Muhammad Rais is an Indonesian convicted in May 2004 for involvement in the

2003 Marriott Hotel bombing The 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing occurred on August 5, 2003 in Mega Kuningan, South Jakarta, Indonesia. A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb outside the lobby of the JW Marriott Hotel, killing 12 people and injuring 150. Those killed including ...

, which killed 12 people and wounded over 150. He is a member of

Jemaah Islamiyah 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 Indonesia, which i ...

and the brother-in-law of

Noordin Mohammed Top Noordin Mohammad Top (11 August 1968 – 17 September 2009) was a Malaysian Muslim extremist. He was also referred to as Noordin, Din Moch Top, Muh Top, Top M or Mat Top. Until his death, he was Indonesia's most wanted Islamist militant. Bor ...

."Indonesia's Jemaah Islamiya"

the Jamestown Foundation The Jamestown Foundation is a Washington, D.C.-based conservative defense policy think tank. Founded in 1984 as a platform to support Soviet defectors, its stated mission today is to inform and educate policy makers about events and trends, which ...

June 2, 2006 He attended the

Al-Mukmin Islamic school The Al-Mukmin Islamic boarding school also known as Pesantren Al-Mukmin and Pondok Ngruki, is a '' pesantren'' ('Islamic boarding school') located in Ngruki, a suburb in the city of Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. It was founded 1972 by the ...

which was founded by

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 ...

, and while training in

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

was responsible for relaying messages between Bashir and

Osama bin Laden Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden (10 March 1957 – 2 May 2011) was a Saudi-born extremist militant who founded al-Qaeda and served as its leader from 1988 until Killing of Osama bin Laden, his death in 2011. Ideologically a Pan-Islamism ...

."Schooled for Jihad"
he Washington Post June 26, 2005 Rais transported the explosives used in the blast from various towns in

Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...

to the Indonesian capital

Jakarta Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...

on the island of

Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's List ...

, where they were used in the bomb. He was responsible for recruiting the

suicide bomber A suicide attack is any violent Strike (attack), attack, usually entailing the attacker detonating an explosive, where the attacker has suicide, accepted their own death as a direct result of the attacking method used. Suicide attacks have oc ...

, and he drafted his best friend from his Islamic boarding school in Ngruki,

Asmar Latin Sani Asmar Latin Sani ( – 5 August 2003) was the suicide bomber from West Sumatra who detonated the car bomb in the 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing. His severed head was later found on the fifth floor of the building. Before the 2003 Marriott Hotel bombi ...

. Rais was arrested in the month before the bombing. He was sentenced to seven years in prison for his role."al-Qaeda attacked Business"

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August 5, 2003 During his trial, Rais said "We saw the Marriott attack as a message from Osama bin Laden."Bin Laden inspired Bombing
USA Today 12/02/2004

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"Marriott blast suspects named"
''CNN''

''Xinhua''
"Terrorism in Indonesia: Noordins Networks"

International Crisis Group The International Crisis Group (ICG; also known as the Crisis Group) is a transnational non-profit, non-governmental organisation founded in 1995. It is a think tank, used by policymakers and academics, performing research and analysis on global ...

"Combating JI in Indonesia"
Ng Boon Yian
Jemaah Islamiyah Shown to Have Significant Ties to al QaedaLearning by Doing:Al Qaeda's Allies in Southeast AsiaTerrorism Perpetrated and Terrorists Apprehended
Living people Indonesian prisoners and detainees Jemaah Islamiyah People imprisoned on charges of terrorism Prisoners and detainees of Indonesia Year of birth missing (living people) {{Indonesia-paramilitary-bio-stub