia: The Financial Network of Al Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiyah
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) – National Bureau of Asian Research report dated December 2003
cfrterrorism.org page on Jemaah Islamiah"Jemaah Islamiah still a threat"
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Jemaah Islamiyah Shown to Have Significant Ties to al Qaeda
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Combating JI in Indonesia

Terrorism Perpetrated and Terrorists Apprehended

Council on Foreign Relations Backgrounder: Jemaah Islamiyah
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History

Designation as a terrorist group

State opponents

2002 Bali bombing

Other terrorist attacks

Naming

Timeline

See also

Notes and references

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